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In this podcast session, we will discuss how to best apply process mapping to business operations, and ultimately make the leap from bus ops to legal processes. Questions Harriet will ask Cassie:  What is process mapping and why should we care if it is used in business or legal operations? What sage advice can you provide to those who are new to integrating process on the business side of the house?  Are there specific departments that might be best to start with? What are the quick, easy wins?   Now, for the $1 million dollar question: how do you make the leap from business ops process improvement to legal process improvement?  How do we convince legal teams to drive interest in process improvement? How can we alter our approach when it comes to the legal side of the house  in convincing them how process mapping and process improvement is important? Moderator: ​@Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes - Process Innovation Senior Specialist, Shearman & Sterling LLP Speaker: ​​@Cassie Vertovec - Managing Director, Practice Management and Innovation, Paul Hastings​ LLP   Recorded on 02-02-2022

Corporate legal departments are becoming more and more strategic in how they deploy resources and how they relate to outside counsel and other providers. In this video interview, we will discuss the importance of Legal Operations in this process and how law firm KM departments can benefit by partnering with these in-house teams to adjust and improve their firm’s service delivery.   Questions Barbara will ask speakers: -The rise of legal operations in corporate legal departments has been a popular topic in the industry for the past few years. Can you tell us what legal operations is all about? -How did the adoption of legal operations impact the way clients relate to outside counsels? -What is the role of Knowledge Management in this scenario?  -How can law firms benefit from adjusting to these changes? Do you have some success cases to share?  -What is the biggest takeaway on the topic?  Moderator: @Barbara Gondim Da Rocha - Head of Knowledge Management and Innovation, RMS Advogados Speakers: @Jennifer Mendez - Director of Knowledge Management Innovation, Fisher & Phillips LLP @Anthony Widdop - Global Director, Legal Operations at Shearman & Sterling Recorded on 01-28-2022

This podcast session will delve into the very real problem of trying to explain data governance to end users and the C-suite. Our experts will tackle the difference between data governance and information governance, the importance of a good data governance program, how to best distribute the responsibility of data governance, and how to keep data fresh, clean, and reliable as we continue to take in more and more. Questions Chris will ask speaker(s): 1. Information Governance and Data Governance may often be used interchangeably, help our listeners understand what the key differences are and why it is important to differentiate them. 2. What should the objective of a data governance program be? 3. Data governance seems very intimidating if you look at it as one persons job. How can information governance and data governance professionals go about engaging the enterprise in good data governance practices? 4. How can IG professionals best make a business case for a data governance program in order to secure resources? 5. What are some real practical strategies for ensuring the cleanliness and reliability of data in an organization? Moderator: @Christopher Hockey, IGP - Director of Information Governance and Management, Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC Speakers: ​Neil Burge - Founder, CEO of Cognopia Pte Ltd. Steve Bradley - Director, HBR Consulting   Recorded on 01-27-2022

In the second part of this podcast series, the speakers will talk about successful strategies to mentor young or new colleagues in the legal IT space when being remote. In addition, we will learn what is a great mentor, how do you find a mentor, how does it change working remotely and why is mentoring so important? Moderator: @Carolyn Bragiel - Advisor, Legal E-discovery, Cardinal Health   Speakers: @Joy Murao - Founder and CEO, Practice Aligned Resources (Mentor) @Candi Smith, CEDS -  Sr. Legal Technology & eDiscovery Specialist, Jabil Corporation (Mentee) Recorded on 01-26-2022

In this upcoming two-part podcast series, the speakers will talk about successful strategies to mentor young or new colleagues in the legal IT space when being remote. In addition, we will learn what is a great mentor, how do you find a mentor, how does it change working remotely and why is mentoring so important? Moderator: @Carolyn Bragiel - Advisor, Legal E-discovery, Cardinal Health Speaker: @Kailee Goold - Assistant General Counsel, Cardinal Health Recorded on 01-25-2022

Our next featured podcast Woman Leader is Carmin Ballou and she is the Director of Data Insights & Analytics at ALAS. She sits down with our WWL group and talks about her Peer to Peer article, mentors, leadership, and more!   About ILTA’s Women Who Lead Advisory Committee put out a call for names earlier this year to identify women who have recently experienced a job transition into their first management role. WWL is profiling four new women leaders in Peer to Peer, one profile in each of the next four issues. WWL will also do an interview with them as part of our podcast series throughout the next year, so stay tuned!  

For the Winter 2021 issue of Peer to Peer, ILTA's Director of Publications and Press, Beth Anne Stuebe, sits down with ILTA CEO, Joy Heath Rush, to talk end of year and forward-planning goals for 2022. Tune in now!

Join us for the first season of the ILTA DEI podcast, EQUITABLE CONVERSATIONS. This all-new podcast is hosted by Karina Willes, PhD, MBA, PMP, Senior Project Manager at Foley & Lardner LLP, and ILTA’s own Beth Anne Stuebe, Director of Publications and Press. They sit down with a rotating series of ILTAns, industry leaders, and SMEs in legal and technology to talk about how diversity, equity, and inclusion are not just buzz words, but practical business choices that move the needle of progress ever-forward.  This is Episode #1, with Alexis Roberston. Tune in now!

Extensive and unexpected technology expenditures in the past year have motivated C-Level and Director level executives to reexamine and refine justifications for new products and projects. This podcast session will highlight practical tips for the effective creation of a business case. Questions Glenn will ask Kate: · Kate, you were pretty excited when we first spoke about this potential topic. Tell us a bit about yourself and your experience and how it relates to the art and craft of building effective business cases. · “Business Case” is a term of art that can mean different things to different people and in different contexts so let’s start there. What is a “business case”… or more specifically, what is “an effective business case?” · Based on your experience, where do you recommend people start? What topic or element should they focus on first? · Once the business goals and objectives are clearly defined, what comes next? What are the other elements that we should think about including? · This seems like a LOT of information to wade through. How do you balance that against the probability that the C-Level or senior decision maker may not have the time and energy to comb through all these details? · You described the business case as an “investment in the future success of the project”. What did you mean by that? How does the business case come into play after you get the green light to move the project/purchase forward? Moderator: @Glenn Hoxie - Senior Project Manager, Practice Innovation and Legal Solutions, Paul Hastings LLP Speaker: @Kate Cain - Senior Director of Knowledge & Innovation Delivery, Fenwick & West LLP ​Recorded on 12-20-2021 ​

Sentiment analysis is becoming more and more standard for eDiscovery review. In this podcast session, the speaker will give some real life examples of how this AI technology has helped in litigations and investigations. Questions Andrea will ask Paul: 1. What is sentiment analysis? 2. How could this help an organization? 3. Can you give 3 examples of possible workflows on how to use it?   Moderator:  @Andrea Shirey - IT Consultant, Bayer Corporation Legal Department  ​Speaker: ​Paul Park - Senior Product Manager AI, Relativity   Recorded on 12-17-2021