ILTA Voices

By ILTA - International Legal Technology AssociationTechnology

ILTA Voices episodes

June 03, 2025 #0094: (CT) Right-Sizing Legal Onboarding: When Less Is More
Challenge traditional onboarding assumptions by exploring optimal training timeframes for legal professionals. This data-driven session will reveal how to create streamlined, effective onboarding programs that prevent information overload while ensuring competency.

Listeners will learn practical strategies for prioritizing Day 1 essentials, structuring follow-up training, and measuring onboarding success through concrete metrics.

In addition, they will receive real-world examples from firms that successfully shortened their onboarding while improving results.

Moderator:
@Jeffrey Roach - Partner, EncoreTech

Speaker:
@Daniel Kent - Training Manager, Foley Hoag

Recorded 6-3-2025
35 min
May 30, 2025 #0093: (DEIC) Karina Willes - Her Story
In this podcast interview, Karina Willes, ILTA DEI Committee member and lead on the 2024 DEI Climate Survey, shares her story.
9 min
May 23, 2025 #0092: (CT) Remote and Hybrid Leadership
The shift to remote and hybrid working has transformed how leaders should effectively manage their teams.
Understanding skills required to manage engagement, motivation, relationship building, effective communication, cultivating collaborative, cohesive teams, from a distance, are now essential.
In this podcast interview, we will discuss key tips and tricks to build and grow remote and hybrid leadership with empathy.

Moderator:
Melanie Prevost, Senior Director of Infrastructure and Technical Support Services, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
Speaker:
Michael B. Stevens, Managing Partner, Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad
46 min
May 22, 2025 #0091: (CT) Bring Your Whole Self… Be Your Whole Self
In today's workplace, a lot of the burnout and misgivings is because there is an old belief that personal life should end at the workplace door.
In this podcast panel, the panelists share tips and tricks on how to allow leaders to foster a team who can bring their whole self and be their whole self.

Moderator:
Adam Wehler, Director of eDiscovery Strategy and Litigation Technology, Smith Anderson

Speakers:
Lejuane Johnson, IT Specialist, Alston & Bird LLP
Tiffany McLean, Training Manager, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Melanie Prevost, Senior Director of Infrastructure and Technical Support Services, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
1 hr 4 min
May 21, 2025 #0090: (JIT) Just-In-Time: ILTA's 2025 Tech Survey, Early insights
In this session, long standing members of the ILTA Annual Technology Survey Committee and the Survey Project Manager share best practices in using the survey results, and highlight how the survey has become a key budgeting and decision-making tool for law firms of all sizes around the world.

Moderator:
@Laura Murphy - Senior Project Manager, ILTA

Speakers:
@Todd Corham - Security and Compliance Administrator, Saul Ewing LLP
@TJ Johnson - Transformational Strategist & Leader

Recorded
5-21-2025
33 min
May 19, 2025 #0089: (CT) Story?! Story?! Story?! We Don't Need No Stinking Story?!
Engagement is key. Knowing your audience is crucial. How do you get people to listen when they aren't interested in the topic you're presenting, aka eDiscovery, GenAI, machine learning, document review, etc.
In this podcast, the speakers will fill your cups to the brim with ideas, tips, and various avenues for engagement. In addition, they will provide you with key suggestions in how to learn to speak your audience's language to get them to understand what your offering.

Moderator:
Shawn McClurg, Director of Practice Solutions, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Speakers:
Cheryl Wilson Griffin, VP of Vendor Advisory, LegalTechnology Hub
Kalina Leopold Oak, Director of Marketing & Communications, Justice Technology Association
30 min
May 19, 2025 #0088: (CT) Beyond the Tech
In this podcast session, the speaker will provide a deeper dive into all the prospective questions organizations must ask their technology providers prior to moving forward with a deal.

Although, the technology works, great, but does the company as a whole?

Moderator:
@Christina Wojcik - Head of Innovation & Partnerships, Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Speaker:
@Krishna Vyas - Director of Third Party Risk Management and Information Security, CITI

Recorded 5-15-2025
22 min
May 15, 2025 #0087: (JIT) ILTA Just-In-Time: Preparing and Understanding the New Administrative Office of U.S. Courts (AO) Multifactor Authentication
In this ILTA just-in-time session, the speaker provided a high-level conversation of how firms should be prepared for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), which will begin implementing the multifactor authentication (MFA) sometime in mid-May to enhance system security for CM/ECF and PACER.
Resource:
PACER - Multifactor Authentication Coming Soon
Moderator:
@Jack Recinto - Director of Applications, Ice Miller LLP
Speaker:
@Aaron Fenimore - Security Architect, Thompson Hine LLP
Recorded on 05-15-2025.
13 min
May 14, 2025 #0086: (CCT) Law Firms and AI – A Practical Guide
In session 1 of the series, the speaker discussed what policies, frameworks, and oversight structures are essential for a strong AI foundation as well as common stumbling blocks and how to avoid them.
Moderator:
@Elizabeth Suehr - Director of Legal Risk Systems & Strategy, Jenner & Block LLP
Speaker:
@Morgan Llewellyn - Director, AI Practice Hike2
Recorded on 05-14-2025.
28 min
May 02, 2025 #0085: (JIT) ILTA Just-In-Time: Uncovering Ballard Spahr's AI Tool "Ask Ellis"
In this podcast interview, the speaker will provide a key overview of the build vs buy decision in uncovering Ballard Spahr's new AI tool "Ask Ellis." In addition, we will discuss what initial work they had to do with clients if they are using any of their client documents for fine tuning or RAG style solutions. Finally, we will highlight the various three assistants, which are chat, draft and analyze features.

Moderator:
Chris Hockey, Manager, Information Risk & Governance, Alvarez & Marsal
Speaker:
Lisa Mayo Haynes, Director of Technology Innovation, Ballard Spahr LLP
17 min