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When Justice & DEI meet AI - The Impact of AI on the Legal Community as told by Justice Neales.

Michael Foster sits down with Milan Bobde, one of Oddr's three co-founders, to discuss the way Oddr is shaking up the legal billing lifecycle. Visit their website at: www.oddr.com

Michael Foster sits down with this year's ILTACON Co-Chairs, Rodney Mullins and Donna Frugoli, to find out what we can expect at ILTACON 2024.

The cyber insurance market is ever-changing and firms continue to have a difficult time understanding what their underwriters want and how to communicate their current cyber programs and needs internally to financial stakeholders (among others). Join David and David as we talk about the top 5 issues cyber insurers are worried about with Law Firms this year from privileged account management to privacy and DLP, to the ever-present and evolving ransomware threats. Further, they will discuss what resources are available when working on your cyber insurance renewal. Often times, the economic buyer of cyber insurance isn’t in lock step on what the CISO and Security Team is doing and that can result in strengths and wins not being articulated to your insurer which can result in inferior coverage.   Moderator:  @David Forrestall - CEO, SecurIT360   Speaker:  @David Anderson - Vice President, Cyber Liability, Woodruff Sawyer   Recorded 6-20-2024

In this podcast interview, the speakers will discuss how consulting skills can be used in eDiscovery. Examples include understanding the matter (an investigation that is run very differently to litigation, or a regulatory response), listening, being proactive and questioning the legal team goals. Moderator: James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery   Speakers: Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery Nicola Woodfall - Senior eDisclosure/eData Manager, Travers Smith Recorded on 06-20-2024

Many of us have titles which do not include leadership roles (e.g., Chief, Director, Manager) but often need to find ways to motivate and inspires others.    This discussion will hone in on five tangible steps/ways for showing leadership even when you don't have formal authority.   Moderator: @Glenn Hoxie - Practice Solutions Manager, Paul Hastings LLP   Speakers: @Bruce James - Senior Manager, Program Management Office, Paul Hastings @Tanya Pereira - Business Transformation Specialist, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP @Nicola Woodfall - Senior eDisclosure/eData Manager,Legal Technology Recorded on 6-5-2024

Listen as Mari Sun interviews Paul Jang, an adjunct professor and legal technology specialist at Fordham and Brooklyn Law School as they discuss diversity in legal technology and AAPI month (May).

Listen as two Women Who Lead hosts, Catherine Monte and Jima Kato, interview the Meghann Barloewen and Jaclyn Walkins for the New Women Leaders podcast series for ILTA Voices.

In the latest installment of “Working in eDiscovery,” Rachel and James are joined by Paula Fearon, Head of Project Services at McCann Fitzgerald LLP, to discuss the importance of communication in the world of eDiscovery.     In this podcast session, the speakers defined what good communication looks like, how to avoid common mistakes and tips and tricks for the future.  Moderator: @James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery  Speakers: @Paula Fearon - Head of Project Services, McCann FitzGerald @Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery Recorded on 05-17-2024.

In this podcast panel, the panelists will share tips on how to work with, not against, outside counsel to achieve cost and matter management objectives.   Moderator: @Andrea Webster - Associate Director, Legal Innovation and Operations, Novartis     Panelists: @Heather Newton - Lead Counsel, Wells Fargo @J. Tracy Walker - IV - Partner, McGuireWoods   Recorded 05-14-2024

The Body of Knowledge (BoK) is a foundational resource developed by the Legal Marketing Association for professional development in marketing that defines the core skills necessary for legal marketers to succeed. The BoK defines essential and accepted domains, competencies and associated skill sets within the legal marketing profession at every level. It helps legal marketers hone their skills, assists legal marketing managers to develop themselves and their teams and provides a universal benchmark against which legal marketers can be assessed. Moderator: @Rachel Shields Williams - Director, Knowledge Management Enablement & Insights, Sidley Austin LLP  Speakers: @Holly Amatangelo - Education Director, Legal Marketing Association (LMA) @Paul Bonner - Director of Marketing, Venable LLP Recorded on 05-09-2024.

We exist in an industry built on preserving, collecting, reviewing, and producing every piece of relevant data; however, the volume continues to explode as storage gets cheaper, the world becomes more reliant on electronic forms of communication, and different forms of communication are developed and embraced.  In this world, how do we, in the tech space, define, determine, and attempt to hold the line where proportionality is concerned.    Moderator: @Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery   Speakers: @Chris Acosta -  Director, eDiscovery Resources, Morrison & Foerster LLP @Eoghan Kenny - Head of eDiscovery and Investigation Support, ALG Solutions, A&L Goodbody LLP Recorded 04-30-2024

In our last podcast, "Where’s Better to Build a Career in eDiscovery, Within a Law Firm or At An External Consultancy", we identified some core skills eDiscovery professionals need to be good at their jobs. On this episode we’re going to be focused on “problem solving”. Moderator: @James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery Panelists: @Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery @Dina Hetherington - eDiscovery Technology Manager, A&L Goodbody LLP Recorded 04-26-2024

We've all been there: a boss cushions their language so much we leave meetings unclear on whether we were doing a great or terrible job.     In this podcast panel interview session, seasoned managers will discuss on what things to include & avoid in feedback sessions, and how providing feedback on the go is much more valuable than waiting for formal performance reviews    Moderator: @Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes, Director, Legal Operations, CBRE      Panelists: @Janelle Eveland Belling,  Director of Legal Project Management, Perkins Coie  @Amy Monaghan, VP of Client Success and Product Innovation, Infodash @Nicola Woodfall, Senior eDisclosure/eData Manager, Travers Smith   RECORDED 4-25-2024

Sr. VP of Service Delivery, Dawn Hudgins, sits down with Gina Buser, CEO of Traveling Coaches, to dig deep on best practices for business partners.

Firms are getting it, making business decisions based on data is a good idea. There are different areas within law firms where this could be beneficial (enterprise wide, client specific, practice specific). With different places where data is housed, a great first step to connect data sources is by identifying where everything is. This will be a step-by-step guide of data mapping principles and how to get started. Moderator: @Kate Hathaway - Innovation Project Manager, Greenberg Traurig Speaker: @Paul Giedraitis - CEO, Orgaimi Recorded on 04-17-2024. 

Success in the courtroom depends on comprehensive trial support that starts long before the trial date.  How do you turn a compelling story into something that’s easy to understand and memorable for the judge and/or jury. Enlisting the assistance of a trial support professional early on is key.   In Part Two of our Sitting in the Hot Seat podcast, our esteemed panel will discuss preparation tips and tricks, effective communication strategies, logistics (in its many forms), technology considerations, and some ideas for you to help your team win. Moderator:   Jill Okerlund - Legal Process Coordinator,  Robinson Bradshaw  Panelists:     Stephanie Mills - Manager, Discovery Services, Cassels Brock &  Blackwell LLP  Tim Piganelli - CEO, The Piganelli Consulting Group, Inc.  David Gomez - Practice Support Project Manager, Robinson Bradshaw

How do we build trust within an organization? What does it mean to be transparent when confidential information is on the line?

The speakers shared how and when to train attorneys for best long-term technology success. Does this occur in summer or first year? In addition, they discussed how does training needs evolve over the course of an attorney's careers for best long-term technology success.  Moderator: @Virginia Ong - Legal Innovation Manager, Greenberg Traurig   Speakers: @Jake Brown - Head of Legal Technology, Josef @Ana Toft-Nielsen - Attorney Development Innovation Manager, Greenberg Traurig Recorded on 04-03-2024.

In this podcast panel session, the panelists will share the pros and cons for eDiscovery professionals for working in-house at a law firm as opposed to externally at a service provider.   Moderator: @James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery Panelists: @Rachel McAdams -  Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery @Dina Hetherington - eDiscovery Technology Manager, A&L Goodbody LLP @Jakub Kur - Head of Forensic Technology, Bird & Bird @Tom Quinn - Head of eDiscovery, Simmons & Simmons Recorded on 3-15-2024