I spoke with Bradley Collins, the Co-Founder and CEO of LegalTechTalk, a conference in the UK focused on the legal industry. We discussed the similarities between Insurtech and Legaltech, lessons from the inaugural 2024 event, speakers participating in 2025, and the barriers to innovation in the legal sector that the conference aims to address.
I spoke with Laura Frederick, the founder and CEO of How to Contract, a provider of contract training for lawyers and business professionals, and the creator of ContractsCon, scheduled for January 2024. We discussed the challenges associated with contract training, the value of training-tainment, the 2024 ContractsCon event, the You Can Contract Show podcast, and the book “Practical Tips on How to Contract.”
I spoke with Andrew King, the New Zealand-based founder of Legal Innovate, E-Discovery Consulting, and the LegalTechHub, as well as the producer of the LawFest conference. We discussed how he navigated the uncertainty in the planning process for LawFest, surprises from the event, what conference organizers should know when planning events in a post-COVID era, and how legal events will evolve.
I spoke with Jennifer Bantelman the Senior Director of Solutions Engineering at Zapproved, a cloud-based software company that builds e-discovery tools for corporate legal, from legal holds through processing and review. We discussed the E-Discovery Hero Awards, its mission, the honorees, and reimagining the event for a virtual world. Register for free here.
I spoke with Andrew King, the founder & strategic advisor of E-Discovery Consulting, which provides litigation support guidance to law firms and corporate legal departments throughout New Zealand. He is also the creator of the LawFest New Zealand conference.
We discussed the genesis of LawFest New Zealand, why legal tech conferences have become so popular, the challenges associated with developing a legal tech conference, the legal tech climate in New Zealand, and the value of a legal tech index.
I spoke with Soon Yi Loo, the co-founder and CEO of CanLaw Asia, a legal tech consultancy for law firms and corporate legal departments in Malaysia. He is also the creator of the LexTech conference, which is an event focused on educating legal professionals in Malaysia about how to enhance their practices through technology.
We discussed the genesis of CanLaw Asia and the LexTech conference, how legal technology is perceived in Malaysia, the most popular type of legal technology in the country, whether lawyers in Malaysia are receptive to the application of technology to their practices, where the legal tech sector in Malaysia is headed.
I spoke with Jason R. Baron, of counsel to Drinker, Biddle & Reath, and the founder of The Chelly Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on improving literacy and education for children living in Cambodia.
We discussed the genesis of The Chelly Foundation, the organization’s mission, the types of projects it is supporting, and the organization’s fundraising event at Gulliver’s Gate in New York City on Thursday September 14th at 6pm.
I spoke with Ryan Adams, the resort manager for the Chatham Bars Inn. We discussed the connection between customer service and client satisfaction, how technology is impacting client expectations, and the key elements of adding value.