Walchet Talks

Guest Brian Kennedy, Senior Practice Innovation Manager at BCLP discusses Generative AI in law firms. Topics include differences from other AI, limitations, upskilling lawyers, and the role of prompt engineering. The episode explores how law firms can harness Generative AI and the key skills lawyers need in this new era.

In this episode, I chat with Uwais Iqbal, founder of Simplexico, an AI company that provides education, design and development services tailored for legal teams looking to leverage AI. We discuss the meaning of AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in a way that’s relevant to lawyers, the gaps between AI hype and reality, promising real-world AI use cases for legal teams, and how best legal teams can go about leveraging AI and evaluate AI vendors.The points we discuss in this episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below:Introduction (0:09)What are some important basics about AI that legal professionals need to know? (1:56)How are AI concepts applied in the legal sector? (5:40)What are the gaps between hype and reality in legal applications of AI? (10:01)What are promising use cases for legal applications of AI? (13:05)How should legal teams explore AI in their organisation? (15:23)How should tools and vendors be evaluated? (18:13)Where is AI for legal applications placed on the Gartner hype cycle? (20:52)Reach out to Uwais (24:12)

Brian Kennedy, Senior Practice Innovation Manager of Real Estate at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), talks about Large Language Models (LLMs) and the issues they face including hallucinations. He discusses the legal tech products using LLMs, how law firms can spend their Generative AI dollars, and shares insights into how BCLP uses Generative AI.

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In this episode I chat with Meera Klemola about the legal design, its application to legal teams, and the change management techniques used to help teams become more design-driven. The specific points we address in the episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below. 1. Introduction (0:09)2. What is legal design? How is it different from design thinking? (2:30)3. What are some use cases of legal design? (6:20)4. How does your course “Fundamentals of Legal Design” help legal professionals? (10:34)5. Which change management techniques help legal teams adopt legal design? (14:05)6. Does change management have to be a continuous process? (20:45)7. Are change management processes universal? Or are they customisable for the issue at hand? (23:08)As referenced in the episode, here is a link to the 'Fundamentals of Legal Design' course: https://bond.edu.au/microcredential/fundamentals-of-legal-design

In this episode I chat with Jessica Flowers about the rise of visual contracts and its importance in democratising the access to justice. The specific points we address in the episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below. 1. Introduction (0:09)2. What are visual contracts and why are they relevant: (2:07)3. How do visual contracts make justice a lot more accessible to the common man? (3:55)4. Examples of visual contracts (example 1 at 15:47 and example 2 at 17:58)5. What is the process for designing a visual contract? What principles or elements do you have to bear in mind while creating a visual contract? (20:18)6. How do you get specific in a visual contract? (25:27) 7. What are the pitfalls to avoid when designing a visual contract? (25:55)

In this bonus episode, I chat with Josh Kubicki, a business designer and co-founder of the Bold Duck Studio. We discuss 2 use cases of design thinking for legal teams. 1. Creating new roles for existing legal teams2. Incentivising legal teams to become legal tech experts

Hi, welcome to Walchet Talks, a legal tech and innovation podcast. In each episode, we do a deep dive into one concept in the legal tech and innovation space and discuss its application to legal teams. We have covered a broad range of topics including document automation, design thinking, legal operations, contract lifecycle management and lots more. Do check it out. If there is a topic you want us to cover, do drop us a line at priyadarshini@walchet.com. We would love to hear from you. Thank you for tuning in. 

In this episode I chat with Rachita Maker about the importance of legal operations for legal teams. The specific points we address in the episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below. 1. Introduction (0:08)2. Scope of the term 'Legal Operations': (1:36)3. Examples of legal operation functions in corporate legal teams and ALSPs (5:10)4. Thoughts on Law Firms embracing Legal Operations (6:52)5. Skill Sets of a Legal Ops Professional (8:52)6. Importance of Data & Metrics in Legal Operations (12:28)7. Importance of People and Process Before Technology (18:33)Housekeeping Note: We experienced a technical problem with our recording studio because of which Priyadarshini's audio/ video is not always in sync and it sometimes appears that she is interrupting Rachita. This is a technical glitch. Do bear with us.

In this episode, I chat with Andrew Wingfield and Peter Impey about no code or low code tools for lawyers. The points we discuss in this episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below:1. Introduction (0:09)2. Importance of Automation in the Legal Industry (1:20)3. What does no code/ low code mean for lawyers? (2:40)4. Difference between no code/ low code tools (6:25)4. Choosing when to use no code/ low code tools (7:40)5. Challenges in using no code/ low code tools (9:40)6. Playbook to effectively rolling out a no code/ low code tool (16:02)Housekeeping Note: We experienced a technical problem with our recording studio because of which Priyadarshini's audio/ video is not always in sync and it sometimes appears that she is interrupting the other speakers. This is a technical glitch. Do bear with us.