ILTA Voices

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ILTA Voices episodes

June 20, 2024 #0024: (CCT) Consulting Skills for eDiscovery Professionals - The Power of Resilience
In this podcast interview, the speakers will discuss how consulting skills can be used in eDiscovery. Examples include understanding the matter (an investigation that is run very differently to litigation, or a regulatory response), listening, being proactive and questioning the legal team goals.

Moderator:
James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery

Speakers:
Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery
Nicola Woodfall - Senior eDisclosure/eData Manager, Travers Smith
Recorded on 06-20-2024
24 min
June 05, 2024 #0023: (CCT) Lead from Where You Are: 5 Steps to Show Leadership Without a Title
Many of us have titles which do not include leadership roles (e.g., Chief, Director, Manager) but often need to find ways to motivate and inspires others.

This discussion will hone in on five tangible steps/ways for showing leadership even when you don't have formal authority.

Moderator:
@Glenn Hoxie - Practice Solutions Manager, Paul Hastings LLP

Speakers:
@Bruce James - Senior Manager, Program Management Office, Paul Hastings
@Tanya Pereira - Business Transformation Specialist, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
@Nicola Woodfall - Senior eDisclosure/eData Manager,Legal Technology

Recorded on 6-5-2024
21 min
May 29, 2024 #0022: (DEIC) DEIC Podcast with Mari Sun and Professor Jang
Listen as Mari Sun interviews Paul Jang, an adjunct professor and legal technology specialist at Fordham and Brooklyn Law School as they discuss diversity in legal technology and AAPI month (May).
28 min
May 24, 2024 #0021: (WWL) Women Leaders Podcast with Meghann Barloewen and Jaclyn Walkins
Listen as two Women Who Lead hosts, Catherine Monte and Jima Kato, interview the Meghann Barloewen and Jaclyn Walkins for the New Women Leaders podcast series for ILTA Voices.
45 min
May 20, 2024 #0020: (CCT) Working In eDiscovery - Communication Best Practices
In the latest installment of “Working in eDiscovery,” Rachel and James are joined by Paula Fearon, Head of Project Services at McCann Fitzgerald LLP, to discuss the importance of communication in the world of eDiscovery.

In this podcast session, the speakers defined what good communication looks like, how to avoid common mistakes and tips and tricks for the future.
Moderator:
@James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery
Speakers:
@Paula Fearon - Head of Project Services, McCann FitzGerald
@Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery
Recorded on 05-17-2024.
42 min
May 14, 2024 #0019: (CCT) Frenemies: Building a Collaborative Legal Ops Program with Outside Counsel
In this podcast panel, the panelists will share tips on how to work with, not against, outside counsel to achieve cost and matter management objectives.

Moderator:
@Andrea Webster - Associate Director, Legal Innovation and Operations, Novartis

Panelists:
@Heather Newton - Lead Counsel, Wells Fargo
@J. Tracy Walker - IV - Partner, McGuireWoods

Recorded 05-14-2024
33 min
May 09, 2024 #0018: (CCT) Cracking the Code: Understanding and Applying the new LMA Body of Knowledge in Legal Marketing
The Body of Knowledge (BoK) is a foundational resource developed by the Legal Marketing Association for professional development in marketing that defines the core skills necessary for legal marketers to succeed. The BoK defines essential and accepted domains, competencies and associated skill sets within the legal marketing profession at every level. It helps legal marketers hone their skills, assists legal marketing managers to develop themselves and their teams and provides a universal benchmark against which legal marketers can be assessed.

Moderator:
@Rachel Shields Williams - Director, Knowledge Management Enablement & Insights, Sidley Austin LLP

Speakers:
@Holly Amatangelo - Education Director, Legal Marketing Association (LMA)
@Paul Bonner - Director of Marketing, Venable LLP

Recorded on 05-09-2024.

23 min
May 07, 2024 #0018: (WWL) New Women Leaders
Listen as two Women Who Lead hosts, Catherine Monte and Jima Kato, interview the Meghann Barloewen and Jaclyn Walkins for the New Women Leaders podcast series for ILTA Voices.
45 min
April 30, 2024 #0017: (CCT) When Is It Too Much Data?
We exist in an industry built on preserving, collecting, reviewing, and producing every piece of relevant data; however, the volume continues to explode as storage gets cheaper, the world becomes more reliant on electronic forms of communication, and different forms of communication are developed and embraced. In this world, how do we, in the tech space, define, determine, and attempt to hold the line where proportionality is concerned.

Moderator:
@Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery

Speakers:
@Chris Acosta - Director, eDiscovery Resources, Morrison & Foerster LLP
@Eoghan Kenny - Head of eDiscovery and Investigation Support, ALG Solutions, A&L Goodbody LLP

Recorded 04-30-2024
26 min
April 26, 2024 #0016: (CCT) Essential Skills Needed to be an eDiscovery Expert - Part 1 - Problem Solving
In our last podcast, "Where’s Better to Build a Career in eDiscovery, Within a Law Firm or At An External Consultancy", we identified some core skills eDiscovery professionals need to be good at their jobs. On this episode we’re going to be focused on “problem solving”.
Moderator:
@James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery

Panelists:
@Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery
@Dina Hetherington - eDiscovery Technology Manager, A&L Goodbody LLP

Recorded 04-26-2024
44 min