ILTA Voices

Join Dawn Hudgins, ILTA's CXO, and Daryl Fitzpatrick, Intellek's CRO, as they dive into what to expect at this year's ILTACON 2026!

Join Mailise Johnson, Imare' Jordan, and their moderator, LaKeesha Bailey, for the second part of a three-part discussion about mentoring inside of law firms.

Join us for our newest podcast series, Hot Topics, posted weekly every Monday. We'll take you through the latest news in the Legal Tech and AI space to keep you up-to-date for the week ahead.
 
Interested in reading more on a certain story? We've got you covered—all of our sources are linked below:
 
AI News
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/meta-debuts-muse-code-to-take-on-anthropic-and-openai-.html
https://aibriefing.dev/
https://aiweekly.co/ai-news-today
https://llm-stats.com/ai-news
Legal Tech News
https://legaltechnology.com/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/
https://legaltechnology.com/category/latest-news/
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/
https://www.legaltech-talk.com/insights/news/
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/
https://www.law.com/legal-technology/

In this episode, the speakers explored why mentorship has become increasingly important at this pivotal moment for the legal industry and how organizations and individuals can rethink mentorship to support knowledge sharing, leadership development, career growth, and the next generation of legal technology professionals. Why mentorship? Why now? And how can the right mentoring relationships help you navigate change while enhancing your career trajectory?
Join us for Part One of this three-part conversation—and stay tuned as we continue to explore the evolving role of mentorship in building the future leaders of the legal technology community.Moderator:@Samuel Smith - Information Governance Senior Analyst, Latham & Watkins LLP
Speakers:@Lydia Flocchini - Founder & CEO, Scarab Strategies@Ann Gorr - Legal Technology Consultant & Information Governance Strategist
Recorded on 08-10-2026.

Join us for our newest podcast series, Hot Topics, posted weekly every Monday. We'll take you through the latest news in the Legal Tech and AI space to keep you up-to-date for the week ahead.
 
Interested in reading more on a certain story? We've got you covered—all of our sources are linked below:
 
AI News:https://www.distillintelligence.com/briefings/ai-leaders-2026-07-31
https://www.aicritique.org/us/2026/07/31/from-intelligence-to-execution-power-and-governance-how-the-main-arena-of-global-ai-competition-shifted-in-july-2026/
https://jmacweb.com/ai-news/daily/2026-07-31
https://thursdai.news/releases/2026-07
 
Legal Tech News:https://legaltechnology.com/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/category/latest-news/
https://www.legaltech-talk.com/insights/news/
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/
https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/site/legal-it-insider/
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/

Jessica Cannon, Information Security Manager at Mintz in Boston, joined host Heather Morrow for the ILTA Women and Security Committee's She Secures podcast. Jessica's unconventional path, from geology to web development to cybersecurity, is the throughline of the conversation.
She explains that her scientific instincts around pattern recognition are what ultimately drove her toward security work. In her current role at Mintz, no two days look alike: she might be collaborating with an AI innovation team in the morning and doing detection engineering by afternoon.
When discussing her career milestones, Jessica highlights two pivotal moments: being tapped to lead a security team at AspenTech after years of quietly excelling at side projects, and then making the bold decision to leave a comfortable 13-year tenure to bring her skills to a new environment, the law firm world at Mintz.
She speaks candidly about the challenges of communicating risk to highly intelligent non-technical professionals, and warns that AI is rapidly weaponizing vulnerabilities that organizations had long deprioritized. Her advice: get the fundamentals right first.
Jessica closes with an inspiring personal anecdote, how a stinging performance review drove her to enroll in a digital forensics course out of spite, eventually leading her to nearly complete a full master's degree in cybersecurity. Her message to women looking to grow: stay curious, channel your frustration productively, and never stop stitching your experiences together.

AI-powered vulnerability discovery is no longer theoretical. Anthropic's Mythos has put a spotlight on how quickly advanced AI can identify security weaknesses, forcing business and technology leaders to rethink cyber risk. Tune in for a practical discussion on what Mythos means, why it matters, and what organizations should do now to strengthen vulnerability management, incident response readiness, governance, and executive cyber visibility.
Moderator:@Daryl Irby - Vice President, Business Development, SecurIT360 
Speakers:@Josh Aaron - CEO, Aiden Technologies, Inc.@David Forrestall - CEO, SecurIT360
Recorded on 07-29-2026.

Join us for our newest podcast series, Hot Topics, posted weekly every Monday. We'll take you through the latest news in the Legal Tech and AI space to keep you up-to-date for the week ahead.
 
Interested in reading more on a certain story? We've got you covered—all of our sources are linked below:
 
AI News
https://aibriefing.dev/
https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/
https://llm-stats.com/ai-news
https://www.demandsphere.com/research/demandsphere-radar/ai-frontier-model-tracker/releases/
https://winbuzzer.com/ai/openai/
Legal Tech News
https://legaltechnology.com/latest-news/
https://legaltechnology.com/category/latest-news/
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/
https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/
https://www.harvey.ai/newsroom

Join Mailise Johnson, Imare' Jordan, and their moderator, LaKeesha Bailey, for the second part of a three-part discussion about mentoring inside of law firms.

As law firms accelerate their adoption of advanced technology and AI, leadership teams are recognizing a critical need: structured, repeatable playbooks that guide how these AI tools are evaluated, implemented, governed, and continuously reviewed.
 
Without them, firms face inconsistent adoption, unmanaged risk, and fragmented decision‑making that slows innovation and exposes the organization to operational and regulatory vulnerabilities.  In this Voices podcast, hear from speakers about their personal playbook journeys during this ever-changing, transformative time.
Speakers:@Rachel Shields Williams - Director of AI and Knowledge Management, Bass Berry + Sims@Kate Simpson - Knowledge & Innovation, Epiq Advisory for Law Firms

What does it mean to be neurodivergent in the legal world? How does it impact your day-to-day and beyond?
Find answers to these and more in this episode of ILTA Voices, brought to you by the Women Who Lead.