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The continued growth of law firms, and the increasing transience of their attorneys, have created many new risks for firms to account for regarding conflicts of interest management.   Increasingly, large international Firms have transitioned to a centralized approach for conflicts clearance, utilizing non fee-earning professionals for this function.  Despite this, challenges remain - particularly stemming from increasingly restrictive conflicts language within Outside Counsel Guidelines as well as recent US case law.  In this podcast session, the speaker will focus on discussing the unique conflicts challenges faced by US firms with international presence and various approaches to these challenges; how technology and centralization are the key to meeting these challenges; and whether changes to the conflicts rules are needed in order to "modernize" and account for the breadth of today's international law firm and technological advances. Moderator: @Tracey Pardo - IS Process Improvement Analyst, Cooley LLP ​Speaker: @Mark Agin - Senior Manager of Global New Business Intake and Information Management, Shearman & Sterling LLP Recorded on 07-23-2021

Hackathons are a great way to gather folks from different departments to formulate new ideas that the entire firm can take advantage of. We recently held a very successful one at McGuireWoods which resulted in items added to the project pipeline for 2021. Moderator: Natalie Baumgardner - Business Development Coordinator, McGuireWoods LLP Speakers: @Rachel Cohee - Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics, McGuireWoods LLP @Eric Jenvey - Data Science Manager, McGuireWoods LLP Recorded on 07-16-2021​​​​​  

There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Speaker: @Allison Duncan - KM Practice Innovation Manager, Reed Smith ​Recorded on 07-15-2021

There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Speaker: @Melanie Segraves - Knowledge Management Solutions Analyst, Womble Bond Dickinson U.S. Recorded on 07-15-2021

There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Speaker: @Erin Welsh - Practice Innovations Analyst, Perkins Coie ​Recorded on 07-16-2021

There are a lot of different roles within legal technology. KM, content management, marketing, applications development, etc. How do we get young employees excited about their potential paths and make sure they have a path towards a long-term career in legal tech? Moderator: @Holly Hanna - KM Firm Solutions Manager, Perkins Coie Confirmed Speaker: @Stephen Chan - Director of Knowledge Solutions, Womble Bond Dickinson U.S. ​ Recorded on 07-16-2021​

Beth Anne Stuebe, ILTA Director of Publications & Press, and Dawn Hudgins, ILTA VP of Service Delivery, talk more about ILTACON 2021 details.

With incredible change happening in the legal industry, and the effect that COVID has had on women's careers, there is not a better time to support these pioneering women.  Hear practical advice on imposter syndrome, career management, assertive communication, feedback, personal influence, conflict management, negotiation, importance of mentors, resilience, and self-care from an industry expert. Moderator: @Rebecca Holdredge - Innovation Manager, Husch Blackwell LLP Speaker: @Lucy Bassli - Founder and Principal, InnoLegal Services, PLLC​ Recorded on 7-12-2021 ​

There are tons of tools and programs out there that can be used for collections, but which ones are firms actually using? This podcast will discuss a few of the tools that firms are using in-house to do their own collections. Confirmed Moderator: @Charles Neal - Litigation Support/eDiscovery Manager, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL Confirmed Speakers: @Cameron Herzog - Director of IT, Brownstein Rask LLP @Heather Lansberry - Litigation Support Manager, Ulmer & Berne LLP Recorded on 07-06-2021

There is no doubt that business decisions based on proven data have the best chance of being the most successful in any campaign, strategy or operation. Gathering the  required data from the proper systems and then massaging it into the best format for consumption will power the most successful data driven decisions.  In this podcast, we will delve into the deepest reaches of datamining to strike the most valuable information and then refine and process it into consumable reports and end products to ensure success. Co-Moderators: @Jack Recinto, Senior Applications Director, Vedder Price P.C @Alisher Yuldashev, Business Technology Advisory Manager, Borden Ladner Gervais Speaker: Paul Wilner, Data and Analytical Consultant and Statistical Analysis Instructor ​​Recorded on 06-04-2021