Reinventing Professionals
Ari Kaplan
The business of providing professional advice is changing. Today, anyone can go online and access a wealth of information about any topic, from legal and medical advice to financial planning and accounting suggestions. This blog is designed to offer ideas, guidance, and perspectives on how to effectively navigate a perpetually shifting professional landscape, with a unique focus on the legal industry and the technology that is driving its evolution.
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May 8, 2024 • 25min
Whether Generative AI and LLMs Will Replace Technology-Assisted Review Workflows
Litigation Partner, David Stanton, discusses the rapid digital transformation, challenges of deploying new tech, creating a generative AI timeline, and the potential for AI to replace technology-assisted review workflows.
May 3, 2024 • 16min
Charting Change in Legal w/ Caroline Hill, Legal IT Insider, and Industry Analyst Ari Kaplan, Ep 23
Caroline Hill, Editor of Legal IT Insider, and Ari Kaplan, Industry Analyst, discuss generative AI adoption in legal departments, challenges in demonstrating ROI, technology's impact on legal efficiency, competitiveness, and billable hours. They touch on CLOC, legal administrators, law firm tech labs, and aligning client expectations.
Apr 30, 2024 • 27min
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 22
Caroline Hill, Editor of Legal IT Insider, discusses generative AI in e-discovery, remote work trends, and the future of the billable hour in the legal industry. The podcast delves into the intersection of technology and human roles, the appointment of AI directors in law firms, and humorous anecdotes from a legal conference.
Apr 25, 2024 • 19min
Promoting Responsible Data Intelligence
I spoke with Ian Campbell and Emily Johnston, the Chief Marketing Officer and Product Manager for Incident Response, respectively, for iCONECT, a developer of e-discovery software. We discussed the convergence of e-discovery and cybersecurity, best practices for adapting e-discovery software to support adjacent disciplines, and how development teams can stay ahead of the rapidly changing technology landscape.
Apr 23, 2024 • 18min
Where Law Firms and Legal Departments are Succeeding with Innovation
I spoke with Aaron Crews, the Chief Product and Innovation Officer and Head of Enterprise at UnitedLex, a provider of alternative legal services. We discussed UnitedLex's unique approach to e-discovery, the evolution of AI in legal, where law firms and legal departments are succeeding with innovation, and how leadership is changing.
Apr 19, 2024 • 23min
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 21
Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, discusses tracking trends in the general counsel's office, studying new standards in legal, and upcoming events in the legal industry. The podcast also covers topics like consistency in habits, career transformation, networking success stories, the evolving mentality of lawyers towards diversity, and excitement for future events and collaborations.
Apr 16, 2024 • 7min
Using Generative AI to Draft Patents and Office Action Answers
I spoke to FX Leduc, co-founder and CEO of davinci, an AI tool that uses generative AI to draft patents and office action answers. We discussed how davinci improves the process of drafting patents and office action responses, best practices for law firms interested in leveraging AI, and how the application of AI in legal is evolving.
Apr 11, 2024 • 8min
The Benefits of AI-Powered Patent Analytics
I spoke with Matthew Veale, a European Patent Attorney with Patsnap, an AI-enabled patent analytics platform. We discussed how Patsnap supports legal professionals, how legal professionals can responsibly innovate by leveraging AI, and how intellectual property protection is evolving.
Apr 9, 2024 • 12min
Using Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Payment for Law Firms
I spoke with Milan Bobde, the co-founder and CEO of Oddr, an AI-powered invoice-to-cash platform for law firms. We discussed how law firms manage their billing and collections, ways to leverage artificial intelligence to facilitate payments, and how law firm finance is evolving.
Apr 5, 2024 • 15min
The Factors That Make Law Firm Mergers Successful
I spoke with Rob Millard, the Director of Cambridge Strategy Group, who advises law firms and similar businesses. We discussed his research focused on the drivers of success across 73 large US and UK law firm mergers that took place between 2002 and 2017, how to measure the success of law firm mergers, and lessons for growth-oriented law firm leaders.
