

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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Nov 19, 2024 • 22min
*Notebook LM* AI-Generated Discussion of Legal Operations at a Crossroads
I asked Notebook LM to read Legal Operations at a Crossroads, published in collaboration with iManage, LegalMation, and Neota Logic. This AI-generated discussion is the extraordinary result.

Nov 18, 2024 • 9min
Gifting in Professional Services to Strengthen Relationships
I spoke with Kris Rudeegraap, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Sendoso, a leading direct mail and gifting platform. We discussed how gifting in professional services strengthens relationships, the most popular use cases for legal professionals, and how gifting has evolved.

Nov 15, 2024 • 14min
Lessons Law Firms Can Learn from Legal Tech and Fintech Marketing
I spoke with Erin Harrison and Kenny Gary, co-founders of Limelight, a growth communications firm specializing in the legal and regulated sectors. We discussed the legal marketing trends that inspire their approach, lessons that law firms can learn from marketing strategies in legal tech and fintech, and priorities law firm leaders should consider in business development.

Nov 13, 2024 • 11min
Court Reporting and the Evolution of Legal Support
I spoke with Greg Hong, the Co-Founder and CEO of Steno, a tech-enabled provider of legal support and court reporting services. We discussed the industry trends driving the need for court reporting and litigation support, creating a competitive advantage in the current market, and the evolution of the legal support market.

Nov 11, 2024 • 15min
How E-Discovery Teams Can Optimize Project Management in a Generative AI Era
I spoke with Brad Harris, the Vice President of Solutions at Exterro, which provides e-discovery and data risk management solutions for legal teams. We discussed the key challenges legal teams face in their e-discovery workflows, the value of project management in optimizing these processes, and how the rise of generative AI is affecting the e-discovery landscape.

Nov 8, 2024 • 27min
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 32
In this 32nd episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed The Say Gap conference, planning for 2025, practical AI, and The Mindset Mentor podcast.

Nov 6, 2024 • 11min
How the Selection of Outside Counsel is Changing
I spoke with Laura Leopard, Founder and General Manager of Leopard Solutions, a law firm data platform and a SurePoint company. We discussed the launch of Leopard PROWESS, ways that corporate legal teams and law firms are streamlining their recruiting processes, and how the selection of outside counsel is changing.

Nov 1, 2024 • 10min
LegalTechTalk and Promoting Innovation in the Legal Sector
I spoke with Bradley Collins, the Co-Founder and CEO of LegalTechTalk, a conference in the UK focused on the legal industry. We discussed the similarities between Insurtech and Legaltech, lessons from the inaugural 2024 event, speakers participating in 2025, and the barriers to innovation in the legal sector that the conference aims to address.

Oct 29, 2024 • 11min
The Rise of Bleisure in Legal
I spoke with Ryan Spear, the Founder and CEO of Spear Travel Group, a full-service travel agency that supports law firms and litigation travel. We discussed the role of traditional travel agencies today, the unique value proposition his agency offers legal clients, travel tips and best practices, and how professional travel is evolving.

Oct 25, 2024 • 9min
Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference Mixtape
At the 2024 Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference produced by Patrick DiDomenico and Joshua Fireman, I had the privilege of speaking with Evan Bernhoft, Account Executive at LegalMation, Damien Black, Director of Marketing at DealCloser, Alex Chiang, Chief Customer Officer at SimplyAgree, Bill DeWeese, Chief Technology Officer at Airia, Ragav Jagannathan, CEO at KL Software Technologies Inc, Gabriel Karawani, Co-Founder at ClearPeople, Danielle Lehrman, Account Manager at Filevine, Darren Schleicher, Chief Sales Officer at BriefCatch, Evan Shenkman, Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer at Fisher Phillips, Ted Theodoropoulos, CEO at Infodash, and Brett Young, Product Account Executive at iManage.