ILTA Voices

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ILTA Voices episodes

April 30, 2025 #0084: (CCT) Byte-Sized Justice: Upskilling Legal Teams for an AI-Driven Future
In this podcast interview, the speaker will do a deep dive into what skills are needed for corporate legal departments to stay on top of all the various new technologies.

Moderator:
@Andrea Shirey - eDiscovery Expert, Bayer Corporation Legal Department

Speakers:
@Reid Cram - Product Marketing Manager, NetDocuments
@Paul Park - Director, BDO USA
25 min
April 29, 2025 #0083: (CCT) The Human Side of Change Management
In this podcast session, the speaker will highlight the importance of addressing the emotional and psychological aspects of change.

They will also recognize the human factors in change management, learn strategies for addressing emotional and psychological aspects of change and understand the impact of change on employees.

Moderator:
@Rachel Baiden - Global Technology Training Manager, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Speaker:
@Paul Russell - Disruptive Thinking Coach, Evenifitwasfree
22 min
March 31, 2025 #0082: (CCT) Optimizing M365 Decisions: Aligning IT, KM/Innovation, and End User Needs
As M365 continues to rapidly expand its feature set, law firms face increasingly complex decisions about tool adoption and implementation. These decisions have historically lived within the IT department, potentially missing valuable input from knowledge management teams, innovation specialists, and end users. In this podcast, the speakers explored how firms can evolve their M365 governance model.

Moderator:
@Megan McMillin - Practice Innovation Manager, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Speaker:
@Faith Drewry - User Experience Architect, Bryan Cave

Recorded on 03-31-2025.
29 min
March 24, 2025 #0081: Tony McKenna, Reflection on his ILTA Journey
Tony McKenna shares how he started on his journey with ILTA, how it has effected his life and career, his experience, and his insight into the future of ILTA.
24 min
March 19, 2025 #0080: (CCT) Unpacking the “Human Element” in the GenAI Equation
In this podcast interview, the speakers will discuss about how GenAI training often centers on the technology itself.
Technology aside, what are the professional skills and qualities we need to amplify, train, and focus on in within legal technology teams in the coming years to meet advances in generative AI?

Moderator:
Helen Stocklin-Enright, Senior Manager, Development & Operations, Perkins Coie
Speakers:
Melissa Berry, Director of Attorney Development, Perkins Coie LLP
Tiffany Mclean, Training Manager, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Leigh Zidwick, Sr. Director of Information Governance, DLA Piper LLP (US)
41 min
March 18, 2025 #0079: (DEIC) Catalyst 2025 Recap - Highlights from Women Who Lead's annual flagship conference.
Three members of the DEI Committee attended Catalyst on March 13th and they share their highlights, takeaways and inspirations from the day.

Speakers:
Priti Saraswat
Ravan Roddy
Anna Corbett

The keynote speaker referred to is Alison Fragale, author of Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve
43 min
March 14, 2025 #0078: (CCT) Missing Pieces: Using Legal Data Intelligence to Eliminate Gaps in Law & Technology
In this podcast panel discussion, the speakers provided an introductory discussion on LDI and its impact on how data is reviewed, analyzed and used to identify relationship trends.

Moderator:
@Ravan Roddy - eDiscovery Manager, Zoetis

Panelists:
@Chris Acosta - Director, eDiscovery Resources, Morrison Foerster
@Carl Morrison - Senior Manager, Legal Operations, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.)

Recorded 3-14-2025
33 min
March 11, 2025 #0077: (CCT) Would I Lie To You?
In this world of AI, we are going to have to be more discerning to discover the truth.
Sometimes the 'smoking gun' isn't real.
In this podcast, the speaker will share what are some tips and tricks for finding deepfakes or altered data.
In addition, they will discuss how far down the rabbit hole do we need to go and are there any tools out there that can help?
Moderator:
Shawn McClurg, Director of Practice Solutions, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Speakers:
Julian Ackert, Managing Director, iDiscovery Solutions, Inc
Jerry Bui, Founder & CEO, Right Forensics
Tristan Jenkinson, Owner and Author, eDiscovery Channel
39 min
March 10, 2025 #0076: (CCT) ESI Orders: New Things to Look Out For
ESI orders continue to grow and become more complex. There are certain strategies and areas to focus on depending on what side you're on.

In this podcast interview, the goal is to discuss new areas that become points of contention such as discovery on discovery, hyperlinked documents, and more.

Moderator:
@Chris Acosta - Director, eDiscovery Resources, Morrison Foerster

Speakers:
@Andy Kim - eDiscovery Counsel, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
@Cristin Traylor - Senior Director, AI Transformation & Law Firm Strategy, Relativity
27 min
March 07, 2025 #0075: (JIT) What Does This All Mean? Uncovering KPMG's Approval
KPMG has just become the first Big Four accounting company to own a law firm in the United States after Arizona approved its participation in the state’s alternative business structure program. In this podcast interview, the speaker will highlight key background information on this case, discuss if this will open-the-door to becoming the new norm, pros/cons of the ruling and discuss what are the overall key changes in the legal industry of this ruling.
Moderator:
Ted Theodoropoulos, Chief Executive Officer, Infodash

Speaker:
Debbie Foster, CEO, Affinity Consulting
Recorded 3-7-2025
23 min