Rethinking Legal Ops: Recent Episodes
SpeedLegal
We host companies and special guests from the LegalTech and LegalOps communities to inspire lawyers and business professionals with their top-notch expertise.✌️
We recently launched on Product Hunt and got #2 Product of the Day and 4th Product of the Week - what an amazing experience!
We thought we'd share our journey with you through our podcast. So we recorded this episode where we chat about what inspired us to create SpeedLegal, the challenges we faced building an AI-powered legal tech product, and the valuable lessons we learned along the way.
We dive into which of SpeedLegal's features helped us stand out. You'll hear the full story behind our #2 ranking and what really wowed the Product Hunt community.
Check out the full episode to learn about our journey of turning a LegalTech vision into a reality that product hunters loved!
🎙️ Unlock the Future of Legal Operations with Dorna Moini!
In this episode of "Rethinking Legal Ops," Dorna Moini, legal tech innovator and CEO of Gavel, takes us on a journey through the evolving landscape of legal technology. 🚀
Discover the challenges, inspirations, and insights that led to the creation of Gavel, a tool designed to revolutionize legal processes. From the justice gap to the role of AI, this episode offers a deep dive into the transformative impact of legal tech.
💡Key Takeaways:
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The intersection of law and technology: A firsthand account from a legal professional turned entrepreneur.
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Bridging the justice gap: How legal tech is making a difference in access to justice.
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Gavel Blueprint: The role of generative AI in streamlining legal workflows.
LegalInnovation #AccessToJustice #LegalTechInsights #TransformingLegalOps #LegalOperations 🚀
Step into the future of litigation with our latest episode, "Litigation in the Age of AI: Navigating Generative Technologies." 🚀In this episode, we host Nathan Walter (CEO, Briefpoint) as we unravel the transformative impact of generative AI on the legal landscape. 🔍 Discover how generative AI is reshaping legal processes.💼 Navigate the changing landscape of law firm analytics.🤖 Explore the rise and potential applications of generative AI in the legal field.🎓 Gain insights into preparing future lawyers for a legaltech-driven world.Tune in now! 🎙️
Join us in the latest episode of Rethinking Legal Ops with Nicole, ( CEO of Trellis), as she dives deep into the world of legal technology and its transformative impact on the legal industry.
In this episode, we explore:
🔍 The power of Trellis in democratizing access to state trial court data.
💼 Law firm analytics and how it's reshaping the landscape for legal professionals.
🤖 The rise of generative AI and its potential applications in the legal field.
🎓 Preparing future lawyers for a legaltech-driven world.
Tune in to the full episode here👇🏻
Large Language Models have seen the rise in the Legaltech industry, and more and more Legaltech tools are integrating and leveraging LLMs in their tools. What more can you expect from LLMs in the newer future?🤔
SpeedLegal is back with another podcast, and this time we’ll be talking about ‘Applications of Large Language Models in Legaltech & their Ethical Considerations.’✨
Here are some topics we'll be covering:
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Use Cases of Large Language Models in Legaltech.
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Ethical Considerations in Deploying Large Language Models in the Legal Industry.
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Employing legal standards as instructions or prompts.
and much more…
Legaltech has seen the rise among lawyers, and more and more lawyers are adopting Legal technology to streamline their workflow and increase efficiency. What does the future hold?🤔
Join us as we delve into the topic of "Tech Adoption and Lawyers" and explore how automation is reshaping the legal industry with our guest Lorenzo Berto (Associate at Orsingher Ortu - Avvocati Associati). 🤖👨💼💼
Here are some thought-provoking questions we'll be covering:
✅ What is the current level of tech adoption amongst practitioners in Italy?
✅ Which fields of law can benefit the most from automation?
✅ What data privacy concerns arise when lawyers choose to work with Legaltech tools?
✅ How can automation fuel creativity in law firms?
Tune in to listen to the full episode.
Breaking barriers and making waves: Get ready to hear from the one and only David Horne as he dives deep into the world of female entrepreneurship! 💪 Join us for our latest episode where David sheds light on the challenges faced by SMEs and the importance of adaptability, overcoming gender bias, and the role of the community in supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs. 💡👩💼💪 In this episode, we'll cover everything from fundraising obstacles to the importance of a supportive community. 🚀💜💡
Unlock the secrets of scaling your in-house legal team with the latest tech strategies.
In the latest episode of Rethinking Legal Ops, we talk to Jenna Sanz-Agero about the significance of tech in scaling in-house legal teams.
By the end of this episode, you’ll learn about the key considerations for crafting your Legaltech toolkit, discover the most exciting tech trends and the importance of ease of implementation vs cost.
In the latest episode of the Rethinking Legal Ops podcast business version, we sit down with Jeff Beale, also known as Mr. Marketology, to talk about the intersection of contracts, law, and business.
In this episode, Hans Paul and Jeff discuss the importance of contracts in any type of business interaction and how they can help prevent misunderstandings and potential legal issues. They also talk about the different types of contracts that Jeff has encountered in his work, like consultant agreements, service agreements, and purchase orders.
But it's not just about contracts! They also cover the role of marketing, sales, and content in the business. Jeff shares his expertise on how he approaches marketing as both an art and a science, and the importance of having a clear and comprehensive methodology.
Tune in to learn more!
Data Privacy is always a concern for legal practitioners when implementing any new technology.
We had a very interesting conversation with Giuseppe Vaciago (Partner at 42 Law Firm) on the latest episode of Rethinking Legal Ops.
We talked about some of the biggest data protection issues that come up with implementing tech tools for legal practitioners.
We also talked about automating legal work, strengthening the internal data protection system with Legaltech and a lot more!
Tune in to the conversation to learn more about it.👇🏻
Most Fintech companies have to always keep up with mandatory requirements for their customers, which becomes an obligation for them.📑
And it becomes especially hard since they have to deal with not just one country's law but every country's that their company provides service to.🌎
This is just one of the many areas where Legaltech tools can help Fintech companies make their lives easier.⚡️
We hosted Ann Vanga (VP of Legal at Solifi) to understand more about how Legaltech can help Fintech companies strengthen their data privacy, automate their workflows and make their processes faster and more secure.✨
Tune in to the full conversation
Legaltech has been creating an impact on a lot of areas and is now helping solve one of the bigger problems of Non-profit Legal companies.⚡️
Non-profit Legal companies and Law firms are often unable to help as many people as they’d like to due to a lack of resources and not being able to increase their manpower.😓
But Legaltech can solve this!☘️
Using the power of AI and technology, these non-profit organisations can scale their operations without utilising a lot of resources or manpower. 🚀
We talked to Marc Lauritsen (president, Capstone Practice Systems) about the impact of Legaltech on these areas.
Tune in to the episode to learn more about how Legaltech has been creating an impact and how law can benefit from automation.
Legaltech isn't just a tech tool for lawyers, it's much more than that!⚡️
Legaltech tools have been helping people in different industries get things done faster and better. One such industry is the Finance industry.💰
We talked to Jeff Badu, CPA (Founder & CEO, Badu Tax Services, LLC) about his experience using Legaltech tools for his day-to-day work and company.
Tune in to the latest episode of Rethinking Legal Ops to understand how Jeff uses Legaltech tools and how it gives them a competitive advantage over other companies.
The integration of technology in Law has brought up a lot of innovative solutions for in-house legal teams and businesses.
We hosted Ashlee Best (Former Head of Legal OperationsHead of Legal Operations, Asana) to understand tech strategy and law in depth and to learn more about how it affects in-house legal teams.
Tune in to this amazing conversation to learn more about the significance of tech in scaling in-house legal teams, strategic considerations for businesses in crafting their legaltech toolkit and a lot more!
The role of in-house lawyers has evolved from being an advisor to a strategic business partner.
Many lawyers are integrating creative ideas into their traditional roles and crafting innovative solutions.
How can you as a lawyer do the same? How can you design innovative solutions to people's problems?
We uncovered answers to all these questions and more today with Andy Ninh (Director of Solutions + Global Leadership Team Member at Elevate).
Watch the full episode to find out
You don't have to take the traditional career path after your Law degree.❌
The digital transformation of law has opened up a LOT of new career paths for legal professionals that you can go in.🚀
Want to know what they are?🤔
Join us on Rethinking Legal Ops Ep #27 with our guest Shreya Vajpei (Prime mover at Prolawgue and Assistant Manager at Khaitan & Co) to learn all about it!⚡️
Should contracts be user-friendly?🤔
Of course, they should be. But why take the effort to make a contract user-friendly?🧐
How does it help clients and end users?🤷🏻
And lastly, how do you approach this new way of designing contracts?🛠
We uncover answers to all these questions on Rethinking Legal Ops with our guests Stefania Passera (Founder & Contract designer, Passera Design) and Paula Doyle (Legal Innovation Advisor, PaLiDa Ltd).
Listen to the full episode to find out!
Most Legaltech tools are built for enterprises and thus have a very expensive price plan. This stops smaller law firms from using Legaltech to their advantage and growing their business.
As a result, they rely on decades-old technologies that barely work and make their lawyers’ tasks even more complicated.
How can small law firms diagnose these problems with their Legal Ops?
How can they pick the right Legaltech tools for them?
How can they gain a competitive edge in the market using Legaltech?
Find answers to all these questions on this episode of Rethinking Legal Ops where we talk to Caroline Ragan (Founder of LumoseMarketplace.com)
Unlock your creativity as a Lawyer! ✍🏻
Want to understand how you can tap into your creativity as a Lawyer? Then this session is for you! 🙌🏻
We hosted Marco Mendola (Founder, MM3 Legal) about legal innovation and how one can unlock their creativity as a Lawyer.
Listen to the full episode to learn all about it.
Introducing Rethinking Legal Ops: Business Edition!
This is an extension of our podcast where we talk to C-suite executives, innovators and leaders about the many ways that Legaltech is transforming the world of business and finance
For our very first episode of RLO: Business, we have Matt Putra (Fractional CFO for eCommerce Companies & Agencies).
He has helped tonnes of eCommerce companies, agencies and startups scale sustainably, grow their profit margins and plan their finances.
In this episode, we talk about his experiences in dealing with contracts. In addition to this, we try to understand the perspectives of Legal vs CFO as to what matters to them when it comes to SaaS Agreements.
Tune in to this conversation!
Ever thought about how you can be more impactful as a lawyer? 🤔
The answer is - Legal design ✅
In this episode, we talk to Tessa Manuello (Founder & CEO, Legal Creatives) about how Lawyers can be more impactful with legal design. 🚀
Technology is being integrated into every aspect of our lives, and Law is no different.
In fact, the legal industry is starting to rely on technology more and more in order to help it run more efficiently.👨🏻💻
And we just found the perfect person to talk about this integration of Law and Technology.💯
We hosted Kevin Keller (General Counsel at Snapcommerce) on 21st episode of Rethinking Legal Ops.
We talked about how tech and law are working together to make legal processes more efficient and what it means for a GC.🚀
Listen the full episode to find it out!
The way most businesses manage their contracts today is broken. But how can they fix it?
We hosted Todd Smithline (CEO, Bonterms & Lecturer at UC, Berkeley) to discuss this and learn more about the future of contracts and what it means for your business.⚡️
Watch the full episode to learn how your business can leverage templates to speed up the negotiation process and manage contracts more efficiently.🚀
The Tech industry is dominated by a specific demographic today. But that’s changing now.🚀
We are seeing more women entrepreneurs and professionals taking the world by storm each day.🌪
Olga V. Mack, CEO at Parley Pro and an award-winning general counsel is one of such amazing women!
Olga loves legal innovation and has dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law.⚡️
We hosted her on Rethinking Legal Ops and talked about her experience in the Legaltech industry and her initiatives to empower more women to grow in the legal and tech industries.✨
Legaltech is only for tech-savvy lawyers.👨🏻💻
If you've been believing this, then we're coming to bust this myth for you!⚡️
Here's the truth -
Not only is Legaltech useful for non-tech savvy Lawyers, but it is also very useful for other teams in the company.🌱
How? We hosted Chad Aboud (General Counsel, Audienceview) on Rethinking Legal Ops to talk all about this.✨
We'll also talked about the significance of data insights while drafting and negotiating contracts, and the significance of community building in driving Legaltech adoption.🚀
'We have always done it this way.’
This is a statement that every innovator has to hear from people when they bring in a different and often a better approach to the market.😐
And it’s the same with Legaltech solutions too… 🤷♂️
How do you get people with this mindset to adopt Legaltech? 🤔
We hosted Mat Jakubowski, Head of Legal operations at Focus Law Firm, and legal innovation ambassador.
We talk about getting through the ‘we have always done it this way’ attitude, boosting Legaltech adoption via partnerships, and much more…
If you run a business, you must have dealt with contracts in multiple stages of it. Infact, any major or minor deal needs you to sign a contract.📃
With all these never-ending contracts, you need a place to keep and manage them safely.📌
This is where the contract management system comes in.💻
If you’ve never dealt with a CMS before or want to manage your contracts better, this event is for you!
Learn everything about contract management from Tara Trantham (Compliance and Risk Management Consultant).✍🏻
Are you using your Legaltech tools to their full potential?
Legaltech tools are capable of much more than just storing and managing contracts on a cloud, but most people don’t use them to their full extent.🤷♂️
We hosted Colin Levy (Director of Legal at Malbek and LegalTech Evangelist) on the 15th episode of Rethinking Legal Ops where we talked about how you can use your Legaltech tools to their full potential.
👉🏻 He answered questions like -
⚡️ What are some of the most exciting Legaltech tools around right now?
⚡️ How can firms and in-house teams train their employees to use Legaltech tools?
⚡️ How is Legaltech changing legal service delivery models?
⚡️ How can the Legatech community change the culture in the legal industry and drive tech adoption?
And much more
You DON’T want to miss this one! 🤯
Are you a Lawyer or an aspiring Lawyer, looking to enter the Fintech industry as an In-house Counsel?🤔
Then this session is for you.💯
The role of a General Counsel in a Fintech company is an important one. From the protection of Intellectual property to handling funding documentation and making sure the company’s commercial reputation is good, their presence becomes crucial.
But what it’s like to be a general counsel in an in-house legal team? What are the challenges one can face and problems one has to deal with?🧐
We hosted Miguel de Azevedo Moura (Professor at NOVA School of Law & GC at Paybyrd) where he talked about his In-house experience in the Fintech industry.
In this special episode of Rethinking Legal Ops, Hans Paul answers some questions about how he started SpeedLegal and got into Legaltech, how other aspiring Legaltech founders take the first step towards their own startup, and much more
Curious how Legaltech works in huge international business transactions?🤔
We hosted Donnie Hao DONG (Partner at FuJae Partners, Hong Kong) on episode 12 of Rethinking Legal Ops. We talked about the use of Legaltech in international business transactions and the data privacy concerns that come along with using one.
He answered questions like -
✅ What is the level of adoption of tech tools amongst practitioners in China?
✅ What are the kinds of data privacy concerns that come up for lawyers when choosing Legaltech tools to work with?
✅ How are Legaltech tools helpful for multinational companies involved in multiple large transnational projects?
✅ In light of China’s new law on data protection and privacy, how can businesses leverage tech tools to strengthen compliance?
And more…
Practicing Law in Europe? Then this event is for you! ⚡️
We hosted Raquel Sampaio (Lawyer at SRS Advogados & Contributor to EUstartups) on episode 11 of Rethinking Legal Ops. She answered questions like -
✅ What are some of the biggest legaltech trends in Europe right now?
✅ How do EU businesses see automating their legal work?
✅ How are governments in Europe encouraging legal innovation through policymaking?
✅ Mental health is a huge issue in the legal industry. Can legaltech be an ally for lawyers in helping them reduce unnecessary stress?
🧑⚖️ 👌🏼 Why Smart Contracts Are Legally Binding!
📝 💻 The First Smart Contract was created in the Mid-1990 by a Lawyer!
📚 🧑🏻💻 Coding Education and No Code Solutions.
🎙In this episode of the Global LegalTech Roadshow with Federico Panisi PhD, Researcher at Stanford University and Adam Toth-Fejel Co-Founder & CEO at Loki.code in San Francisco, we discussed Smart contracts, the role of lawyers as technologists and much more!
🙋❓How did you get into crypto/smart contracts?
🙋❓Smart Contracts - are they really the future of contracts?
🙋❓Are Smart Contracts legally binding?
🙋❓Where are Smart Contracts mostly used and how?
🙋❓How to create a legally binding contract with no code?
💡From Contract Managers to Project Managers!
⚡️Not all LegalTech solutions are DeepTech solutions!
🎙In today’s episode of the Global LegalTech Roadshow with Matteo Daste, Partner at Orrick and investor, we discuss some insights and trends that can help.
🙋❓What are the most widely used LegalTech solutions at Orrick and in California?
🙋❓Is it enough to be a lawyer, what other skills are needed?
🙋❓How do law firms or in-house legal teams that adopt legaltech gain a competitive edge over those who don’t? What does lawyering of the future look like?
🙋❓Legaltech fuels creativity and workspace efficiency: What kind of activities would you rather have your junior attorneys focus on instead of doc review?
🙋❓In your career so far how much of a paradigm shift have you observed in the legal community’s attitude towards legaltech innovation? What have been some of the catalysts for this? Has the pandemic and remote work made the adoption of LegalTech more important?
LegalTech has come a long way. And it's had its own challenges.
In this episode of Rethinking Legal Ops, we discuss some of the wins and losses of LegalTech industry.
Hans Paul (Founder & CEO, SpeedLegal) covers why certain companies succeeded in the market and why some of them failed miserably.
💡 LegalTech to Boost CleanTech Adoption!
⚡️ Survival of the fittest - we need online technologies and AI to survive! We need to keep moving if we want to survive.
This episode of Rethinking Legal Ops covers how can a lawyer practice Law in the Metaverse!
Toufic Adlouni talks about how can lawyers be okay with being uncomfortable, the role of AI and Legaltech in the legal industry and how can lawyers use it to their advantage.
Ever wondered how AI and Legaltech can affect the way you practice law?🤔
Well, we did. So we got Christopher Albert Fynn (Head of Legal & Compliance, Rendeavour, Ghana) to answer this and a lot more burning questions like -
How does it play out for the energy and infrastructure projects?
& how can you use it to speed up your workflow?
Watch the full episode to learn more about it.
In this episode of Rethinking Legal Ops, Sandro Tuzzo (cofounder Separate.us & Professor at UC Hastings) talks about the future of legal work and the role of AI in it.
We cover topics like -
What roles & tasks will be replaced by AI?
How can you make AI work for you instead?
And, how can you as a legal firm take advantage of AI to make more money.
LegalTech increases efficiency and speed by many folds, yet many law firms are still hesitant to use it.🙄
What stops them from using these tools in their workflow? Is LegalTech mature enough to be used by big firms yet?
We got Markus Oksanen (Partner at DLA Piper) to answer these questions and understand what kind of LegalTech tools are already in use in global law firms like DLA Piper.
The process of contract drafting, reviewing, and negotiating is broken. How can you fix it?🛠
We hosted Electra Japonas (CEO and Founder at TLB, Co-Founder at oneNDA) on Rethinking Legal Ops Ep 8. She answered questions like -
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What’s wrong with the way we approach drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts today?
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Why is user-friendliness becoming more and more important for legal documents today?
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What is more important for a practitioner: maintaining a competitive edge with custom contracts or becoming more accessible with standardization?
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Is legalese a thing of the past?
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How can contract standardization help lawyers get the most out of currently available LegalTech tools?
And more…
Practicing law in Asia? Then this session is for you.🙌🏻
We hosted Josh Lee (Co-Founder, LawTech.Asia), who talked about Legaltech innovation in the Asia Pacific.🌏
He answered questions like -
✅ What’s the current state of adoption of LegalTech in Southeast Asia.
✅ How are AI and Data Analytics influencing Southeast Asian economies
✅ How can Legaltech tools pave their way for more foreign investments.
And much more…
Every law firm needs some LegalTech tools to manage its operations and daily tasks. But how to decide which of them is best for you?🧐
For this week’s episode of Rethinking Legal Ops, we have Inga Rusu (Legal Planner at Emerson Law) & Giulio Messori (Managing Director, SLT) who’ll help you understand how you can get the most out of LegalTech and make your ideal LegalTech toolbox for all your needs.
They’ll answer questions like -
✅ How can you train law attorneys to take advantage of tech to the fullest.
✅ How does LegalTech help in enhancing data privacy.
✅ What should be taken into consideration as a law firm when investing in tech solutions. And more..
Can you rely on it for actual work? If so, how much can you actually get done with LegalTech?🤔
These are just some of the questions we get asked repeatedly by people.
So we got Mathew Kerbis (Founder, Subscription Attorney LLC) to answer these questions on the 5th episode of Rethinking Legal Ops.
He also talks about how he is using LegalTech to improve his work efficiency.💻