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Bridging the Tech and Digital Skills Gap - Moving from Ideas to Execution


Level: Advanced
Runtime: 59 minutes
Recorded Date: January 31, 2024
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Agenda

Discussion topics include:
  • How to identify the roles and skills needed to support your digital transformation roadmaps
  • Strategies for improving culture, education, and training to foster an environment of continual learning and technology adoption
  • Talent acquisition and management considerations for the digital environment

For NY - Difficulty Level: Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)

Description

This session will focus on how law firms are addressing legal professionals' technology and digital skill gaps in an effort to build future-ready firms, attract top talent, and increase profitability.

This program was recorded as part of Law.com's 2024 Legalweek Conference!

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Panelists

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Rachel Dooley

Chief Innovation Officer
Goodwin

Rachel Dooley serves as Goodwin’s Chief Innovation Officer where she leads a multi-disciplinary team and collaborates with the firm’s lawyers, clients and global operations team members to nurture Goodwin’s culture of innovation and to identify and deliver bespoke legal products and services. She focuses on continuous improvement in people, processes, business intelligence and technology - including artificial intelligence and data - at the firm. Ms. Dooley cultivates Goodwin’s mission of merging the practice of law with the business of law when serving clients and developing relationships.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Ms. Dooley served as the Global Managing Counsel and Trust Lead for McKinsey Digital, a McKinsey & Company growth platform, with a specific focus on the cutting-edge AI work with QuantumBlack. She founded and led McKinsey Legal Lab, a first-of-its-kind innovation incubator and accelerator for a global in-house legal department. She also co-founded McKinsey Digital’s Center of Risk Excellence, which focuses on agile risk management in technology. Previously, Ms. Dooley was an associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Kenyon & Kenyon. She also is the founder and sole creative director for fashion accessories brand GEMMA REDUX.

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Matt James

VP, Sales Advisor
Litera

Matt has 15 years of experience working with law firms and corporate legal departments, helping drive the use of technology to better serve their users and clients. Matt currently oversees the subject and industry matter experts for Litera and works closely with the Product teams on addressing everchanging customer needs and challenges.

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Michael Willes

Partner
Tonkon Torp LLP

Michael is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. He tries complex cases—including a nine-figure jury trial.

Before joining Tonkon Torp, Michael practiced in the Litigation Department at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP for four years. He earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Alexander Hamilton Fellow, and Managing Editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. As a law student, he externed for Judge Michael W. Mosman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Michael worked as an analyst at economics consulting firm Analysis Group, Inc., before attending law school. There he performed financial and statistical analyses in support of expert witnesses, whose reports and testimony were used at trial. While earning his undergraduate degree in economics and Spanish, Michael interned at the U.S. embassy’s economics section in Madrid.

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Emily Rushing

Director, Data Strategy
Holland & Knight LLP

With over 20 years of experience in legal technology and intelligence, I bring my expertise in intelligence, data applications and integrations, process improvements, and the law to deliver innovative solutions for the business and practice of law. I presently serve as Director of Data Strategy for Holland & Knight's Knowledge Management and Innovation department.


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