Best Aderant Podcasts (2025)

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Justice Workers: Reimagining Access to Justice as Democracy Work, with Rebecca Sandefur and Matthew Burnett 45:18

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With as many as 120 million legal problems going unresolved in America each year, traditional lawyer-centered approaches to access to justice have consistently failed to meet the scale of need. But what if the solution is not just about providing more legal services — what if it lies in fundamentally rethinking who can provide legal help? In today’…

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How Bold Idea Brings Tech Education to Underserved Students 15:17

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In this episode of Studio A, we sit down with Robyn Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Bold Idea, a nonprofit organization providing computer science education to underserved students in Dallas. Robyn shares her inspirations for starting Bold Idea and the impact of mentorship on young people. And why accessible, hands-on coding opportunities are essentia…

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Leading Product Transformation Amid Company Transformation: 8am’s New Chief Product Officer Leslie Witt 35:32

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As Leslie Witt took to the stage Sept. 3 to deliver the keynote at Kaleidoscope, 8am’s inaugural customer conference, it was the culmination of a whirlwind summer. It had been just four months since she had joined the company formerly known as AffiniPay as chief product officer, responsible for leading product transformation and strategy for establ…

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Ep 301: From Law Student Startup Founder to Global CEO: Daniel Lewis's Legal Tech Journey 49:19

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Daniel Lewis has witnessed legal technology's evolution from multiple vantage points that few others can claim. As a Stanford law student in 2012, he and classmate Nik Reed co-founded the legal research startup Ravel Law with the audacious goal of taking on LexisNexis and Westlaw using machine learning and data analytics – at a time when such chall…

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What Law Firms Need to Know Now About AI, Cloud, and Change 16:28

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Norm Mullock, Global Head of Corporate Development and Alliances at Harbor, for a clear look at how law firms can approach digital transformation with confidence. Recorded at Momentum Global 2025 in Dallas, Norm walks through the core strategies Harbor uses to help law firms prepare for cloud m…

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Inside Baker Botts’ Cloud Migration and AI Strategy 13:32

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers connects with Allie Tyler, Director of Financial Services at Baker Botts, to explore how one of the world’s top law firms approaches innovation with intention. From cloud migration to AI adoption, Allie shares how her team evaluates tools, manages transitions, and builds long-standing vendor relationships to …

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Ep 300: Reveal’s CEO and CTO On Its Launch of Gen AI for E-Discovery Review 43:32

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The e-discovery company Reveal Data recently announced that it will launch its new generative AI-powered document review platform, called “aji,” in late September. Notably, the company said it is offering full access to the platform at no cost through Dec. 31, in order to enable “the entire legal community to explore and master the next era in GenA…

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Ep 299: Harbor Global CEO Matt Sunderman On Driving Digital Transformation in Legal 38:07

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This year’s ILTACON, which starts later this week, marks the second anniversary of Harbor, a global expert services company formed through the merger of three long-established legal consulting firms: HBR Consulting, LAC Group, and Wilson Allen, and that formally launched at ILTACON in 2023. The company, which counts among its clients some 80% of th…

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Inside GRSM’s Strategy for Smarter Timekeeping and Billing 24:48

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers is joined by Gwen Hess and Samantha Chopus of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to talk technology, culture, and collaboration in the modern law firm industry. Gwen shares how GRSM approaches software decisions, from embracing real-time API integration to utilizing tools that reinforce compliance with outside cou…

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Ep 298: SpotDraft’s Shashank Bijapur: From Late-Night Due Diligence to Legal Tech Innovation 40:11

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What happens when a Harvard-trained corporate lawyer, tired of copying and pasting contract language, starts reading about self-driving cars? In Shashank Bijapur's case, it sparked the creation of SpotDraft, a contract lifecycle management company that just raised $54 million in Series B funding and that counts major companies such as Airbnb among …

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How Aderant Delivers a Borderless Client Experience 8:43

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Aderant Chief Client Officer Josiah Chaves to explore how legal tech solutions are built around real client needs. Josiah shares his journey from sales to product leadership, which shaped his approach to trust, alignment, and user experience. The conversation touches on Aderant’s latest develop…

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Ep 297: CoCounsel’s Next Generation: Emily Colbert and Rawia Ashraf on Agentic AI for Lawyers 44:02

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If generative AI was the biggest story in legal tech in 2023 and 2024, agentic AI is proving to be the most talked-about topic of 2025. Spurring this, at least in part, has been Thomson Reuters’ announcement of its forthcoming release of a new agentic version of CoCounsel, its AI legal assistant, that will be able to plan, reason and execute comple…

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Unmatched by Design: How Aderant is Creating A Borderless Experience For Law Firms 14:12

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Chris Cartrett, President and CEO of Aderant, to define what an unmatched client experience really is. Recorded live at Momentum Global 2025, the conversation covers how Aderant is reshaping internal processes, product design, and client support to serve the full lifecycle of a law firm’s work.…

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Ep 296: How LexisNexis and Harvey Are Partnering to Reshape Legal AI, with LexisNexis CEO Sean Fitzpatrick 43:36

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When legal research giant LexisNexis and legal AI giant Harvey announced a strategic alliance last month, legal tech commentator Richard Tromans called it “possibly the most important legal tech move in a decade.” On today’s episode of LawNext, we go deep into the partnership and its implications with Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of LexisNexis North Ameri…

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Ep 295: How One Mass Tort Firm Uses Supio, the AI Platform for PI Lawyers 49:43

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Supio, an AI-driven platform developed specifically for personal injury lawyers, has been generating a lot of buzz. On the heels of reporting record growth last year and raising $25 million in Series A funding in October, last month it raised another $60 million in a Series B round. But what do the lawyers who use the platform think of it? On today…

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Ep 294: A Special Interview with Aderant CEO Chris Cartrett Recorded Live at Its Momentum Global Conference 39:57

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When Chris Cartrett was named CEO of legal technology company Aderant in 2022, he did so with the mission of aggressively advancing a cloud-first strategy throughout the company’s suite of business and financial software for law firms. Given that Aderant is a nearly 50-year-old company with many customers who still use the on-premises version of it…

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Ep 293: Litera’s Avaneesh Marwaha: The CEO Who Left Before AI and Returned to Lead Through It 45:54

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What happens when a CEO steps away from a legal tech company just before the generative AI revolution explodes, then returns two years later amid a landscape that is being dramatically transformed? For Litera’s Avaneesh Marwaha, that is exactly what happened. As the CEO of Litera from 2016 to 2022, Marwaha led the legal tech company through a remar…

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Ep 292: AALL President Cornell Winston on Why Law Librarians Should ‘Be Bold’ 44:12

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Cornell Winston, president of the American Association of Law Libraries, brings a unique perspective to law librarianship, having spent 45 years in libraries across diverse settings — from a hospital library where he started as a student worker; to the former Whittier Law School; to prominent law firms Munger, Tolles & Olson and Orrick, Herrington …

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Ep 291: Serial Legal Entrepreneur Monica Zent on Building the Future of Legal Services 43:12

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Monica Zent is a true pioneer in legal innovation and entrepreneurship. She is the founder of ZentLaw, an award-winning alternative legal services provider that broke the traditional law firm mold when she founded it in 2002. ZentLaw has since grown into a nationwide legal services provider, serving global brands and major corporations with a uniqu…

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Ep 290: Turning Legal Spend Into Performance: PERSUIT Founder Jim Delkousis On His Acquisition of Apperio 36:28

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On May 5, 2025, PERSUIT, a technology company that specializes in helping corporate legal departments select and manage outside counsel, announced that it had acquired Apperio, a spend-management platform for corporate legal, in a move designed to create an end-to-end workflow solution spanning everything from matter intake to invoice payment. “Thi…

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How Aderant Puts Client Experience at the Center of Innovation 14:12

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Chris Cartrett, President and CEO at Aderant, for a conversation on how Aderant is reimagining the client experience in legal tech. Chris explains how the team is building tools that streamline everything from billing to talent management, and why trust and transparency are at the core of both …

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Ep 289: Navigating 'Unruliness': Hence Cofounder Sean West on How Politics, AI and Law are Rewriting Business Rules 48:45

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"Everybody understands the world is volatile, but they don't necessarily understand why it's volatile or how to deal with it," says Sean West, cofounder of Hence Technologies and author of the new book, Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics, AI, and Law Upend the Rules of Business. "Unruly is a play on words. ... The world is kind of ‘unruling.’ The …

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Ep 288: LawDroid Founder Tom Martin on Building, Teaching and Advising About AI for Legal 47:29

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LawDroid Founder Tom Martin on Building, Teaching and Advising About AI for Legal If you follow legal tech at all, you would be justified in suspecting that Tom Martin has figured out how to use artificial intelligence to clone himself. While running LawDroid, his legal tech company, the Vancouver-based Martin also still manages a law practice in C…

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How Aderant Builds Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence with Alok Abhishek 20:02

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers is joined by Alok Abhishek, Director of Product Management at Aderant. And together they chat about thoughtfully applying AI across the legal tech space. Throughout the episode, Alok raises the importance of human-centered philosophy, which guides Aderant’s AI initiatives, the importance of institutional know…

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Ep 287: From Ravel Cofounder to Knowable CEO, Nik Reed Has Learned that Building Quality AI for Legal Takes A Lot of Hard Work 1:01:14

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In the gold rush of generative AI, it seems that every legal tech vendor wants to be a one-stop shop for legal technology. But after 15 years of developing legal tech, Nik Reed, CEO of Knowable, a legal technology company devoted to helping enterprises bring order and organization to their executed agreements, believes that lawyers should be wary o…

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Ep 286: When the Unthinkable Becomes Real: Three Legal Tech Leaders On Losing Their Homes To The Los Angeles Wildfires 55:20

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In January, a merciless firestorm swept through the Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas of Los Angeles, becoming the most destructive wildfire in the city's history. Driven by hurricane-force Santa Ana winds and fueled by record-dry conditions, the Palisades Fire destroyed over 6,800 structures, burned nearly 24,000 acres, and dramatically alte…

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Ep 285: Mark Cohen and Dierk Schindler On The Union Of the Digital Legal Exchange and the Liquid Legal Institute 47:36

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As reported yesterday in an exclusive at LawSites blog, two leading international legal transformation organizations, the Digital Legal Exchange (DLEx) and the Liquid Legal Institute (LLI), have joined forces in a strategic union that brings together more than 1,500 members representing more than 140 multinational corporations, organizations, insti…

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How Aderant is Building Cutting-Edge Technology to Tackle Law Firms' Most Challenging Issues 9:34

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In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers talks with Cody Walker, VP of Business of Law and Platform Engineering at Aderant, about Aderant’s approach to building innovative technology, how a cloud native platform unlocks rapid innovation for law firms looking to solve complex challenges, and the role AI and cloud technology play in end-to-end complia…

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Ep 284: Relativity CEO Phil Saunders on the Future of Legal Data, Gen AI, and the Shifting Landscape of Law 50:16

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“The landscape we all stand on is shifting, and massive amounts of change are upon us,” Phil Saunders, the chief executive officer of e-discovery and legal technology giant Relativity, recently wrote in a post on the company’s blog. Driving that change are three transformative forces, he wrote: new legal data challenges, advancing generative AI, an…

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Jane Has a Name 26:38

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Send us a text Jane Doe had a name, Jaylin Perez. We talk about the road to identification and epidemic affecting San Diego County. We also give updates on the following episodes: If you need refreshers go back and listen to full episode :) Episode 6: Gator has a Vision Episode 37: I don’t like Monday Episode 25: Missing Mom Episode 76: Long Live E…

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Ep 283: SurePoint CEO Eric Thurston on Acquiring ZenCase and His Vision for Mid-Market Practice Management 39:47

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Recently, legal technology company SurePoint Technologies acquired the legal practice management company ZenCase in a strategic move aimed at enhancing SurePoint’s practice management offerings for mid-sized law firms. In this episode of LawNext, Eric Thurston, who recently marked his two-year anniversary as CEO of SurePoint Technologies, joins hos…

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Ep 282: How A New Documentary Aims To Raise Public Awareness Of The Access To Justice Crisis 41:52

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On this week’s show: LawNext takes you to the movies. Well, to a specific movie, anyway – a documentary being made to raise public awareness and understanding of the access to justice crisis in this country. Today’s guests are the film’s director, documentary filmmaker Laura Hand, who previously directed The Tent Mender, about homelessness on Skid …

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Ep 281: Eve CEO Jay Madheswaran on Building AI-Native Law Firms for the Plaintiffs’ Bar 50:34

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After building his career as an engineer at Facebook and as a venture capitalist at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jay Madheswaran and his cofounders spotted an opportunity to deploy cutting-edge AI to transform what they saw as an underserved segment of the legal market, launching Eve, an AI platform purpose-built for plaintiffs’ law firms. Eve has …

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Ep 280: Is Arbitrus.ai the Future of Dispute Resolution? 1:05:47

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Earlier this month, a legal tech startup called Fortuna Arbitration launched what it says is the first true AI judge – an automated arbitration system called Arbitrus.ai that the company claims can fully replace human arbitrators in resolving legal disputes. The system promises to cut the cost of arbitration from an average of $100,000 to just $10,…

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How Migrating to the Cloud is Unlocking Enhanced Productivity and Efficiency for Law Firms 13:33

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Cloud-based solutions are transforming the way law firms operate, making innovation more accessible while reducing IT burdens. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Doug Matthews, Chief Product Officer at Aderant, and Josiah Chaves, General Manager, Business of Law Solutions at Aderant, to break down how law firms are navigating th…

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Ep 279: Upsolve’s Jonathan Petts and Ben Jackson on Building the TurboTax for Bankruptcy and Fighting UPL Restrictions 46:10

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When former Wall Street lawyer Jonathan Petts joined forces in 2016 with Rohan Pavuluri, then a research assistant in Harvard Law School’s Access to Justice Lab, and Mark Hansen, a software engineer, to create Upsolve, they had a simple but powerful vision: make bankruptcy filing as accessible as online tax preparation for Americans crushed by debt…

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Ep 278: Standardizing Legal Agreements: How OneNDA and OneSaaS Aim to Transform Business Contracting 47:46

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When it comes to contract negotiations, lawyers often find themselves spending countless hours haggling over standard agreements such as NDAs and SaaS contracts, with both sides often saying more or less the same thing, but in different words. What if there was a better way? Today’s guests believe there is. Electra Japonas, chief legal officer at L…

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Ep 277: CEO Nikole Nelson Returns to LawNext with An Update on Frontline Justice’s Mission to Empower Justice Workers and Bridge the Justice Gap 40:16

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In the United States, we face a staggering crisis in access to justice, with over 90% of low-income Americans' civil legal needs estimated to be going unmet. But what if there was a way to dramatically expand legal help by empowering a new category of legal helpers? That's exactly what today's guest, Nikole Nelson, is working to achieve as CEO of F…

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Ep 276: Reflections On 25 Years Of Innovation In Legal Aid, With The LSC’s Longtime Program Counsel Glenn Rawdon 48:13

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Earlier this month, the Legal Services Corporation, the largest funder of civil legal aid in the United States, held its annual Innovations in Technology Conference in Phoenix. This year’s conference was particularly special for two reasons. For one, it was the conference’s 25th anniversary, as well as the 25th anniversary of the Technology Initiat…

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Ep 275: Can AI Bridge the Justice Gap? Legal Aid Lawyer and Innovator Sateesh Nori Thinks So 46:22

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From legal aid attorney to legal tech innovator, Sateesh Nori brings a unique perspective to the intersection of artificial intelligence and access to justice. After spending two decades in the trenches as a housing lawyer at legal aid offices in New York City, Nori now bridges multiple worlds – continuing his legal aid work at the Legal Aid Societ…

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Ep 274: Insights on Leadership and Innovation in Legal Education, with Anastasia Boyko 53:49

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Anastasia Boyko likes to say that she’s Goldilocks-ed her way through her career. True, it’s been a varied career, as she’s tried out different roles, but it is a career that has taken her full circle, from Yale Law School, where she graduated, and then eventually back to Yale Law to create a program in leadership for lawyers, and from Salt Lake Ci…

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Revolutionizing Legal Operations with AI: A Chat with Aderant’s Andy Hoyt 31:04

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AI is truly revolutionizing the way legal proessionals work, from streamlining workflows to enhancing decision-making with data-driven insights. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers speaks with Andy Hoyt, Chief Technology Officer at Aderant, to explore the transformative impact of AI on legal tech and what the future holds for the industry. Disc…

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Ep 273: A Deep Dive Into Washington’s Newly Approved Pilot to Allow Non-Lawyer Entities to Practice Law 38:28

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On Dec. 5, in a move to enhance access to justice, the Supreme Court of the state of Washington issued a historic order authorizing a regulatory reform pilot program by which entities not owned by lawyers will be able to deliver legal services. The move makes Washington only the third state, after Utah and Arizona, to approve a comprehensive change…

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Ep 272: In Which Gen AI Takes Over this Podcast to Discuss Law Practice Management Technology 26:23

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On today’s LawNext: we hand over the podcast to NotebookLM to discuss the state of law practice management technology. If you haven’t heard of NotebookLM, it is a generative AI tool from Google that turns your documents into engaging audio discussions. Its output sounds a whole lot like, well, a podcast, with two hosts chatting it up about your doc…

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Ep 271: NGAGE’s Paul Henry On How Law Firms Can Use Behavioral Analytics to Drive Tech Adoption 30:35

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You cannot have innovation without adoption. That was a theme I heard repeatedly when I attended the Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal conference in New York City in October. Our guest today, Paul Henry, would take that a step further and say you do not really have adoption without engagement. Henry is the founder and CEO of NGAGE Intelli…

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How Cybersecurity is Evolving in Legal Tech with Aderant’s VP Niveta Chowdhry 28:47

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Legal data is under attack, and the stakes have never been higher. With AI revolutionizing both defenses and threats, law firms face a critical moment in cybersecurity. In this episode of Studio A, Host Will Ayers talks with Niveta Chowdhry, VP of Business Operations & Cybersecurity at Aderant, about the strategies law firms need to protect sensiti…

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Ep 270: How One Legal Tech Company Is Donating Its Software To Pursue Justice In Atrocity Crimes 37:28

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Everlaw for Good is a program run by the e-discovery company Everlaw, through which it makes its software available at no cost to legal aid organizations, nonprofit organizations, and investigative journalists. One beneficiary of that program is the Center for Justice and Accountability, a human rights nonprofit that works to seek justice on behalf…

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Long Live Elijah 27:44

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Send us a text This weeks episode we discuss the tragedy of Elijah Smith's senseless death and the horrors of gun violence. We discuss memory and honor of his life and legacy and the impact this has on his family and the community. If you are able to please consider contributing to this families Go Fund me as well as listen and share this story to …

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Ep 269: As She Retires From a Trailblazing Career in Legal KM and Innovation, Sally Gonzalez Shares Lessons Learned 33:11

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In the field of legal knowledge management and innovation, Sally Gonzalez is both a legend and a trailblazer. Over the course of her 40-year career, she has worked for some of the world's largest law firms to develop and lead KM and strategic technology initiatives. She has overseen KM and information technology programs at such global firms as Nor…

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Ep 268: How Gen AI Can Be A Game-Changer for Discovery and Litigation, with Everlaw CEO AJ Shankar 35:58

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Recently, the Everlaw Summit, the annual customer conference of the e-discovery company Everlaw, convened in San Francisco. In his keynote address there, cofounder and CEO AJ Shankar announced the general availability, after a year of beta testing, of a suite of generative AI features for reviewing, coding and analyzing documents in discovery and l…