ILTA Voices

With changes to the DEI landscape rapidly evolving, many companies and organizations are choosing to reverse or eliminate corporate DEI initiatives and programing.  In this podcast panel discussion, the speakers discuss the DEI community’s current response and action plan to this trend. Panelists will also speak on their own behalf based on their experiences within the DEI space.    Moderators: Ravan L. Roddy,  eDiscovery Manager, Zoetis M. Kara Hill, Project Manager, Eversheds Sutherland Speakers: Darwin Conner, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer (US), Eversheds Sutherland Kori Carew, Esq., Chief Catalyst Officer and Founder of Bridge 68 LLC

Join ILTA's WWL (Women Who Lead) as they dive into the successes, struggles, and strategies for women in the C-Suite.

What if AI could think like a legal professional—breaking down complex tasks, making decisions, and even taking action autonomously? In this sneak peek of ILTA’s Just-In-Time Roundtable Encore to Evolve: Agentic AI and the Possibilities for Legal, industry expertsndive into the game-changing potential of Agentic AI—where AI evolves from a chatbot to a proactive teammate.  Spoiler: The billable hour might never be the same. Moderator:   Josh Lazar, Founder and CEO, TechThinkTank LLC  Speakers:  Reanna Martinez, Director of Innovation, Systems, and Data, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP  Sara Miro, Director of Knowledge Solutions, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Rob Saccone, Chief Technology Officer, Lega Inc.

In this session, the speakers explored how law firms and legal professionals can safeguard sensitive data and systems by implementing AI-specific security strategies and effective governance controls.  It also builds on part one, diving deeper into practical approaches for mitigating risk in an AI-driven environment. Moderator: Elizabeth Suehr, Director of Legal Risk Systems & Strategy, Jenner & Block LLP Speakers: Morgan Llewellyn, Director, AI Practice Hike2 Chris Hockey, Manager, Information Risk and Governance Alvarez & Marsal

In this session, the speakers explored how data-driven decision-making can empower KM, legal technology, and legal services teams to extract meaningful insights from overwhelming volumes of information. Moderator: @Alejandro Vallellanes - Former Senior Manager, Research and Information Alerts, Baker McKenzie   Speakers: @Kris Sales - Innovation Product Analyst, Linklaters LLP @Natasha Tucker - Director, Business Development Operations, Bennett Jones LLP @Cem Uçan - Legal Engineer, Legora  Recorded on 06-13-2025.

Challenge traditional onboarding assumptions by exploring optimal training timeframes for legal professionals. This data-driven session will reveal how to create streamlined, effective onboarding programs that prevent information overload while ensuring competency.    Listeners will learn practical strategies for prioritizing Day 1 essentials, structuring follow-up training, and measuring onboarding success through concrete metrics.    In addition, they will receive real-world examples from firms that successfully shortened their onboarding while improving results.   Moderator: @Jeffrey Roach - Partner, EncoreTech   Speaker: @Daniel Kent - Training Manager, Foley Hoag Recorded 6-3-2025

In this podcast interview, Karina Willes, ILTA DEI Committee member and lead on the 2024 DEI Climate Survey, shares her story.

The shift to remote and hybrid working has transformed how leaders should effectively manage their teams.  Understanding skills required to manage engagement, motivation, relationship building, effective communication, cultivating collaborative, cohesive teams, from a distance, are now essential.  In this podcast interview, we will discuss key tips and tricks to build and grow remote and hybrid leadership with empathy.    Moderator: Melanie Prevost, Senior Director of Infrastructure and Technical Support Services, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. Speaker: Michael B. Stevens, Managing Partner, Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad

In today's workplace, a lot of the burnout and misgivings is because there is an old belief that personal life should end at the workplace door.  In this podcast panel, the panelists share tips and tricks on how to allow leaders to foster a team who can bring their whole self and be their whole self.  Moderator: Adam Wehler, Director of eDiscovery Strategy and Litigation Technology, Smith Anderson Speakers: Lejuane Johnson, IT Specialist, Alston & Bird LLP Tiffany McLean, Training Manager, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP Melanie Prevost, Senior Director of Infrastructure and Technical Support Services, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.

In this session, long standing members of the ILTA Annual Technology Survey Committee and the Survey Project Manager share best practices in using the survey results, and highlight how the survey has become a key budgeting and decision-making tool for law firms of all sizes around the world.   Moderator: @Laura Murphy - Senior Project Manager, ILTA   Speakers: @Todd Corham - Security and Compliance Administrator, Saul Ewing LLP @TJ Johnson - Transformational Strategist & Leader Recorded  5-21-2025