Reinventing Professionals

Reinventing Professionals

By Ari KaplanBusinessEntrepreneurshipTechnology
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Reinventing Professionals episodes

  • Winning Proposals When Buying Legal
    I spoke with Silvia Hodges Silverstein, the executive director of the Buying Legal Council, the international trade organization for legal procurement, and John de Forte, a London-based consultant to law and other professional services firms, who is the author of Winning Proposals: The Essential Guide for Law Firms and Legal Services Providers, which the Buying Legal Council published in July. We discussed the genesis of the Buying Legal Council, de Forte’s new book, Winning Proposals: The Essential Guide for Law Firms and Legal Services Providers, how law firms should measure the ROI of proposal activities, what winning proposals have in common, and the North American Legal Procurement Conference on September 6th in New York.
    17 min
  • Winning Proposals When Buying Legal

    I spoke with Silvia Hodges Silverstein, the executive director of the Buying Legal Council, the international trade organization for legal procurement, and John de Forte, a London-based consultant to law and other professional services firms, who is the author of Winning Proposals – The Essential Guide for Law Firms and Legal Services Providers, which the Buying Legal Council published in July.

    17 min
  • ILTACON 2017: A Conversation With the Keynote Speakers About Transforming the Business of Law With Cognitive Computing Using Watson Legal
    I spoke with Brian Kuhn and Shawnna Hoffman, the Global Leaders and Co-Creators of IBM Watson Legal. The duo delivered the day two keynote address at the 2017 ILTA Conference called – Transforming the Business of Law with Cognitive Computing: Watson Legal. We discussed the impact of AI on the business of law, the practical applications of that technology, which include reducing outside counsel spend and data reuse, and where the industry is headed.
    7 min
  • ILTACON 2017: A Conversation With the Keynote Speakers About Transforming the Business of Law With Cognitive Computing Using Watson Legal
    I spoke with Brian Kuhn and Shawnna Hoffman, the Global Leaders and Co-Creators of IBM Watson Legal. The duo delivered the day two keynote address at the 2017 ILTA Conference called – Transforming the Business of Law with Cognitive Computing: Watson Legal. We discussed the impact of AI on the business of law, the practical applications of that technology, which include reducing outside counsel spend and data reuse, and where the industry is headed.
    7 min
  • ILTA Feature: Creating a Dialogue Between Vendor, Law Firm, and Law Department Leaders
    I spoke with Jack Thompson, the Senior Manager of eDiscovery & Legal Operations at Sanofi US. He is also the International Legal Technology Association’s Programming Planning Council Member responsible for Law Department Relationships. We discussed his background and role with ILTA, as well as the various sessions that has is producing at the 2017 ILTA Conference to promote a dialogue between vendor, law firm, and law department leaders.
    7 min
  • ILTA Feature: The Biggest Cybersecurity Challenge for Law Firms
    I spoke with Ishan Girdhar, the CEO of Privva, Inc., a software company focused on identifying and managing third party vendor risk throughout the data lifecycle. We discussed the genesis of Privva, how the legal industry addresses third party risk, what can law firms do to prevent or manage third party risk from their vendors, the biggest challenge that legal organizations are facing regarding cyber security, and how the legal industry is evolving in the current security environment.
    11 min
  • ILTA Feature: Finding Value at the Intersection of Time(keeping)
    spoke with Peter Zver, the president of Tikit North America, the maker of the timekeeping software tool, Carpe Diem. We discussed how timekeeping generally and Carpe Diem have evolved in the past 18 months, the most common features that clients are requesting, the importance of forecasting in timekeeping, and what the company will be showcasing at ILTACON 2017.
    7 min

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