Best Sean Fitzpatrick Podcasts (2025)

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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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How AI Can Transform Assessment and Student Success with Mychelle Pride 38:06

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Dr. Cristi Ford and Mychelle Pride (Academic Director at the Open University), kick off our fourth season with a powerful conversation on how AI is reshaping education. From inclusive curriculum tools to adaptive assessments and student success coaches, discover how institutions can use AI to create equitable, personalized learning experiences. Lea…

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Closing the Power Gap: How Approachable Leaders Build Stronger Teams with Phillip Wilson 42:19

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick is joined by Phillip Wilson, CEO of LRI Consulting and founder of Approachable Leadership, to explore why approachability is the true foundation of leadership. They dive into the three essential habits of approachable leaders, the transfor…

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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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The Human Side of Retention: Why Compensation Alone Won’t Make People Stay with Greg Roche 52:34

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Greg Roche, founder of Retention Rewards and longtime Total Rewards leader. Today, we explore why people leave long before they resign, why counteroffers rarely work, and how simple, intentional conversation…

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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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Why Listening, Not Leverage, Is the Future of Labor Strategy with Michael VanDervort 41:38

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Michael VanDervort, a seasoned labor relations strategist and trusted voice in the employee experience space, to discuss how organizations can build extraordinary workplaces through better employee relations…

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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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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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How PMC's Michael Trevino Transforms Military Leadership Into HR Success 50:13

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap is joined by Michael Trevino, a Human Resources Manager for Parking Management Company (PMC), to discuss what really happens when you trade your uniform for a suit. What You’ll Learn: How to effectively translate military…

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Why the Godfather of CX Says Employees Matter More Than Customers with Bruce Temkin 44:42

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap is joined by Bruce Temkin, Chief Humanity Catalyst at Temkinsight and the host of the Humanity at Scale podcast, to discuss how organizations can create more meaningful employee experiences through better leadership pract…

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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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The $10M Insight That Came From a Coffee Break with Sean Fitzpatrick 20:19

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, goes solo to share a powerful leadership lesson from his early consulting days in the Alberta oil sands, revealing how this experience shaped his understanding of organizational listening and led to the founding of Talen…

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Recession Fears Calmed and SA Budget 3.0 18:09

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Nick Downing, CEO, discusses Trump's latest political decisions and how the bond yields, and other global regions, are affected. Sean Fitzpatrick, Investment Analyst, summarises South Africa's budget updates, considering there's no VAT increase at this point in time. Overberg Asset Management is an authorised FSP: 783. Disclaimer applies. www.overb…

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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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How Port Moody Turns Employee Feedback Into Real Culture Change - with Marta Taylor 40:37

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap is joined by Marta Taylor, Manager of Strategic Initiatives at the City of Port Moody, to explore successful employee feedback programs in municipal organizations and how to turn survey results into actionable improvement…

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Voice Activated: Tuning Into Employee Insights Trailer 0:42

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Great leadership starts with truly listening to your people. Join Sean Fitzpatrick, founder and CEO of TalentMap, to hear insights and strategies that can help you do just that. In each episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work, we’ll dive into real stories of how leaders have transformed their employee experience. Explore topics…

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Relational Intelligence: The New Superpower in Education, with Isabelle C. Hau 37:26

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In this powerful season finale of Teach & Learn, Dr. Cristi Ford speaks with Isabelle C. Hau—Executive Director at Stanford and author of Love to Learn—about the urgent need to prioritize relational intelligence (RQ) in education. They discuss: ☑️ How academic readiness is incomplete without relational flourishing. ☑️ Neuroscience and social scienc…

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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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Revolutionizing Education: Insights With The AI Educator, Dan Fitzpatrick, pt. 2 22:47

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In this episode of Teach and Learn, Dr. Emma Zone continues the conversation with Dan Fitzpatrick, an international keynote speaker, bestselling author and AI educator, to delve deeper into the transformative role of artificial intelligence in education. Known globally as The AI Educator, Fitzpatrick shares his passion for innovation and technology…

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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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Revolutionizing Education: Insights With The AI Educator, Dan Fitzpatrick, pt. 1 28:00

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In this episode of Teach and Learn, Dr. Emma Zone sits down with Dan Fitzpatrick, an international keynote speaker, bestselling author and AI educator, to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. Known worldwide as The AI Educator, Fitzpatrick shares his journey from being a high school teacher to becoming a lea…

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How AI and Metacognition Can Improve Student Outcomes, with Dr. Sean McMinn 35:01

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In this episode of Teach & Learn, Dr. Cristi Ford sits down with Dr. Sean McMinn, Director of the Center of Education Innovation at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Dr. McMinn shares his insights on the importance of metacognitive awareness in an AI-driven society and provides practical strategies for educators to teach these concept…

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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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Market Review Podcast April 2025 20:32

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Nick Downing, CEO, reviews Q1 market performance, noting US growth fears due to tariffs and policy uncertainty. What to do for Q2 and Q3? Nick has a few recommendations. Sean Fitzpatrick, Investment Analyst, provides updates on South Africa's slightly improved PMI and the SA Budget 2.0 proposal with VAT adjustments.…

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Education and Workforce Development: Nathifa Forde's Vision for NYC Her Future 32:19

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In today’s episode of Teach & Learn, Dr. Cristi Ford sits down with Nathifa Forde, executive director of NYC Her Future, to learn about the various initiatives she’s working on that are aimed at advancing education, workforce development and safety for young women in New York City. They discuss: Nathifa’s journey and the mission of NYC Her Future N…

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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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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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Exploring AI Literacies, with Dr. Angela Gunder 38:55

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As AI continues to transform the educational landscape, understanding its impact is crucial for educators. In today's episode, Dr. Cristi Ford welcomes Dr. Angela Gunder, founder and CEO of Opened Culture (OEC), to discuss the multifaceted concept of AI literacies. Dr. Gunder explains the importance of understanding AI beyond its technical aspects,…

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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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Economic Summary and Analysis of the US Trade Tariff Policy 20:21

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In this global market review, Nick Downing, CEO, discusses a summary of the global financial markets, and analyses the US trade tariff policy. In the local economic update, Sean Fitzpatrick, Investment Analyst, covers key market indicators.By overbergassetmanagement

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Making Learning Fun With Edutainment Creator, Jerry Kolber 31:45

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In this episode, Dr. Emma Zone sits down with Emmy-Nominated edutainment creator Jerry Kolber to talk about making learning fun. Kolber’s work in television and podcasting focuses on blending education with entertainment. This concept, known as edutainment, presents subjects like math and science in more engaging, fun ways. Through storytelling, wa…

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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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The Power of Competency-Based Education With Dr. Amber Garrison Duncan 37:14

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In this episode, Dr. Cristi Ford and special guest Dr. Amber Garrison Duncan, executive vice president and COO at the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) dive into the skills-forward world of competency-based education (CBE). Together, they explore how this modern approach to learning is revolutionizing education by focusing on skills and co…

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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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Market Review Podcast | Global Markets and SA Updates | February 2025 21:08

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In this global market review, Nick Downing, CEO, discusses the outlook for global financial markets based on top research and he breaks down the current shift in the AI landscape. In the local economic update, Sean Fitzpatrick, Investment Analyst, covers key market indicators, while also discussing the potential impact of US policies on South Afric…

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SUNY's AI Integration: A System-Wide Approach Across 64 Campuses With Kim Scalzo 33:53

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Figuring out how to use generative AI responsibly at one university campus is challenging enough – what happens when you’re tasked with doing it across 64 of them? In today’s podcast episode, Dr. Cristi Ford chats with Kim Scalzo, Interim Senior Associate Provost for Digital Innovation and Academic Services at the State University of New York (SUNY…

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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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Improving Awareness and Access to Student Support Services in Higher Ed With Dr. Amelia Parnell 33:40

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According to a U.S. News + Generation Lab report, 70% of college students have struggled with mental health since starting college. Despite expressing a need for care, only 37% of survey respondents searched for mental health resources. These findings align with a recent D2L-sponsored Tyton Partners report, which found that only 50% of students are…

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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…