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The legal world and its tech space have seen huge impacts from generative AI in the short time that it has been monopolizing our attention. However, in the midst of this rapidly evolving tech are many questions about safe, effective uses that truly solve problems for legal professionals. Ed Watts talks with Jamie Brown and Isha Morathe about current and hopeful deployments of GenAI to advance the profession, and then also address concerns over bias, security, and more. Jamie Brown is Vice President of Global Advisory Services at LighthouseIsha Marathe is a Legal Technology Reporter at Legaltech News for ALM Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unsure where to start when choosing legal technology? Listen in as Zack interviews Jeff Schoenberger, fellow Legal Tech Advisor, on selecting the right tech for your office. Jeff homes in on specific questions to ask yourself, your office, and your potential provider. If you’re looking, choosing, or just dreaming about new technology, listen to this episode. Additionally, Zack talks with Krystal, from POSH Virtual Receptionists about what firms are using VRs, and how their app can help you stay connected—or disconnected—when you need it most.  Links from the episode:  Check out the Posh for a 14 day free trial Clio Optimization  If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Effective processes for discovery, data handling, collaboration, and everything else your case requires are essential to the life of a litigator. Karolina Sikorska talks with Elan Hersh about his session addressing the growing data demands in litigation. He discusses his personal experience and shares methods and tools to help litigators tap into the full value of available technologies.  Karolina Sikorska is a sales manager at InfoTrack. Elan Hersh is a Partner at Akerman LLP in its Litigation Practice Group and also leads Akerman’s eDiscovery Services team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're reaching peak Alina saturation.___________Last week may have officially been "Legalweek" but it was bad lawyer week at Above the Law, where Alina Habba dominated traffic with her ongoing futility. Her rapid retreat from the very phony "it's actually bias that so many prominent lawyers all worked at Paul Weiss" motion after being informed of the very real sanctions that could result. Robbie Kaplan, one of the Paul Weiss alumni in question, also shared her story of Donald Trump pulling out the half-clever schoolyard insults. We also discuss a firm that announced it would lay off 1/3 of the first years... but not say which ones! And we talk a little about Legalweek and how AI isn't quite ready for primetime... even as lawyers keep getting in trouble for trying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can a jury render a verdict that is outside the law? And if so, can you encourage them to do so? We’ll discuss the history of jury nullification, how some attorneys try to suggest that jurors can or should ignore evidence, and ways you can use voir dire to try to identify jurors who may consider nullification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than with your favorite lawyers, legal professionals, technologists and thought leaders who will be on hand to teach lucky conference goers about all the latest trends and developments in the field of legal technology? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules has recently released proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. What do attorneys need to know? Robert Levy, Jeffrey McKenna, Wendy Butler Curtis, and Chris Hurlebaus share insights from their panel discussion about the proposed changes’ impacts on legal professionals, including issues of privacy, cybersecurity, case management, filing deadlines, and more. Links:Lawyers for Civil JusticeProposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureRobert Levy is an attorney in the Law Department of Exxon Mobil Corporation.Jeffrey McKenna is a Senior Privacy and eDiscovery Attorney in Orrick’s Chambers-recognized eDiscovery & Information Governance practice based in San Francisco. Wendy Butler Curtis is Chief Innovation Officer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.Chris Hurlebaus a Principal Technologist at Microsoft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Access to an ethically based justice system not only protects free and fair elections, but also impacts the rights that affect our everyday lives. In this episode of SideBar, Professor and Author Renee Knake Jefferson calls for lawyers and judges, including the US Supreme Court, to further commit to ethical access to justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI is certainly a disruptor in the legal profession, and as such, there is a huge need for deep learning and new implementation of AI tools in legal practice. Bridget McCormack, Linda Beyea, and Diana Didia share their insights on AI solutions that address problems and pain points for lawyers and their clients. They discuss products developed at the American Arbitration Association and their all-in approach to leveraging AI’s potential in legal. Bridget McCormack is President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution.Linda Beyea is the Vice President of Innovation at the American Arbitration Association.Diana Didia is the Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Innovation Officer at American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our last episode, we discussed administrative law, abortion, guns, presidential immunity & ballot access— just some of the upcoming cases that will come before the High Court in 2024. In this episode, we continue our conversation with Professor Steven D. Schwinn and spotlight some of the remaining standout SCOTUS cases on the docket. Additionally, we discuss a developing conflict at the Texas border with Mexico, where the State is openly defying a recent SCOTUS ruling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices