Legal Operations

Future of Work Practices: How to Maximize Online Collaboration and Virtual Working

The pandemic has brought about an opportunity for individuals to reflect on their lives, and most, in fact 77% of the legal professionals want to retain elements of this new virtual, remote working - to varying degrees. And critically, 22% said they are likely to leave if their employers didn’t accommodate the new way they want to work.In this podcast, we will briefly discuss differing perspectives on remote working, the benefits and drawbacks to individuals, firms and clients to remote working, the impact on collaboration and differences by subgroup, working patterns, before and during COVID-19 and desired post-pandemic and which roles should remote working be available to, plus with or without restrictions.We will also understand where you fit in and how you can maximize your own and your teams’ productivity as we progress into a new world of work with mixtures of both distributed and in person teams. Moderator: @Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes - Process Innovation Senior Specialist, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Speakers:@Kristin Rhodes - Senior Practice Manager, Paul Hastings LLP@Natalie Runyon -  Director, Enterprise Content, Talent, Inclusion & Culture, Market Insights, Thomson Reuters
Recorded on 10-26-2021​​​​​

Common Security Worst Practices

This topic was one of ILTACON 2021's most popular conference sessions, and as security is a concern to many the original panel has reunited for a follow-up podcast.
Security is complex and when left without robust resources of money, knowledge, and people we sometimes revert to the ostrich head in the sand approach. Even though we try to do our best, we sometimes fall into bad habits.This podcast session is the opposite of sharing best practices . . . we will call out the absolute worst mistakes. Without mentioning any entity or name, we will discuss the criticality of certain practices. Our goal is to give you the opportunity to walk away with a private GOLD STAR or perhaps the feeling of "oh no, I do that and better fix that" without having to admit it to your peers.Moderator:@Corey Reitz - Cyber Assurance Architect, Sandia National LaboratoriesSpeakers: @James McKenna - Chief Information Officer, Fenwick & West LLPMelodi (Mel) Gates - Senior Legal Editor, Privacy & Data Security, Thomson Reuters@Rebecca Sattin - Chief Information Officer, Worldox@Robinson Roca - Practice Lead, Infrastructure Services, Helient Systems LLC@Heather Morrow -Director, Project Management & Training, Loeb & Loeb LLP.​Recorded on 10-21-2021

Bridging the Divide: What to Do When Joining a Legal Department as a Young Professional: Part 2

Joining a corporate or government legal department as a young professional can be quite intimidating. As a rule, these organizations tend to skew older since they often hire lawyers who have already worked in law firms for an extended period of time.In this podcast, learn about effective methods of bridging this potential gap with your new colleagues and receive tips and suggestions.Moderator:@Will Pett - Senior Business Analyst, Fidelity Investments
Speaker:@John Crawshaw - Business Analytics Manager, PNC
 
Recorded on 10-15-2021

Skills Roadmap: What to Learn First (Aimed at New to Industry)

Litigation support can be daunting to those new to the industry – not only are there technical skills to learn, but also legal considerations, project management and communication & presentation skills are all keys to your success. In this podcast, we will discuss the kinds of transferable skills which will help you in your new role, how best to learn those important technical skills, and how to identify the opportunities to develop and improve your skills.
 
Moderator:@Rachel McAdams - eDiscovery Technical Specialist, A&L Goodbody Solicitors
Speakers:@Kathy Dallaire, CEDS -  eDiscovery and Litigation Support Coordinator,Stikeman Elliott LLP@Doug Austin -  Editor, eDiscovery Today
​Recorded on 07-26-2021

The Modern Ethical Minefield - Leveraging Technology to Manage Conflicts at the International Law Firm

The continued growth of law firms, and the increasing transience of their attorneys, have created many new risks for firms to account for regarding conflicts of interest management.   Increasingly, large international Firms have transitioned to a centralized approach for conflicts clearance, utilizing non fee-earning professionals for this function. 
Despite this, challenges remain - particularly stemming from increasingly restrictive conflicts language within Outside Counsel Guidelines as well as recent US case law.  In this podcast session, the speaker will focus on discussing the unique conflicts challenges faced by US firms with international presence and various approaches to these challenges; how technology and centralization are the key to meeting these challenges; and whether changes to the conflicts rules are needed in order to "modernize" and account for the breadth of today's international law firm and technological advances.Moderator:@Tracey Pardo - IS Process Improvement Analyst, Cooley LLP
​Speaker:@Mark Agin - Senior Manager of Global New Business Intake and Information Management, Shearman & Sterling LLPRecorded on 07-23-2021

Taking Collaboration to the Next Step With Hackathons

Hackathons are a great way to gather folks from different departments to formulate new ideas that the entire firm can take advantage of. We recently held a very successful one at McGuireWoods which resulted in items added to the project pipeline for 2021.Moderator:Natalie Baumgardner - Business Development Coordinator, McGuireWoods LLP
Speakers:@Rachel Cohee - Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics, McGuireWoods LLP@Eric Jenvey - Data Science Manager, McGuireWoods LLP
Recorded on 07-16-2021​​​​​
 

Fresh Voices of LegalTech - Interview #11

There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech?Moderator:@Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie
Speaker:@Erin Welsh - Practice Innovations Analyst, Perkins Coie
​Recorded on 07-16-2021

Fresh Voices of LegalTech - Interview #10

There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech?
Moderator:@Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie
Confirmed Speaker:@Stephen Chan - Director of Knowledge Solutions, Womble Bond Dickinson U.S.​
Recorded on 07-16-2021​

The Simple Plan for Career Development Supporting Women That Inspire Change in the Legal Industry

With incredible change happening in the legal industry, and the effect that COVID has had on women's careers, there is not a better time to support these pioneering women.  Hear practical advice on imposter syndrome, career management, assertive communication, feedback, personal influence, conflict management, negotiation, importance of mentors, resilience, and self-care from an industry expert.Moderator:@Rebecca Holdredge - Innovation Manager, Husch Blackwell LLP
Speaker:@Lucy Bassli - Founder and Principal, InnoLegal Services, PLLC​
Recorded on 7-12-2021
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Eureka! Effectively Using Data-Mining and Analytics to Influence Decisions

There is no doubt that business decisions based on proven data have the best chance of being the most successful in any campaign, strategy or operation. Gathering the  required data from the proper systems and then massaging it into the best format for consumption will power the most successful data driven decisions.  In this podcast, we will delve into the deepest reaches of datamining to strike the most valuable information and then refine and process it into consumable reports and end products to ensure success.Co-Moderators:@Jack Recinto, Senior Applications Director, Vedder Price P.C@Alisher Yuldashev, Business Technology Advisory Manager, Borden Ladner Gervais
Speaker:Paul Wilner, Data and Analytical Consultant and Statistical Analysis Instructor
​​Recorded on 06-04-2021

Talking to Lawyers Series - Part Four

Join us in learning the perspectives of three eDiscovery practitioners on two common scenarios that lawyers may encounter. In this podcast, we will address archiving and destruction, returning of evidence.All opinions or personal views expressed are their own and not those of their organizations. As the title mentions, this will be a series of podcasts highlighting practical considerations when talking to your lawyers about data. We encourage you to follow the series and provide feedback in the evaluation link below!Moderator: @Charles Neal - Litigation Support/eDiscovery Manager, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLLPodcast Speakers:@Jennifer Bernstein - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, ‎JPMorgan Chase & Co.@Kate Collum- VP - US Operations Manager, JPMorgan Chase & Co.@Cameron Herzog - Director of IT, Brownstein Rask LLP 
Recorded on 05-28-2021