
ILTA Voices
Podcast series from the International Legal Technology Association
Latest episodes

Nov 11, 2024 • 29min
#0056: Influential Women in Tech: Caryn Sandler
The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Caryn Sandler. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

Nov 11, 2024 • 23min
#0055: Influential Women in Tech: Aalia Manie
The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Aalia Manie. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

Nov 11, 2024 • 25min
#0054: Influential Women in Tech: Ginevra Saylor
The series "Influential Women in Tech" features in-depth interviews with ILTA's Influential Women in Tech award winners. Each episode spotlights one inspiring woman who’s transforming the legal technology landscape. This episode highlights Ginevra Saylor. Hear all about her journey, achievements, and the challenges she’s overcome, offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone passionate about innovation and leadership.

Nov 8, 2024 • 29min
#0053: (CCT) Is that a Cumulus? Making the Case for Moving eDiscovery to the Cloud?
In this podcast panel interview, the panelists will discuss the pros and cons of moving from a server based eDiscovery system to a Cloud based one, what are the benefits, what are the risks and what are helpful tips and tricks.
Moderator:
@Shawn McClurg - Director of Practice Solutions, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Panelists:
@Rick Clark - VP, CloudNine
@Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery
@Christy Weisner - Senior Manager, Practice Innovation & Litigation Services, Paul Hastings
Recorded 11-8-2024

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Nov 7, 2024 • 22min
#0052: (CCT) Embracing Innovation and New Technologies in Your Law Practice
Discover how technology is reshaping the legal industry, enhancing efficiency, and streamlining workflows. Small firms can leverage their agility to adopt AI tools effectively, while large firms face unique challenges. Learn about measuring the ROI and ROE of tech investments, emphasizing user feedback as crucial for success. The discussion reveals how innovative tech, particularly AI, is transforming practices, improving performance metrics, and providing opportunities for continual learning. Embrace the importance of tech competency to remain competitive in the legal market.

Nov 6, 2024 • 28min
#0051: (CCT) Driving Law Department Change with Technology
GenAI technology provides groundbreaking opportunities for corporate law departments to innovate the legal service delivery model, take the wheel on legal costs, and strategically implement use cases which can drive these opportunities for their companies.
Join us in this podcast panel interview to learn how in-house teams are using these tools to steer their organizations towards meaningful change in legal service delivery. Our panel will also discuss the environment in which we are making decisions, how to strategically insert GenAI in technology roadmaps, expectations on what tools can do, and how new technologies are changing the law firm/law department relationship. Additionally, we will explore how legal industry regulators are starting to govern AI use.
Moderator:
@Reid Cram - Product Marketing Manager, NetDocuments
Speakers:
@Brad Blickstein - Principal, Blickstein Group, Inc.
@Thomas Daemen - Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation
@Ed Sohn - Global Head of Insights and Innovation, Factor
Recorded 11-6-2024

Nov 4, 2024 • 27min
#0050: (CCT) Exploring DORA: What the New EU Regulation Means for Legal
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is an EU regulation that will apply as of January 17th, 2025. Its goal is to strengthen the overall information and communication technology security of financial entities in the remit of the 3 ESAs and ensuring that the financial sector in Europe is able to stay resilient in the event of a severe operational digital disruption. In this podcast, we hope to learn more about how DORA will specifically impact law firms that work with banks.
Moderator:
@Leigh Zidwick - Sr Director Info Governance, DLA Piper LLP (US)
Speaker:
@Jonathan Armstrong - Partner, Punter, Southall Law
Resources:
FAQS - EU DORA Regulation & Operational Resilience Requirements - Punter Southall Law
DORA Legislation
Recorded on 11-04-2024.

Oct 30, 2024 • 28min
#0049: (DEIC) Giulia Paparella shares tips for creating community while ensuring hiring equity and development.
In this discussion with Rabiya Hirji, Giulia Paparella shares her professional journey from practicing law to leading customer success at a legal technology company. Giulia provides practical tips for creating a strong community and ensuring equity in hiring and team development. Giulia also highlights the critical role of corporate culture, the importance of allies and mentors, and the value of celebrating small wins in fostering an equitable workplace environment.

Oct 29, 2024 • 28min
#0048: (CCT) A Deep Dive into CRM and Experience Management: How Combining BD and KM Can Accelerate Firm Growth
We are increasingly seeing the merging of these two systems as well as a growing collaboration between knowledge management and business development as firm functions.
In this session, we will explore why combining KM and Business Development capabilities have created a huge competitive advantage for firms by curating firm intelligence around “what we do” with “who we know” to capitalize on growth opportunities.
We will explore themes such as:
1. Factors driving this trend
2. Strategic advantages of building Experience + CRM programs
3. Types of data captured and tools used and the influence of AI
4. Tangible use cases
5. Key tips and pitfalls for launching Experience + CRM initiatives
Moderator:
@Paul Giedraitis - CEO, Orgaimi
Speakers:
@Carrie Remhof - Senior Firm Intelligence Manager, Troutman Pepper
@Jaclyn Walkins - KM Enablement Manager, Sidley
Recorded on 10-29-2024.

Oct 23, 2024 • 28min
#0047: (CCT) Basic Survival: Future-Proofing Skills for Uncertain Times
From the pandemic to climate change, geopolitical unrest, macroeconomic instability, and technological disruption, we are living in a time of unprecedented uncertainty. How do we navigate these uncharted waters and move from surviving to thriving in these uncertain times?
My guest for this podcast is a seasoned finance and legal executive and growth advisor who will share invaluable perspectives on building the mindset and skills to lead through change and proactively shape the future.
Moderator:
@Christine Dauchez - Director of Knowledge & Innovation, Paul Weiss
Speaker:
@Jordana Confino - Founder and CEO, JC Coaching & Consulting
Recorded 10-22-2024