Professional Development

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 #13

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:@Allison Duncan - KM Practice Innovation Manager, Reed Smith
​Recorded on 07-15-2021

Fresh Voices of LegalTech - Interview #12

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:@Melanie Segraves - Knowledge Management Solutions Analyst, Womble Bond Dickinson U.S.
Recorded on 07-15-2021

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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Tools that Firms Use for Collection

There are tons of tools and programs out there that can be used for collections, but which ones are firms actually using? This podcast will discuss a few of the tools that firms are using in-house to do their own collections.
Confirmed Moderator:@Charles Neal - Litigation Support/eDiscovery Manager, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
Confirmed Speakers:@Cameron Herzog - Director of IT, Brownstein Rask LLP@Heather Lansberry - Litigation Support Manager, Ulmer & Berne LLP
Recorded on 07-06-2021

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

Couples Counselling – Improving the Client and External Litigation Support Relationship: Part Two

In this podcast, we will share challenges and pain points in client/lit support relationships along with discussing innovation.Moderator: @Chris Acosta - Head of Firmwide e-Discovery Resources · ‎Morrison & Foerster LLPSpeaker:@Candi Smith, CEDS- Sr. Technology & eDiscovery Specialist, JabilRecorded on 5-20-2021

You Are Already Using Workflows, You Just Don’t Know It Yet

The majority of decision and approval based work are manual workflows. In this brief yet definitive podcast, the speaker will give an in-depth review of identifying processes for workflows, gathering requirements and effectively increasing user adoption. Furthermore, we will touch on the importance of gathering data and organizing it to develop distinct Business Intelligence for productivity and data driven decisions.
Moderator:@Jack Recinto, Senior Applications Director, Vedder Price P.C.Speaker:@Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes, Innovation Project Manager, Greenberg TraurigRecorded on 5-14-2021