ILTA Voices

Join ILTA CEO, Joy Heath Rush, and ILTA Board Secretary, Christina Griffin, for the second 2026 ILTA Update to stay in the know on surveys, opportunities, and more!

Even the most secure AI tool fails without adoption. In part three, the focus shifted to people—how to run a meaningful pilot, identify credible champions, and use peer trust to drive real change. This session explored how late followers can turn caution into long-term success. Part three of three.
Moderator:Aaron Barbee - Learning & Development Manager, Thompson Coburn
Speaker:Jonathan Woolley - Cloud Engineer, Husch Blackwell

We are pleased to introduce the fourth ILTA Content Teams and NextGen Innovators Group podcast series—an initiative designed to repackage high‑value, evergreen content in a format tailored for today's Next Gen legal professionals.Session Included:Mentoring for Mutual Success

SheSecures is an ILTA Women in Security podcast series dedicated to amplifying the experiences, expertise, and leadership of women shaping the future of legal security.
Each episode is designed to be approachable and useful, with real takeaways you can apply in your own role.
This month’s episode is with Sherri Vollick.  Sherri is a strategic and accomplished cyber and risk leader with deep expertise in security operations, governance, risk and compliance, secure application development, and cloud security. Sherri currently serves as Director of Information Security & Compliance at Saul Ewing LLP and is an active mentor and contributor within the broader information security community.

Trust is the make-or-break issue for GenAI adoption in law firms. In part two, this session examines how Microsoft Copilot actually accesses firm data, why attorney skepticism is both expected and healthy, and how permissions, governance, and data hygiene act as critical guardrails. Part two of three.
 
Moderator:Aaron Barbee, Learning & Development Manager, Thompson Coburn
Speaker:Jonathan Woolley, Cloud Engineer, Husch Blackwell

One in five women you work with is in some phase of menopause. It starts earlier than we knew, and the first symptoms are often neurological rather than physical. Listen as four women from ILTA's Women Who Lead committee get real about menopause, the professional toll no one talks about, and the first US state law that's changing the conversation for women in the workplace.

This episode explores the often-overlooked vulnerabilities in third-party relationships that can expose your firm to data breaches, operational disruptions, and regulatory penalties. Listeners will learn how to move beyond static, one-time assessments to a proactive, continuous monitoring framework that addresses hidden risks, including those during vendor onboarding and offboarding. Moderator:Kevin J. Foster, Sr., Director Cybersecurity Operations, White and Williams LLP Speaker:Azam Shaikh, Sourcing & Procurement Leader, Baker Botts L.L.P. Recorded on 04-23-2026.

Not all advice ages well—and some never worked to begin with. In this episode, we take a breather from the intensity of executive life to laugh (and learn) from the leadership myths we’ve outgrown.
- What’s the worst leadership advice you’ve ever received—and how did it backfire?
- Which “must-do” turned out to be totally irrelevant in practice?
- What books or frameworks overpromised, and what actually moved the needle?
- And what leadership habit did you finally ditch—that changed everything?
This episode lightens the tone before we dive into burnout and future-facing themes, offering a refreshing reminder: growth often begins with letting go.

This session focused on what happens after a legal tech pilot launches—and why so many well‑planned pilots quietly stall during execution. Designed for project managers and program leaders, the discussion moves beyond task tracking and timelines to examine how pilots succeed (or fail) based on adoption, behavior change, and clarity around the business problem being solved. We explored common execution pitfalls—unclear expectations, over‑reliance on reluctant or “voluntold” participants, scope creep, and overlooking the human side of change—and how these issues show up once a pilot is underway. The conversation highlighted practical execution practices, including setting and reinforcing clear expectations, building and maintaining a pilot tester pool, creating space for reflection between pilot and rollout, and applying change management throughout.
Listeners come away with concrete ways to assess pilot health while it’s underway—and know how, when, and where to intervene to keep pilots productive, make them fly, or course‑correct with confidence.
Moderator:Floor Blindenbach - CEO, Organizing4Innovation LLC
Speakers:Kirstie Andino - Senior Manager, Litigation Support Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiMorgan Himenez - Project Manager II, Thompson Coburn LLC

Many law firms are interested in the productivity gains offered by Generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot, but they struggle with organizational skepticism and a commitment to security, ethics, and accuracy. This session is dedicated to bridging that gap. Part one of three. 
Moderator:Aaron Barbee, Learning & Development Manager, Thompson Coburn
Speaker:Jonathan Woolley, Cloud Engineer, Husch Blackwell

We are pleased to introduce the third ILTA Content Teams and NextGen Innovators Group podcast series—an initiative designed to repackage high‑value, evergreen content in a format tailored for today's Next Gen legal professionals.