ILTA Voices

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

Dawn Hudgins sits down with Melanie Prevost and Julia Montgomery to get the inside scoop on ILTA's upcoming event, Catalyst: Women Leading Change.

We all know about technical debt, but data debt is its more nefarious and more challenging sibling.      How do you break down the data silos in you firm to create a holistic view of your information?   Moderator: @Bill Bice - CEO, nQ Zebraworks   Speaker:  @Keli Whitnell - Director of Firm Intelligence, Troutman Pepper  Recorded on 3-11-2024.

How do we listen effectively? What does it mean to hear someone? Dawn Hudgins sits down with ILTA CEO, Joy Heath Rush, to discuss listening advice.

Dawn Hudgins sits down with EVOLVE Co-Chairs Kenneth Jones and Joshua Smith to get the inside perspective on ILTA's newest event.

In this podcast the speakers will discuss how can legal operations teams work with each other on both sides of the client/law firm equation. What are best practices? How can a firm improve the client's experience?   Moderator: @Damian Priamurskiy - Project Management & Delivery Specialist, Lowenstein Sandler LLP  Speakers: @Julianne Kasprzyk - Paralegal Manager, Investment Management, Lowenstein Sandler LLP  @Donald Knight - Director of Legal and Tax Operations, Crown Castle  Recorded on 02-23-2024.

In this podcast interview, the speaker will share experiences and challenges in utilizing Large Language Models in the legal arena.    Questions the moderator asked the speaker: General  -What are some of the key challenges that legal departments face in adopting and integrating LLMs into their workflows?   -How can legal departments overcome the initial resistance or skepticism that may exist towards using LLMs?  -How can legal departments ensure that LLMs are being used responsibly and ethically, without perpetuating biases or producing inaccurate or misleading results?   People  -How can legal departments train and empower their lawyers to use LLMs effectively?  -How can LLMs be used to augment and complement the skills and expertise of lawyers, rather than replace them?  -What are the potential long-term benefits of using LLMs in legal departments?  Technology  -What are the challenges of integrating LLMs with existing legal software and systems?  -Provide examples of specific use cases (e.g., information governance, contract management review and drafting, eDiscovery, and/or R&C)  -How can legal departments ensure that LLMs are aligned with security and privacy and regulatory compliance?  Process  What are the challenges of evaluating and selecting the right LLM for a specific legal task?  How can legal departments ensure that LLMs are being used in a way that is aligned with their overall legal strategy?    Moderator: @Carolyn Robinson - Senior eDiscovery Paralegal, Bosch     Speaker: @Chistine Livingston - Managing Director of AI and IOT, Protiviti