Firms are getting it, making business decisions based on data is a good idea. There are different areas within law firms where this could be beneficial (enterprise wide, client specific, practice specific). With different places where data is housed, a great first step to connect data sources is by identifying where everything is. This will be a step-by-step guide of data mapping principles and how to get started. Moderator: @Kate Hathaway - Innovation Project Manager, Greenberg Traurig Speaker: @Paul Giedraitis - CEO, Orgaimi Recorded on 04-17-2024.  ..read more

Success in the courtroom depends on comprehensive trial support that starts long before the trial date.  How do you turn a compelling story into something that’s easy to understand and memorable for the judge and/or jury. Enlisting the assistance of a trial support professional early on is key.   In Part Two of our Sitting in the Hot Seat podcast, our esteemed panel will discuss preparation tips and tricks, effective communication strategies, logistics (in its many forms), technology considerations, and some ideas for you to help your team win. Moderator:   Jill Okerlund - Lega ..read more

How do we build trust within an organization? What does it mean to be transparent when confidential information is on the line ..read more

In this podcast panel session, the panelists will share the pros and cons for eDiscovery professionals for working in-house at a law firm as opposed to externally at a service provider.   Moderator: @James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery Panelists: @Rachel McAdams -  Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery @Dina Hetherington - eDiscovery Technology Manager, A&L Goodbody LLP @Jakub Kur - Head of Forensic Technology, Bird & Bird @Tom Quinn - Head of eDiscovery, Simmons & Simmons Recorded on 3-15-2024 ..read more

Dawn Hudgins sits down with Melanie Prevost and Julia Montgomery to get the inside scoop on ILTA's upcoming event, Catalyst: Women Leading Change ..read more

We all know about technical debt, but data debt is its more nefarious and more challenging sibling.      How do you break down the data silos in you firm to create a holistic view of your information?   Moderator: @Bill Bice - CEO, nQ Zebraworks   Speaker:  @Keli Whitnell - Director of Firm Intelligence, Troutman Pepper  Recorded on 3-11-2024 ..read more

How do we listen effectively? What does it mean to hear someone? Dawn Hudgins sits down with ILTA CEO, Joy Heath Rush, to discuss listening advice ..read more

In this podcast the speakers will discuss how can legal operations teams work with each other on both sides of the client/law firm equation. What are best practices? How can a firm improve the client's experience?   Moderator: @Damian Priamurskiy - Project Management & Delivery Specialist, Lowenstein Sandler LLP  Speakers: @Julianne Kasprzyk - Paralegal Manager, Investment Management, Lowenstein Sandler LLP  @Donald Knight - Director of Legal and Tax Operations, Crown Castle  Recorded on 02-23-2024 ..read more

In this podcast interview, the speaker will share experiences and challenges in utilizing Large Language Models in the legal arena.    Questions the moderator asked the speaker: General  -What are some of the key challenges that legal departments face in adopting and integrating LLMs into their workflows?   -How can legal departments overcome the initial resistance or skepticism that may exist towards using LLMs?  -How can legal departments ensure that LLMs are being used responsibly and ethically, without perpetuating biases or producing inaccurate or misleading resul ..read more

Every firm currently struggles with making sure all of the knowledge in their organization is written down, up to date, and searchable. In the future, chatbots could serve as a kind of automated research assistants for firm knowledge. They’d be responsible for answering questions by sourcing information from the right person, document and they could also be used to proactively record tacit knowledge into living documents by periodically interviewing key people about their progress on company initiatives.   In this podcast interview, we discussed the role of AI powered chatbots as digital ..read more