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We're exploring the latest innovations in legal technology and knowledge management through our podcast discussions, live sessions, and research. Join our growing community for conversations with industry practitioners, hosted by Ted Theodoropoulos.

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Guests have joined from firms and legal-tech companies including

  • Linklaters
  • Freshfields
  • Baker McKenzie
  • DLA Piper
  • Cleary Gottlieb
  • Sidley Austin
  • Reed Smith
  • Wilson Sonsini
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • Clifford Chance
  • Dentons
  • Mayer Brown
  • Paul Hastings
  • A&O Shearman
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • LexisNexis
  • Litera
  • iManage

Podcast

Expert conversations on legal innovation and knowledge management.

AI Episode 142: The Future of Law Depends on Skills AI Can’t Replace with Libby Clark Ted sits down with Libby Clark, Founder of Libby Clark Law, to discuss how AI could accelerate the legal industry’s existing challenges, why traditional law firm culture and leadership are struggling to adapt, the importance of developing human skills like empathy and wisdom, and more. Watch the Conversation
AI Episode 141: The Future of Legal Services Will Be Decided by the Buyers with Jason L. Brown AI Episode 140: Why Better Client Outcomes Matter More Than Legal Innovation with Helder Santos AI Episode 139: Why Productizing Legal Expertise Is Harder Than It Looks with Marc-Henri Chamay Firm Strategy Traditional Law Firm Ownership Is Becoming a Competitive Disadvantage AI Law Firms Need to Reengineer Work Before AI Can Automate It with Bert Vries AI Your Org Structure Is Your AI Strategy with Ilona Logvinova AI What Happens When Big Law Talent Goes AI-Native with Mike Schmidtberger Legal Tech Outside Capital Is Coming for the Legal Industry with Josh Porte and Trisha Rich AI The Legal Industry Has a Data Problem AI Can’t Fix with Akber Datoo AI AI is Replacing Routine Legal Work, Not Lawyers with Brian Powers AI The Future Belongs to AI-Ready Legal Departments with Bjarne Tellmann AI Why Smart Lawyers Keep Making Dumb AI Decisions with Anastasia Boyko AI Why Behavioral Innovation Is the Next Competitive Advantage with Lucia Elizalde-Bulanti Legal Ops Great Legal Technology Starts With Better Processes with John Barbera AI Why the Best AI Strategy Starts With Firm Strategy with Oz Benamram AI Beyond Redlines: The Future of AI-Powered M&A with Grace Chediak AI How Law Firms Can Turn Data Into Competitive Advantage with Bill Bice AI How AI and Consolidation Are Reshaping the Legal Industry with Gretta Rusanow AI Why the Law Firm Partnership Model May Not Survive AI with Reena SenGupta AI Why Legal Services Are Attracting Serious Investor Interest with David Morley AI What Global Law Firms Can Learn from South Africa’s Evolving Legal Market with Aalia Manie AI Using AI to Solve Real Law Firm Pain Points with Tanya Sadoughi AI The Rise of AI Native Law Firms and What Comes Next with Ryan Walker AI What the Next Phase of Legal Tech Transformation Looks Like with Richard Tromans AI From On-Prem to AI-First: The Future of Law Firm Operations with Elisabet Hardy AI How AI Is Exposing the Structural Cracks in Legal’s Partnership Model with Scott Kveton AI Building LegalTechTalk and the Forces Reshaping the Legal Industry with Bradley Collins AI Balancing Innovation and IT in Big Law: What Actually Works with Chris Smith AI Rethinking Legal Innovation Beyond ROI and Hourly Billing with Ken Crutchfield AI The AI-Powered Law Firm: Strategy, Scale, and What Comes Next with Max Junestrand AI Fear, FOMO, and the Race to Adopt AI in Law Firms with Jordan Bryan Legal Tech The Psychology Behind Resistance to Innovation in Law with Dr. Larry Richard Legal Ops How Legal Project Management Is Reshaping M&A Deals with Paul Pryzant and James Dorough-Lewis AI AI, Antitrust, and the New Rules of Competition with Daryl Lim Legal Tech Rethinking Intranets as Digital Workplaces with Brandie Knox AI Will AI Create Better Lawyers or Fewer Lawyers with Antti Innanen & Lev Loukhton AI AI, Valuations, and the LegalTech Reckoning with Rudy DeFelice AI AI, Security, and the Future of Legal Practice with Dr. Anna Popowicz-Pazdej and Maz Araghrez Firm Strategy From Legal Tech Curiosity to Strategic Advantage with Shruti Ajitsaria AI Inside Harvey’s Rapid Growth and Legal AI Strategy with Winston Weinberg AI The Rise of Lawyer-Built Tools and Vibe Coding with Jamie Tso AI How AI Is Breaking the Big Law Training Model with Ed Walters AI Highlight Episode: The Lawyer of the Future: AI and the Business of Law AI Highlight Episode: The AI Reality Check: What Law Firms Are Actually Facing AI Client Collaboration Is the Next Frontier in Legal Tech with Kyle Poe AI How GenAI Is Increasing Legal Work, Not Reducing It with Ned Gannon AI The Lawyer Brain vs. Innovation Reality: Barriers Holding Firms Back with Dom Conte AI Beyond Pricing Models: Building Sustainable Legal Innovation with Ben Allgrove AI Can AI Understand Justice? Inside the Research Challenging Frontier Models in Law with Hayley Stillwell & Sean Harrington Legal Tech Rethinking Access to Justice: Technology, Equity, and the Role of the Courts with Jessica Frank Legal Tech MSOs and the Modern Law Firm: Building Sustainable Innovation with David Perla AI AI Hallucinations, Legal Risk, and the Limits of Automation in Law with Raymond Blyd AI The Limits of AI Modeling: Human Complexity, Culture, and Moral Judgment AI AI Is the Leverage: How Automation Is Rewriting the Economics of Law with Richard Tromans AI Legal Innovation Lessons: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why with Rob Saccone AI Protecting Reputation While Embracing Risk: How Law Firms Can Adopt Technology Wisely AI The Gig Is Up: Why Law Firm Resistance to Technology Won’t Work Anymore Data & Analytics Why Storytelling and Data Together Will Define the Next Era of Legal Innovation with Ben Chiriboga Knowledge Management KM&I and Legal Tech Connect: Bridging Builders, Buyers, and Funders with Patrick DiDomenico and Kevin Klein AI The Collapse of Information Arbitrage: How AI Is Reshaping Consulting and Law with Usman Sheikh AI The U.S. AI Action Plan: Export Controls, National Security, and Industry Impact with Ray Sun AI The Overlooked Role of Subject Matter Experts in Legal AI Success with Sarah Thompson AI Consolidation Is Coming: What It Means for the Legal Industry’s Future with Gordon Crenshaw AI The Myth of Open Source Legal AI: Why Access Doesn’t Equal Usability with Kara Peterson AI How Boutique Firms Could Leapfrog Big Law with Tech-Enabled Services with Alex Baker AI Why Engineering Thinks Differently About AI and What Law Can Learn from It with Jan Van Hoecke AI Breaking the Billable Hour Trap: Rethinking Revenue, Risk, and Reward with Guy Alvarez AI Legal Risk, OpenAI, and the Courts: What’s Next for AI Governance with Kevin Frazier Firm Strategy Consolidation Is Coming: What the Future Holds for Law Firm Structure with Jordan Furlong AI The Data Dilemma: Why Law Firm Innovation Starts with Better Data Hygiene with Moiz Shirazi Legal Tech Innovation Happens Everywhere: Lessons from Inside Ogletree’s Innovation Engine with Rodney Harrison Legal Tech Legal Innovation Without the Theater: Getting Real About Change with Anastasia Boyko Legal Tech Why Clients Are Losing Patience with the Legal Industry’s Pace of Change with Mark Smolik AI Proactive AI and the Client Experience: What Law Firms Can Learn from Tech Startups with Dan Szabo Legal Tech Why the Big Four Haven’t Disrupted Law—Yet: A Conversation with Richard Tromans Legal Tech Inside the CINO Role: From Innovation Theater to Real Change with Michele DeStefano Firm Strategy From Tech Skepticism to Strategic Value: The Case for Legal Extranets with Don Fuchs Legal Tech Crawl, Walk, Run: A Realistic Roadmap for Legal Tech Adoption with Katrina Dittmer Legal Tech Extranet 3.0: The Death of Portals and the Rise of Collaboration with Ben Wightwick AI Legal AI Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Building Benchmarks That Work with Ryan McDonough AI Why Only 10% of Law Firms Have AI Policies and What That Means for the Industry with Justin McCallon Legal Tech Why Law Firms Must Evolve: Competing with the Big Four and Embracing Innovation with Debbie Foster Firm Strategy The Business of Law: Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Profit with Keith Maziarek Legal Tech How Non-Lawyers Are Shaping the Future of Leadership in Law Firms with Nikki Korson Legal Tech Why Alternative Legal Service Providers Are Gaining Traction in the Legal Industry with Monica Zent AI The Disruptive Lawyer: Navigating Change in a Tech-Infused Legal World with Al Hounsell AI The Future of Legal Tech Careers: How AI and Cloud Technology Are Reshaping the Job Market with Geoff Zodda AI The Ethics of AI in Law and Understanding Its Impact on Legal Professionals with Professor Heidi Brown AI AI Tech Adoption: How Law Firms Can Strike a Balance Between Hype and Reality with Peter Duffy AI How AI is Changing Legal Search and Workflow Automation with Julien Steel AI Strategies for the Modern Lawyer Amid the Legal Technology Revolution with Richard Tromans AI Bridging the Gap Between AI and Human Expertise in Modern Legal Practices with Avaneesh Marwaha AI Bridging the Gap Between AI Promises and Legal Practice Realities with Jack Shepherd AI Balancing Innovation, Efficiency, and Resistance to Change with Neill Pemberton AI Purpose-Built vs. General Gen AI: Finding the Right Fit with Eric DeChant AI Reimagining Legal Services Through AI, Efficiency, and Client-Centered Innovation with Alex Su AI The Reality of AI’s Role in Legal Reasoning and Practice with Damien Riehl Legal Ops The Role of Legal Operations in Transforming Law Firms with Colin Levy AI Gen AI, Growth Challenges, and Corporate Collaboration with Haley Altman AI Justice in the Digital Age: Challenges of AI in Modern Legal Processes with Judge Scott Schlegel AI Defining Agentic AI and Its Role in Legal with Aron Ahmadia Legal Tech Making the Right Tech Decisions in Legal Innovation with Matthew Dunne & Andrew Sprogis Legal Tech Transforming Law Firms into Client-Driven Businesses with Darryl Cross AI The Challenges, Benefits, and Realities of AI Adoption for Legal Professionals with Stephen Embry AI Revolutionizing Legal Document Management with AI: Insights from Dan Hauck AI Balancing AI and Human Curation in the Legal Industry with Senne Mennes AI The Stanford AI Legal Research Paper: Analysis and Implications with Richard Robbins and Brian Blaho AI Measuring the Effectiveness and ROI of AI Tools with Carolyn Humpherys AI Utilizing AI in Legal Tech: Real-World Challenges and Opportunities with Ab Saraswat AI Law, Technology, and Disruption: The Rise of AI in Legal Services with Annie Datesh Legal Tech A Human-Centered Approach to Technology Integration in Law Firms with Jen Leonard Legal Tech The Innovation Transformation Journey in Law Firms with Ilona Logvinova Firm Strategy Intranets, Innovation, and the Digital Workplace with Sam Marshall AI Scaling AI Implementation and Adoption in Law Firms with David Cunningham and Richard Robbins Firm Strategy Communications in Legal: Best Practices, Strategies & Ideas with Nicki Kastellorizios-Lee AI Advancing Legal Tech in the Age of AI and Collaboration with Vishal Agnihotri Knowledge Management The Dynamic Role of Research & Knowledge Services in Law Firms with Jill Strand and Leanna Simon Legal Ops Navigating the Legal Landscape of Pixel Tracking with Travis Rosen Firm Strategy Strategic Tech Adoption in Law Firms with Jon Bartman AI Leveraging AI, Data, and Experience Management for Competitive Advantage with Rachel Shields Williams AI Transforming Continuous Learning and Knowledge Management with Data-Driven AI Knowledge Management Developing a Knowledge Strategy in Law Firms with Elisabeth Cappuyns Knowledge Management Implementing Process Improvement in the Legal Industry with Catherine Bernard and Tim Krzywisseau AI SharePoint, Copilot, and AI Disruption in Legal Tech with Chad Ergun Legal Ops Customer-Centric Strategies in Legal Innovation with Ben Wightwick Legal Tech The Future of Law Firms: Amy Monaghan’s Vision for Innovation AI Building Smarter Organizations in the AI Era with Gordon Vala-Webb Legal Tech Driving Innovation in Law Firms: Challenges & Best Practices with Floor Blindenbach Knowledge Management The Knowledge Management & Innovation Handbook with Patrick Dundas of Akin AI Legal Innovation in Europe vs. the US with Andrea Miskolczi AI Reimagining Legal Operations With AI, Cloud, and Technology with Mark Dorman Legal Tech Embracing Law Firm Collaboration in the Digital Age with Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell Legal Tech Tackling Email Overload and Task Prioritization with Keith Lipman AI AI’s Impact on Legal Tech Investment with Zach Posner AI Structuring KM&I Teams with Meredith Williams-Range AI Transforming Legal Work with AI at McDermott Firm Strategy Maximizing Microsoft Teams for Client/Matter Work Legal Tech Solving for Interoperability Challenges in Legal Legal Tech Migrating to SharePoint Online: What to Expect Knowledge Management The “Why” Behind ChatGD Knowledge Management The Story of KM at Ogletree Knowledge Management KM vs Innovation Knowledge Management The Future of Teams in Legal
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