ILTA Voices

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