Legal Innovation Spotlight
Infodash
Legal Innovation Spotlight is a fireside chat series that shines a light on the latest trends and advancements in legal innovation. Each episode is hosted by Infodash and features a guest who is an expert in their field, sharing their insights and experiences with legal technology, innovation, and knowledge management. Legal Innovation Spotlight is the perfect podcast for professionals in Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Technology who are looking to stay informed and ahead of the curve.
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Oct 28, 2026 • 49min
The Future of Law Depends on Skills AI Can’t Replace
Libby Clark, attorney, legal strategist, and founder of Libby Clark Law, explores how AI is reshaping legal work and exposing weaknesses in firm culture. They discuss attorney well-being, outdated partnership incentives, client co-design, evolving pricing models, and the human skills technology cannot replace, including empathy, wisdom, listening, and adaptability. A sharp look at why law firms must rethink transformation before AI-native competitors take the lead.
Oct 21, 2026 • 47min
The Future of Legal Services Will Be Decided by the Buyers
Jason L. Brown, President and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel and former corporate chief legal officer, explores how AI is reshaping legal services. They discuss corporate legal departments as increasingly sophisticated buyers, pressure for measurable value, transparent data, new delivery models, alternative providers, pricing uncertainty, and why trusted legal advisers still matter as routine work becomes more automated.
Oct 14, 2026 • 49min
Why Better Client Outcomes Matter More Than Legal Innovation
Helder Santos, Global Head of Legal Tech and Innovation at Bird & Bird, explores how AI is reshaping legal services. They discuss moving beyond tech hype, prioritizing client outcomes, redesigning workflows, building firmwide AI fluency, and making innovation adoption organic. The conversation also examines multidisciplinary teams, legal project management, transparency, and the evolving role of lawyers as architects of solutions.
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Oct 7, 2026 • 49min
Why Productizing Legal Expertise Is Harder Than It Looks
Marc-Henri Chamay, chair and co-founder of aosphere, built a global legal and compliance data business from within Allen & Overy. He explores why turning legal expertise into scalable products is difficult, from sourcing trusted data across 100+ jurisdictions to AI’s growing demand for reliable information. The conversation also covers focused market selection, commercial talent, self-funded growth, and the culture needed for a successful carve-out.
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Sep 30, 2026 • 51min
Traditional Law Firm Ownership Is Becoming a Competitive Disadvantage
Andy Kvesic, CEO of Aprio Legal, specializes in alternative business structures and legal industry transformation. He explores how integrated legal and professional services, non-lawyer ownership, and private capital are reshaping firms. The conversation covers AI investment, technology-enabled expertise, equity for talent, ethical safeguards, succession planning, and why client demands may accelerate the shift away from traditional partnerships.
Sep 23, 2026 • 48min
Law Firms Need to Reengineer Work Before AI Can Automate It
Bert Bries, Head of Innovation, Knowledge, and Technology at CMS Netherlands, explores smarter technology strategies for law firms. He tackles build versus buy, the promise and limits of vibe coding, and why implementation matters more than flashy tools. The conversation also examines repeatable legal delivery, specialized platforms, workflow reengineering, agentic automation, and how AI-native firms could reshape process-driven legal work.
Sep 16, 2026 • 45min
Your Org Structure Is Your AI Strategy
Ilona Logvinova, Chief AI Officer at HSF Kramer and a legal innovation leader, explores how AI is reshaping law firms. They discuss organizational design, legal engineering, cross-disciplinary talent, and the competition for scarce AI expertise. The conversation also examines the shift beyond billable hours, the rise of client experience, and what it takes to build an AI-native legal practice.
Sep 9, 2026 • 43min
What Happens When Big Law Talent Goes AI-Native
Mike Schmidtberger, Chairman and partner at Norm Law LLP and former Sidley Austin leader, discusses building an AI-native law firm after 35 years in Big Law. They explore autonomous legal agents, the technology gap, client-specific data, flat pricing, and where AI-native firms can challenge traditional counsel. A sharp look at competition, efficiency, and the future of operational legal work.
Sep 2, 2026 • 44min
Outside Capital Is Coming for the Legal Industry
Josh Porte, a legal services transactions and M&A partner, and Trisha Rich, an ethics and professional regulation attorney, explore how management services organizations are reshaping law. They unpack outside capital, MSO and ABS structures, Rule 5.4, digital knowledge ownership, international models, AI, access to justice, enterprise value, and equity incentives for attracting talent.
Aug 26, 2026 • 51min
The Legal Industry Has a Data Problem AI Can’t Fix
Akber Datoo, founder and CEO of D2 Legal Technology and a technologist-turned-lawyer, discusses legal data hygiene and why poor data undermines AI. He covers data governance, how AI exposes process and supervision gaps, and the shifting role of lawyers toward measurable business outcomes and automation.
