https://www.lawnext.com/category/lawinsights Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession. Thu, 30 May 2024 23:25:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/a-conversation-with-david-colarusso-director-of-suffolk-laws-lit-lab.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/a-conversation-with-david-colarusso-director-of-suffolk-laws-lit-lab.html#respond Wed, 19 May 2021 19:30:57 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36574 David Colarusso, director of the Legal Innovation & Technology Lab at Suffolk Law School in Boston, recently joined me for an episode of my Law Insights program on Litera TV. Among the topics we discussed were the work and mission of the LIT Lab and some of its current projects, such as the CDC Eviction […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/a-conversation-with-david-colarusso-director-of-suffolk-laws-lit-lab.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/video-casey-flaherty-discusses-his-move-from-baker-mckenzie-to-lexfusion.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/video-casey-flaherty-discusses-his-move-from-baker-mckenzie-to-lexfusion.html#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:34:23 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36060 On Tuesday, I reported here that D. Casey Flaherty, who for the last two years has been director of legal project management at global law firm Baker McKenzie, and who developed the Procertas technology training and benchmarking platform, has joined LexFusion, a go-to-market collective of legal technology companies launched last October, as a cofounder and chief strategy officer. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/video-casey-flaherty-discusses-his-move-from-baker-mckenzie-to-lexfusion.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/10/people-innovate-technology-facilitates-a-conversation-about-innovation-at-kl-gates.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/10/people-innovate-technology-facilitates-a-conversation-about-innovation-at-kl-gates.html#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:40:44 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34446 Earlier this month, the law firm K&L Gates, one of the world’s largest firms, was honored as Law Firm of the Year in this year’s The Changing Lawyer Awards presented by the legal technology company Litera. The award is presented to the law firm that has most successfully reimagined the way it serves its clients. The […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/10/people-innovate-technology-facilitates-a-conversation-about-innovation-at-kl-gates.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/career-advice-from-a-top-lawyer-and-head-of-innovation-at-liberty-mutual.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/career-advice-from-a-top-lawyer-and-head-of-innovation-at-liberty-mutual.html#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:13:36 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33636 When I invited Robert Taylor, vice president and senior corporate counsel for legal ideation and transformation at Liberty Mutual Insurance, to be my guest earlier this week on Litera.TV, I knew him to be a widely recognized innovator in legal department operations, as was recognized last year when the Association of Corporate Counsel recognized his […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/career-advice-from-a-top-lawyer-and-head-of-innovation-at-liberty-mutual.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-paladin-cofounder-kristen-sonday.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-paladin-cofounder-kristen-sonday.html#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:05:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33552 On Wednesday, I interviewed Kristen Sonday, cofounder and COO of Paladin, a platform that helps legal teams run more efficient pro bono platforms while increasing access to justice, for my Law Insights program on Litera TV. Among the topics we touched on: Data from Paladin on how COVID-19 and new racial justice initiatives are affecting […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-paladin-cofounder-kristen-sonday.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-technologist-and-innovator-dennis-kennedy.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-technologist-and-innovator-dennis-kennedy.html#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:12:13 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33305 Joining me last week for my Law Insights show on Litera TV was Dennis Kennedy, legal tech and innovation advisor, adjunct law professor, infotech lawyer, professional speaker, author, and podcaster. We covered a lot of ground over the course of our 30-minute conversation. If you’re interested, below is the full recording. For this week’s show, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-technologist-and-innovator-dennis-kennedy.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-melissa-speidel-director-of-business-transformation-at-kl-gates.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-melissa-speidel-director-of-business-transformation-at-kl-gates.html#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:57:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33263 Last week on my live-streaming legal program Law Insights on Litera TV, I interviewed Melissa Speidel, director of business transformation at the law firm K&L Gates. Her job, Melissa says, is to “take care of the business” — to manage and find solutions throughout the firm and also to engage with clients to help them […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-melissa-speidel-director-of-business-transformation-at-kl-gates.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-doxly-founder-haley-altman.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-doxly-founder-haley-altman.html#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:30:18 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33183 On Wednesday, I interviewed Haley Altman for Litera TV, following news last week that Litera had named her its global director of business development and strategy. Altman is a former lawyer who, in 2016, founded the transaction management platform Doxly. Last year, she sold Doxly to the document technology company Litera, joining the company as […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-doxly-founder-haley-altman.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/mark-cohen-on-turbocharged-transformation-in-legal-and-a-peak-at-his-newest-venture.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/mark-cohen-on-turbocharged-transformation-in-legal-and-a-peak-at-his-newest-venture.html#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:06:19 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33115 Mark Cohen is a true thought leader in the legal world. An accomplished litigator at both the U.S. Department of Justice and in private practice, he turned his attention to the business of law nearly 20 years ago, founding one of the first legal process outsourcing companies and then cofounding innovative law company Clearspire. He […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/mark-cohen-on-turbocharged-transformation-in-legal-and-a-peak-at-his-newest-venture.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/northwesterns-dan-linna-on-the-need-for-a-quality-movement-in-law.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/northwesterns-dan-linna-on-the-need-for-a-quality-movement-in-law.html#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:27:40 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33073 How do we evaluate the quality and value of legal services? It is question law professor Dan Linna explores in a book chapter he recently authored, “Evaluating Legal Services: The Need for a Quality Movement and Standard Measures of Quality and Value,” the final version of which will be included in the book, Research Handbook […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/northwesterns-dan-linna-on-the-need-for-a-quality-movement-in-law.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave-on-innovation-during-a-pandemic.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave-on-innovation-during-a-pandemic.html#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:55:07 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32986 Last week, for my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV today, I interviewed Kathryn DeBord, chief innovation officer at the law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Our 30-minute interview covered a range of topics, including innovation at Bryan Cave and innovation in the midst of a pandemic. The recording of that interview is now […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave-on-innovation-during-a-pandemic.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/marketing-in-a-pandemic-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-mcguirewoods-cmo-joe-calve.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/marketing-in-a-pandemic-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-mcguirewoods-cmo-joe-calve.html#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 12:51:42 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32727 Last week, for my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV, I interviewed Joe Calve, chief marketing and business development officer at McGuireWoods. Our topic: legal marketing in the midst of a pandemic. At McGuireWoods, Calve oversees client relations and development, communications, media relations and marketing. Before joining McGuireWoods, he was CMO for two international […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/marketing-in-a-pandemic-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-mcguirewoods-cmo-joe-calve.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/heres-the-video-of-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-futurist-jordan-furlong.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/heres-the-video-of-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-futurist-jordan-furlong.html#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:19:15 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32525 Earlier this week, for my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV, I interviewed Jordan Furlong, legal analyst and futurist and author of The Law21 Blog. A former journalist, Furlong has for the last decade established himself as a leading analyst of the global legal market and forecaster of its future development. At his blog, he has […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/heres-the-video-of-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-futurist-jordan-furlong.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/watch-the-replay-of-my-litera-tv-live-interview-with-former-orrick-chair-ralph-baxter.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/watch-the-replay-of-my-litera-tv-live-interview-with-former-orrick-chair-ralph-baxter.html#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:14:28 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32373 Last Wednesday, as part of the new Litera TV line-up of live-streaming programming, I interviewed Ralph Baxter, former chairman and CEO of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and now an industry advisor to law firms and corporate legal departments, as well as a blogger and podcaster. This was the first of a half-hour episode called Law Insights that I […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/watch-the-replay-of-my-litera-tv-live-interview-with-former-orrick-chair-ralph-baxter.html/feed 0