Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Paulo Varnieri, a corporate partner at Holland & Knight in Washington, DC, and Ross Guberman, the Founder and CEO of LawCatch, the developer of BriefCatch, a software platform designed to elevate legal writing, which has recently introduced new generative AI features for lawyers and legal professionals. We discussed how lawyers can leverage technology to manage an increasingly complex workflow, ways that the craftsmanship involved with drafting deal documents has changed as a result of technology, and new opportunities that law firms could realize with artificial intelligence.

In this 17th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed planning for Legalweek 2024.

Chantelle Jalland, a London-based Managing Director for Digital Investigations & Discovery with J.S. Held, discusses the evolving approach to digital investigations and e-discovery, the applicability of alternative legal services in litigation matters, and the impact of generative AI on digital investigations.

Nicole Bradick, Founder and CEO of Theory and Principle, discusses the impact of generative AI on law firm legal technology, changes in decision-making process and design challenges, and the shift towards design in software development due to generative AI.

Caroline Hill, Editor of Legal IT Insider joins the host to discuss legal tech trends, challenges in budget constraints, and the future of AI in law firms. They explore integrating Co-Pilot and Microsoft tools, navigating competitive environments, AI security concerns, and tech proficiency among young legal professionals.

I spoke with Jonathan Rubinsztein, the CEO of Nuix, a leading provider of investigative analytics and intelligence software. We discussed the benefits of its unified NEO platform for data privacy, fraud and investigations, and e-discovery, expectations for the use of generative AI in legal, and how e-discovery is evolving.

I spoke with Ragav Jagannathan, the founder of KL Software Technologies, a provider of software and services for the legal field. We discussed the technology applications that are most appealing to legal professionals, best practices for driving implementation and usage, the types of legal tasks on which professionals are most often applying technology, and where legal technology is headed.

Kevin Walker and Bryan Davis, CEO and CTO of Centari, discuss the benefits of a generative AI 'second brain' for lawyers, resolving generative AI's hallucination risk, and how legal AI is evolving.

I spoke with Robert Ingalls, the founder and CEO of LawPods, a podcast production and marketing agency for law firms. We discussed the value of a podcast for a law firm, the benefits of podcasting for an individual lawyer, ways a podcast host can grow an audience quickly, and the effect of generative AI on podcasting.

I spoke with Joe McSpadden, the Senior Vice President of Williams Lea, a business support services company for the investment banking, professional services, and legal industries. We discussed the trends identified in The Future of the Legal Workplace report, how law firms are reassessing their business structures, and ways they can create a competitive advantage with AI.