Law://WhatsNext
Tom Rice and Alex Herrity
How are leading practitioners leveraging emerging technologies and ways of working to pursue their passion and objectives, and as a by product what are the implications for the future of legal practice? Let’s explore this together. What to expect:
- Focused conversations with leading practitioners; technologists and educators
- Deep dives into the intersection of law, technology, and organisational behaviour
- Practical analysis and visualisation of how AI is augmenting our potential
- Insights from adjacent industries that might inform our own
- Focused conversations with leading practitioners; technologists and educators
- Deep dives into the intersection of law, technology, and organisational behaviour
- Practical analysis and visualisation of how AI is augmenting our potential
- Insights from adjacent industries that might inform our own
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 13, 2025 • 51min
A2J, AI, Humanity and more with Sam Flynn
In this episode, we chat with Sam Flynn, COO of Josef – a friend we've known for years who brings a rare blend of technical expertise, legal insight, and authentic enthusiasm to every conversation. Sam takes us through the development of "Roxanne," an AI chatbot created with Housing Court Answers and New York Law School to help NYC tenants understand their rights. It's a perfect full-circle moment from his early days in Australia where a weekend project to help people navigate unfair laws led...
Mar 5, 2025 • 39min
AI in our Justice System with Steph Needleman
Steph is the Legal Director at JUSTICE (all caps to distinguish it from the system itself), a human rights and law reform organisation working to make the justice system fairer and more accessible. JUSTICE’s fresh off the press report "AI in our Justice System" led by Sophia Adams Bhatti proposes the first rights-based framework for AI implementation, arguing that human rights—concrete, established, and enforceable—provide better guardrails than nebulous ethics principles, particularly in ...
Feb 27, 2025 • 48min
From Public Company to AI Start Up with Laurie Ehrlich
In this episode of Law://WhatsNext, we sit down with Laurie Ehrlich, who made the bold move from Chief Commercial Counsel at Datadog to Chief Legal Officer at Dioptra, an AI native legal tech startup revolutionising contract negotiation. Laurie takes us through her fascinating journey over the past 12 months, sharing the thoughtful decision-making process that led her to leave the security of a public company for the dynamic world of AI startups. She reveals how she reframed the risk by givin...
