Legalweek may be famous for tech innovators, cutting-edge tools and announcements of emerging solutions, but what stood out in 2024 was the focus on the most un-technical of characteristics: humanness.

From Jeffrey Salling, the chief of staff and senior director of legal ops at Moderna, retelling his experience of launching an internal legal chatbot, to the assistant general counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ifeoma Anekwe, offering tips for privacy professionals facing pushback from their organization’s tech users, the sheer importance of person-to-person relationships was stressed across the board.