Evolve The Law Podcast - A Catalyst For Legal Innovation

In this episode, host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Kerry Benn, Director of Series, Surveys & Data at Law360. Kerry shares more information about the 2021 Diversity Snapshot. Kerry also expands on how firms are now making extra steps and effort in committing to hiring and keeping people of color in their teams. At the same time, she also discusses the different tools that Law360 created that can add value not only to different legal firms but also to people in the law and legal profession. For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com  Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center Law360 Pulse 2021 Diversity Snapshot Show Notes Big updates on

Host Ian Connett talks with Martin Bricketto, the Managing Editor of Business of Law at Law360. Martin offers his insights regarding the business of law and how the pandemic, especially after the curveball of Delta, changed the legal industry, and how lawyers and law firms adapt to the new normal. For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com  Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-bricketto-4092b1b9/ https://twitter.com/martybricketto?lang=en https://www.law360.com/  Show Notes Introducing Martin Bricketto. - 0:13 What were his findings through his Access to Justice Project? - 2:49 His thoughts about the Law360 Pu

In this episode, host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Kerry Benn, Director of Series, Surveys & Data at Law360. She manages the data and surveys efforts for the brand new Law360 Pulse deep dive into coverage of the business of law. Also, she coordinates awards and rankings and also oversees their graphics department.    For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com   Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-benn-0786973/  Show Notes Her role at Law360 - 1:15 Putting a lot of efforts in the associates program - 4:42 The priorities after COVID - 5:50 How is everybody feeling about coming back to the offic

Ian talks with the CEO of Paragon Legal, Trista Engel. Paragon Legal is a premier legal services firm providing interim in-house counsel to leading corporate legal departments. As Paragon’s CEO, Trista focuses on client and attorney development and strategic growth initiatives. For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com  Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center https://paragonlegal.com/ https://paragonlegal.com/01-trista-engel/  Show Notes Trista’s background and general path into the legal industry - 1:18 Interested in the legal services space - 2:45 What is Paragon Legal - 3:28 An interest in a new model - 4:28 Obstacles with the current law firm

In this episode, host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Andrew and Eric, who are part of the Information and Governance E-Discovery team of Ricoh Solutions, a global company. They talk about Ricoh’s products and services and what they do for the company. For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com  Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center https://www.ricoh-usa.com/en/industries/legal/legal-operations-and-technology  Show Notes Transitioning into the legal tech space - 0:52 The products and services that RICOH offers - 2:18 A combination of consulting and technology - 4:03 What’s EDRM - 6:18 Lowering costs and reducing risks - 11:15 The argument

In this episode, host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Steven O’Donnell, Head of Product of Mitratech. They talk about Mitratech and how it is a legal software solution.   For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://mitratech.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenodonnell1/    Show Notes What’s Mitratech - 0:24 Steven’s role at Mitratech - 1:13 Mitratech’s recent acquisition - 2:13 All working remotely - 2:48 How the product makes you the life easier - 4:31 What’s the risk to the organization - 7:39 Managing the financial aspects - 9:24 The COVID-19 problem - 15:51 Embracing new tools - 1

Chelsey Lambert interviews Justine Vilain, Privacy & Legal Manager at Datagrail. They spoke about how Datagrail adds value to organizations coping with CCPA and GDPR regulations.   For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://www.linkedin.com/in/justine-vilain-125b5b76  https://www.datagrail.io/blog/employee-spotlight-justine-vilain/    Show Notes Her background - 1:38 Studying law - 2:24 An overview about datagrail services - 4:43 Having success - 6:23 What Datagrail have done - 8:23 The amount of data is exponential - 10:58 Having an engagement with an organization - 14:06 It is all about tim

Welcome listeners to this first episode about our special podcast report LexisNexis, Lexis+: A new era of legal research. This is episode 1 of our upcoming podcasts 4 part series where listeners will have an insider's look into the next generation legal tech tool of LexisNexis. Today, we will introduce you to this new legal tech tool and the real-life practical application. For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/home.page https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lexis-plus.page    Show Notes Talking about legal products - 1:30 Using the product - 3:02 The full Lexis

Chelsea talks with Colin Earl, CEO, and founder of Agiloft. Colin Earl is a software industry veteran with over 25 years of experience as a developer, product manager, and CIO. Colin worked at IBM, General Electric, and three start-ups before founding Agiloft in 1991. His vision was to accelerate the building and deployment of enterprise business applications by removing the need for manual coding.   For the latest topics, trends, and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://www.agiloft.com/ https://www.agiloft.com/about-us.htm#leadership   Show Notes Colin’s background and his company’s mission - 0:46 A book that changed his lif

Host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Charles Dimov, the Vice President of Marketing Global at ContractPodAi. He has 24 years of experience in marketing, sales, engineering, and management across various IT and technology businesses. Ian and Charles talk about the challenges and opportunities created by COVID_19. For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com   Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  Charles.Dimov@contractpodai.com  https://contractpodai.com/ https://contractpodai.com/leadership-team/   Show Notes Dealing with the COVID_19 crisis - 0:49 His company and COVID_19 struggles in the legal industry - 1:05 The current crisis accelerat

Ian speaks with Monica about how she and her companies are handling the COVID-19 challenges. She is an experienced entrepreneur, leader and negotiator capable of motivating others, growing an organization, increasing productivity, and delivering upon a mission. For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  mzent@zentlaw.com  https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicazent/ https://twitter.com/MonicaZent   Show Notes How the pandemic is affecting the legal space - 0:39 The role of technology and the Covid_19 - 1:28 The risks of using technology - 3:07 Legal services during the pandemic - 3:55 Challenges for the indust

Ian Connett interviews Taison Bell and Tim Harvey, Co-CEOs of Owl Peak Labs. They discuss the impacts of COVID-19 and how Owl Peak Labs is fighting back. For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com   Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  Tim Harvey - Tim@owlpeaklabs.com  Taison Bell - Taison@owlpeaklabs.com    Show Notes Guest’s background - 0:51 What can we do to fight against covid_19 right now - 1:27 The rapid rising cases of covid_19 - 3:19 This virus does not care about geography, race or social status - 4:09 It is a really awkward time - 5:10 When to get tested - 7:03 Covid_19 symptoms - 7:14 What to do if you are covid_19 positive - 8:47 U

Kristin Tyler is the co-founder of LAWCLERK™. This platform allows solo practitioners and small firms to tap into a nationwide network of skilled freelance attorneys and add subject matter expertise or an extra set of hands whenever they need it without increasing their overhead by adding full-time employees. LAWCLERK™ is the solution for solo practitioners and small firms to succeed in the changing legal landscape.  With LAWCLERK™, attorneys can create a better work product, lower the costs of legal services to their clients, and increase their profits. Today’s episode is about this platform's story and much more, enjoy! For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com   Links and Resources from this Episode For additional informati

Host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Tim Pullan, Founder and CEO at ThoughtRiver, a company that draws on the expertise of experienced industry lawyers, leading-edge computational linguists, and a customer-focused commercial team. They work in teams and stay focused by setting company and team level objectives. In 2015 Tim relocated from Singapore to the UK to develop ThoughtRiver’s technology in Cambridge, one of the world’s leading centers for natural language processing and machine learning. Tim is a regular writer and speaker on the role of data and machine learning in transforming legal risk management. Enjoy!   For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast, feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional informati

In this episode, host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Dorna Moini, Founder / CEO at Documate, which is a Document automation software to cut 90% of drafting time. Documate is a no-code platform for creating robust document automation software. They allow anyone to turn frequently used templates and document sets into intelligent workflows that can be used for internal efficiency or to publish a publicly-facing web app. Stay tuned and learn!   For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://www.linkedin.com/in/documentautomation https://www.documate.org/ https://twitter.com/dorna_moini?lang=en   Show

In this episode, host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) talks with Ben Stoneham, CEO of Autologyx. Autologyx’s Fabric Automation® Platform as a Service empowers organizations to embrace innovation by integrating next-generation technologies - such as AI and ML - with legacy systems, enabling low risk innovation to ensure sustained competitive advantage. Autologyx enables automation of legal processes where it impacts the most: legal delivery.   For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/benstoneham https://www.autologyx.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/autologyx   Show Notes The jour

Monica Zent is an experienced entrepreneur, leader, and negotiator capable of motivating others, growing an organization and increasing productivity. Monica Zent is a businesswoman and trusted legal advisor to the world’s most well-known brands. Zent has been a successful entrepreneur for decades, creating companies in music, technology, real estate, law, and legal tech.   For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com     Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center  https://zentlawgroup.com/monica-zent/ https://twitter.com/MonicaZent https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicazent/   Show Notes What is ZentLaw? - 0:30 Legal tech for the legal market - 1:23 ZentLaw labs