We begin Season 3 of Allens Confidential with a bang, speaking to two lawyers in our TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications) team.

Partner Valeska Bloch and Managing Associate Dave Rountree discuss how technology and innovation are continually shaping the nature of their work, and talk about the increasingly important role data management has to play. As Dave puts it, perhaps the team is best described as 'TMT with a silent D' (for data).

Hosts Geneva and Rose also find out what ultimately made Dave's clerkship application 'fly' above the rest, and it's not what you would expect…