Stephanie Wilkins | May 19, 2023
Once a junior associate at Wilson Sonsini, Chris Boyd now leads attorney recruiting and retention, marketing and business development, diversity, equity and inclusion, human resources, knowledge management and practice management, to name just a few of his roles at the firm.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 18, 2023
Jack Nelson has maintained a successful commercial and class action defense practice for more than 30 years, and has been a leader in Big Law since 1998. Today he's Reed Smith’s Senior Director of Legal Operations, where he works with the management team on the next generation of high-level special projects.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 17, 2023
Eyal Iffergan has had a distinguished 25-year career focused on advising the legal business community, during which he has been recognized for his drive to deliver operational expertise and innovation to Global 1000 corporations and AmLaw 200 law firms, helping clients execute legal transformation programs
Stephanie Wilkins | May 16, 2023
Not many people leave a promising practice at Shearman & Sterling and a GC-track position at a Fortune 500 company to start a company designed to disrupt the way both do business. But Sirisha Gummaregula did, forming an ALSP in 2006, and inspiring and supporting many women—and men—across the legal ecosystem throughout her career.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 14, 2023
"Legal innovation means doing something every day that scares you," say Jessica Vander Ploeg, Vice President Legal Operations, and Steven Rippberger, Senior Manager Legal Operations, at OpenText.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 11, 2023
"As the world's privacy laws become more complex and more fragmented, and as companies are looking to collect more data ... legal innovation must enable collaboration across teams, and inject a single source of truth, in a manner that doesn’t disrupt normal workflow," says Chris Handman, Co-Founder and COO of TerraTrue.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 11, 2023
When it comes to improving DEI, "The real substance and sincere commitment must come first, so that the technology is in service to a real purpose, rather than 'driving' the effort," says Lisa Kirby, Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer at Diversity Lab.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 10, 2023
Legal innovation is like car racing, says Mubashir Hussain, Leader—Business Operations at Cisco. "Technology can only get you so far. You also need a great driver, a world class pit crew, thorough planning, effective policy, and a mindset of constant improvement to distinguish you from the rest."
Stephanie Wilkins | May 09, 2023
"Legal innovation, in our view, involves marrying a deep understanding of the work that lawyers do, with an equally deep understanding of the power and capabilities that technology can provide—and applying that knowledge to solve real customer challenges," says Pete van Hezewyk, Vice President of Marketing at Blue J Legal.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 08, 2023
"Legal innovation should be no different from innovation," says Andy Gastwirth, Chief Innovation Officer at DLA Piper. "All innovation at DLA Piper uses technology to enhance our subject matter expertise, and thereby better meet the legal needs of our clients."
Stephanie Wilkins | May 04, 2023
"Legal innovation means applying technology and know-how to solve problems so that legal practitioners can spend more time doing what they do best, using their legal expertise," says AJ Shankar, CEO and Founder of Everlaw.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 03, 2023
"Legal innovation means finding ways, either through technology or process, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our legal work, and enhance the value we add to the organization," says Eric Winston, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Mphasis.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 02, 2023
"Our goal is to make something 1% better every day instead of trying to invent something completely new," says Colleen Nihill, Chief Knowledge Management & Practice Services Officer at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 01, 2023
"Ultimately, innovation is about creative change that adds meaningful value," says Alison Manchester, VP of Primary Law, LexisNexis.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 28, 2023
"Legal innovation should capitalize on highly enriched, modeled data sets by producing advanced functionality and workflow solutions that anticipate what a client needs to stay out of litigation," says Nicole Stone; Director, New Product Development Content Strategy at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 26, 2023
"One aspect of legal innovation important to the firm involves bringing diverse viewpoints and backgrounds to new challenges, broadening the collective set of experiences to tackle new problems, which is exemplified by the firm’s team approach to this and other matters," says Ron Best, e-discovery counsel at Munger, Tolles & Olsen, LLP.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 25, 2023
"UnitedLex was founded in 2006 with a mission to push the boundaries of legal innovation. To do so, we work closely with legal and business leaders to embrace a transformational, data-centric approach that empowers organizations to grow and build competitive advantage," says Daniel Reed, CEO of UnitedLex.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 24, 2023
"Not every innovation has to be a moonshot," says Farrah Pepper, Chief Legal Innovation Counsel (CLIC) at Marsh McLennan. "Rather, we focus on capturing value from any change—often linked to technology, but sometimes just some smart thinking and smarter processes."
Stephanie Wilkins | April 21, 2023
"Legal innovation means delivering accurate results faster through new technology that surfaces and centralizes vital business insights for better visibility and collaboration," says Jessica Bicknell, Vice President of Customer Success at LinkSquares.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 20, 2023
"To create a sustained movement with positive industry-wide outcomes for any innovative practice, we must work collaboratively to increase our impact and set a new standard for how the profession operates with regard to DEI and ESG," says Leila Hock, Chief Growth Officer at Diversity Lab.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 19, 2023
"Lawyers are sometimes reluctant to spend the time and energy to become experts in using technology tools, but understanding them in the abstract only gets you so far," say Vanessa A. Lavely, Partner, and Scott B. Reents, Lead Attorney, Data Analytics and E-Discovery, Litigation, at Cravath Swaine & Moore.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 18, 2023
"Legal innovation means continual forward motion, knocking down the status quo, and delivering technology that helps legal professionals do their very best work," says Michelle Spencer, Lead Product Marketing Manager at NetDocuments.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 17, 2023
"I enjoy narrowing the gap between the tech we have in our personal lives and the tech we interact with at work, and I am so fortunate to work at a Firm that constantly gets to 'yes' on unique, disruptive and innovative ideas," says Hunter Jackson, Chief Knowledge Officer, McDermott Will & Emery.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 14, 2023
"It’s unconvincing simply to incant 'we’re innovative'; clients know it when they see it," says William Garcia, Chief Practice Innovation Officer at Thompson Hine.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 13, 2023
"Changing more than buttons and widgets, Legal innovation means completely reshaping how case teams leverage technology in the practice of law," says Wendell Jisa, founder and CEO of Reveal.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 12, 2023
"The biggest challenge we have faced with any innovation project is always people—how do we win the minds and hearts of the end users?," asks Horace Wu, CEO of Syntheia.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 11, 2023
"Legal innovation isn’t about a new flashy tool, it’s about fundamentally changing industry processes to improve the speed and fairness of the justice system," says Jacqueline Schafer, CEO of Clearbrief.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 10, 2023
"In-house legal departments have historically and will continue to lead the way in driving legal innovation and serving as an example for the industry," says Tayo Kurzman Kinnane, Associate General Counsel, Law Department Practice Operations at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 07, 2023
"Global legal teams are at crossroads of a transformative journey today, as they strive to balance between managing a rapidly changing regulatory environment and business growth," says Todd Marlin, EY Global Forensic & Integrity Services Technology & Innovation Leader, Ernst & Young LLP United States.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 06, 2023
"Legal innovation means a willingness to break the status quo, to see failure as success in progress, and to reimagine the way law can be practiced in a new light, and from a completely new angle," says Joanna P. Boisen, Chief Pro Bono & Social Impact Officer at Davis Wright Tremaine.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 05, 2023
"To me, legal innovation is about always questioning the status quo and moving toward making a more transparent and democratized legal marketplace a reality," says Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder of Priori.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 04, 2023
"Our goal is to use [Neuron] to enable founders to be able to focus on growing their businesses, instead of the labor-intensive typical legal processes," says David Wang, Chief Innovation Officer of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 03, 2023
"Getting stakeholder buy-in before rolling out something new is critical in receiving the proper deployment and integration you require," says Aleysa Nasimova, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel of Funbox.
Stephanie Wilkins | March 30, 2023
"Innovation is not about awards, or even machine learning, it is about people—people learning to leverage technology to better serve their client’s need," says Timothy Cooke, partner at Reed Smith LLP.
Stephanie Wilkins | March 31, 2023
"By leveraging technology in the legal industry, data-driven automation can decrease hiring biases and increase diversity through more convenient and accessible job opportunities," says Raad Ahmed, founder and CEO of Lawtrades.
Stephanie Wilkins | March 29, 2023
"[When I was practicing,] if you had offered me a tool that would give an actual, instant prediction on litigation results...well, I might have thought you were crazy. But I also know what a difference it would have made to my practice," says Dan Rabinowitz, founder and CEO of Pre/Dicta.
Stephanie Wilkins | March 20, 2023
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