

ILTA Voices
ILTA - International Legal Technology Association
Podcast series from the International Legal Technology Association
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Jan 21, 2021 • 16min
Winter 2020 ILTA CEO Podcast - Peer to Peer magazine
Beth Anne Stuebe, ILTA Director of Publications and Press, chats with Joy Heath Rush for a complementary podcast interview for the 2020 Winter issue of Peer to Peer magazine.
They chat about how the events of 2020 have impacted the legal technology community, the importance of empathy, what to expect in 2021, and more!
Find the Peer to Peer column here.

Jan 19, 2021 • 35min
The ILTA Influential Women in Legal Tech Honorees Discuss: Episode #2 - Data, Algorithm, and Legal texts: How can we utilize them to improve justice
Tune in for a discussion about data and the legal industry in this 35-minute podcast brought to you by the 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech list honorees.
Kelley Kage, a member of the ILTA WWL Advisory Group, moderates the discussion among María Jesús González-Espejo, Vice President at European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) and Managing Partner at Instituto de Innovación Legal; Maya Markovich, Chief Growth Officer, Nextlaw Labs at Dentons; and Nicole Bradick, CEO at Theory and Principle.
They chatted about why legal data is relevant to improving justice (0:59), specific datasets needed to improve Justice more effectively (7:08), necessary transparency in algorithms (14:46), examples of algorithms causing human rights violations (21:10), pitfalls to automation (24:47), and more!
Learn more about the ILTA 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech List honorees here.
Listen to the other episodes here:
Episode 1 - The Impact of COVID-19 on the Lawyer's Role
Episode 3- How the Client Behavior Has Changed
Episode 4 - Is the Pandemic Triggering Transformation in the Legal Industry?
Episode 5 - Future Skills of Lawyers

Jan 14, 2021 • 15min
Litigation Support/eDiscovery Considerations During Mergers
Please enjoy this podcast that will discuss key litigation support/eDiscovery considerations during mergers.
Specifically, the podcast will cover the following key considerations:
Business continuity for electronic discovery to support firm/corporation needs
Technology and software
Data and documentation integration
Staff and roles
Normalization of operating procedures
The Soft Skills (this will be an underlying theme across the 5 topics above)
Speakers:
@Richard Brooman - Litigation Support Senior Manager, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
@Steven Heitz - Litigation Technology Manager, Troutman Pepper eMerge LLC
Recorded on 1/14/2021

Dec 31, 2020 • 48min
The ILTA Influential Women in Legal Tech Honorees Discuss: Episode #1 - The Impact of COVID-19 on the Lawyer's Role
ILTA Radio
Tune in and hear from three of the five 2020 ILTA Influential Women in Legal Tech Honorees discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the lawyer's role in the business of law in this 48-minute podcast.
Episode 1 includes Jackie Nagtegaal, Futurist & Managing Director at Law for All as moderator and Alice Namuli Blazevic, Partner at Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates and Co-Founder of The Legal Innovation Hub, and María Jesús González-Espejo, Vice President at European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) and Managing Partner at Instituto de Innovación Legal, as guests.
The three virtually sit down and chat about how lawyers have created survival plans for their clients (2:30), their ethical role to the society at large (7:08), what students and lawyers need to adopt to drive innovation in the business of law (20:00), the main changes/innovations that have happened in 2020 (34:45), and more!
Listen to the other episodes here:
Episode 2 - Data, Algorithm, and Legal texts: How can we utilize them to improve justice
Episode 3- How the Client Behavior Has Changed
Episode 4 - Is the Pandemic Triggering Transformation in the Legal Industry?
Episode 5 - Future Skills of Lawyers

Dec 10, 2020 • 32min
Emerging Roles in Legal - Episode #3
Please enjoy the next Emerging Roles in Legal podcast episode where I chat with Danielle Haugland, Global Alliance Director at Agiloft. Danielle is a trail blazer in many ways and has created her own unique path in legal. I truly enjoyed our conversation and hope that you do too!
Topics we discuss include:
The Microsoft Legal Business Design Challenge, where Danielle and I met
Myth of work life balance
The realness of flexibility, especially during this pandemic era
Impostor syndrome (Tip: Have a mantra! Danielle’s is particularly great!)
Badassery
Skills and mindsets needed for pursuing an emerging role
What’s on the horizon for our industry
Interviewer:
@Amy Monaghan, Senior Practice Innovations Manager, Perkins Coie
Speaker:
@Danielle Haugland, Global Alliance Director, Agiloft

Dec 9, 2020 • 39min
eDiscovery Processing, a Deep Dive
Processing is key part of the EDRM, however, it's often under appreciated. This podcast dives into the intricacies of processing, from its relationship with the other stages of the EDRM, what exactly goes on during processing, and what can go wrong. Daniel Smith, Associate Director at Control Risks will be sharing his experience and giving us key insights into the technical challenges and opportunities within the processing stage.
Podcast Host
Rachel McAdams - eDiscovery Technical Specialist at A&L Goodbody Solicitors
Podcast Guest
Daniel Smith - Associate Director at Control Risks

Dec 4, 2020 • 44min
Fresh Voices of Legal Tech - Episode #3, Special Edition - Rebecca Baker & Joy Heath Rush
For Episode Three, Mercedes Brown, ILTA UK Membership Engagement Manager, sits down with Rebecca Baker and Joy Heath Rush for a special edition of Fresh Voices of Legal Tech. As the Global Editor of The Legal Technologist and the CEO of ILTA, both interviewees have an interesting perspective of the legal sector.
Tune in to learn about their experience within the sector, how they entered it, advice on how to maintain your social media presence, their current reads, and more!
Interviewer: Mercedes Brown, ILTA UK Membership Engagement Manager
Speakers: Rebecca J.K. Baker, Trainee Solicitor, RPC and Global Editor, The Legal Technologist and Joy Heath Rush, CEO, ILTA
About the Series
This ILTA podcast series showcases the new voices of legal technology. It features those who have three or less years of experience within the community in hopes to showcase and educate the future of the legal landscape

Dec 4, 2020 • 22min
Remote Depositions
This podcast is all about remote depositions and how to navigate through the new normal with technology that affords you the opportunity to conduct to keep you working doing remote depositions and/or mediations during these uncertain times. Technology can be overwhelming and tricky at times so we I hope our podcast this answers any questions you may have and gives you the tools to navigate through working remotely.
Speakers:
Kiran Deol - Appeals Coordinator & E-trial Tech at Reportex
Jason Ward - Attorney at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Becky Schwartz - Attorney at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Recorded on August 19, 2020

Nov 10, 2020 • 33min
Fresh Voices of Legal Tech - Episode 2: Tessian
For Episode Two, Mercedes Brown, ILTA UK Membership Engagement Manager, chats with members of the Tessian Team about their experience in the legal tech sector and working for a solution provider. With years of experience ranging from less than one year to three years, their perspective is insightful.
Tune in to learn about their soft and hard skills, what they really do in their roles, and, for fun, some lesser known quirks about their team and work environment.
Interviewer: Mercedes Brown, ILTA UK Membership Engagement Manager
Speakers: Ayala Ples, Customer Success Executive; Ilaria Occhiolini, International Growth; and Josh Reynolds, International Growth Associate [Since recording this episode, Josh accepted a new position outside of the legal sector]
About the Series
This ILTA podcast series showcases the new voices of legal technology. It features those who have three or less years of experience within the community in hopes to showcase and educate the future of the legal landscape

Nov 5, 2020 • 9min
What Does a MarTech Stack Look Like in Legal?
In this podcast, we will discuss how to build out a workable Martech stack within your firm from regional to global firms.
Moderator:
@Rachel Shields Williams, Senior Manager Experience Manager, Sidley Austin LLP
Speaker:
@Jacqueline Madarang, Associate Director of Marketing Technology & Operations, Blank Rome LLP
Recorded on 11-5-2020