I spoke with Colin Levy, the Director of Legal and Evangelist for Malbek, a provider of Contract Lifecycle Management software, and the author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem: Innovation, Advancement & the Future of Law Practice, a new book about the evolving legal technology sector. We discussed starting a career in legal technology, the skills that legal professionals need to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving legal sector, and how legal tech facilitates better decision-making.
I spoke with Priyadarshini Shetty, the founder of Elliot, a legal technology consultancy, which helps law firms and corporate legal departments analyze their existing systems, processes, and services to identify opportunities for improvement. She also publishes a legal tech content portal called Walchet.com. We discussed the legal tech sector in India, the most prominent challenges that legal teams have with deploying and implementing legal technology, and where legal technology in India is headed.
I spoke with Dean Gonsowski, the chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer at ActiveNav, a data privacy and governance software provider. We discussed the challenges that ActiveNav is helping organizations overcome, its Data Mapping as a Service initiative, Zero Dark Data, and the relationship between information governance and privacy.
I spoke with Mike Mandell, a lawyer with Mandell Law in California, who educates the public about the law through social media. We discussed how he produces content for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, his process for selecting topics for his videos, the message he conveys to consumers, and how he sees the use of content-driven social media tools for lawyers evolving.
I spoke with Elisabeth Steele Hutchison, the director of admissions at the University of Hawai’i School of Law, and the founder of Work from Home University, a consultancy that teaches lawyers how to use Zoom more effectively. We discussed a range of best practices for online meetings and the skills that are necessary to thrive in legal moving forward.
I spoke with Martin Coen, the CEO, and Graham Smith-Bernal, the founder and executive chairman, of Opus2, a software and services company that supports lawyers around the world. We discussed Opus 2’s growth strategy in the current market, how courts will balance virtual and hybrid proceedings moving forward, and the evolution of how lawyers use technology.
I spoke with Curt Meltzer, the former chief information officer for various large law firms and an evangelist for Litera, a software company that provides document lifecycle and deal management solutions to the legal profession. We discussed why law firms are embracing the paperless office, how they are leveraging technology for digital transformation, and the impact of the remote working environment on software adoption.