LegalTech Matters

This podcast examines one of the key themes from this year’s The Changing Lawyer report, “Automation is Everywhere.” Litera’s Legal Content and Research Lead, David Curle, interviews Stuart Whittle, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Weightmans, a leading UK law firm with roots in Liverpool. They discuss the ubiquitous reach of automation in the legal industry today, with many examples from Whittle’s experience at Weightmans.

This podcast examines one of the key themes from this year’s The Changing Lawyer report, the changing work expectations for lawyers and others in the legal services industry. Litera’s Legal Content and Research Lead, David Curle, interviews Bea Seravello and Brad Blickstein of consulting and communications firm Baretz+Brunelle about how the pandemic and other external factors are changing perspectives about work today.

This podcast examines one of the key themes from this year’s The Changing Lawyer report, the transformation of client service delivery in law firms due to the application of technology. Litera’s Legal Content and Research Lead, David Curle, interviews Rachel Broquard about the changes in client service delivery from the perspective of her role as Service Excellence Partner at Eversheds Sutherland.

This week’s LEGALTECH MATTERS podcast examines one of the key themes from this year’s The Changing Lawyer report, the growing importance of allied professionals in fields like technology, project management, and data analysis in the legal profession. Litera’s Legal Content and Research Lead, David Curle, interviews Aileen Leventon about the changing professional makeup of today’s legal organizations. Aileen leads Law Strategy Coach, which offers coaching and advisory services to lawyers and law firms.

In this week’s podcast, LEGALTECH MATTERS host and Editor-in-Chief for the Legal IT Insider, Caroline Hill, talks with Kristen Sonday, Co-founder and CEO of Paladin, and Haley Altman, Strategic Advisor at Litera about their experiences with legal tech start-ups. They both recount how identifying pain points and inefficient processes in their early careers motivated them to start their own companies.

In this week’s podcast, LEGALTECH MATTERS host and legal industry analyst Ari Kaplan speaks with Philip Bryce, Global Chief Knowledge Officer at Mayer Brown, about the connection between acting and knowledge management. They discuss the skills necessary to succeed as a knowledge management leader in a law firm, the common challenges they are trying to overcome through innovation, and how the role is evolving.

In this week’s podcast, LEGALTECH MATTERS host and President of LawTech Partners, Adriana Linares, talks with Ric Keller about his career first as a lawyer, then US Representative, senior partner at a law firm, and author. Throughout the conversation, Ric underscores the importance of connecting and networking with people to succeed as a lawyer and in life.

In this week’s podcast, LEGALTECH MATTERS host Caroline Hill talks with Babar Hayat, Head of Product Tech Innovation and Transformation at Konexo, a division of Eversheds Sutherland, about his experiences with CLM implementations. Their discussion takes a three-prong approach - where to start, what good looks like, and what can go wrong.

In this week’s podcast, LEGALTECH MATTERS host and legal industry analyst Ari Kaplan talks with Andrew Shapiro-Zysk, Senior Manager for Reporting and Data Analytics at Berry Appleman & Leiden, about the skills that are most valuable for law firm data professionals and how they collaborate with their peers in knowledge management, practice support, and training. Also, how automation, data science, and AI initiatives can create a competitive advantage for a law firm.

In this week’s podcast, Litera Evangelist Sherry Kappel talks with David Curle about the work that went into The Changing Lawyer Report, which examines the challenges law firms and lawyers face, providing insight and analysis into what is driving the business of law. Both agreed that CIOs raised the same talking points from the report at the ILTACON 22 Conference: moving to the Cloud, AI, automation, and talent retention.