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Epoch 2 State of AI 2025

Inside the State of AI report. Real usage, model trends, retention insights and what they mean.

Epoch 2 Could Forward Deployed Engineers work in legal?

FDEs promise faster legal-tech innovation, but only when autonomy meets product discipline. Without it, customisation takes over.

Epoch 2 Play at the Edges

Value rises when you choose an edge. Opinionated positioning creates clarity, trust, and real differentiation.

Epoch 2 The Silent Productivity Leak Inside Every Law Firm

Law firms hire talent for high-value work, yet most lawyers lose hours to $5 tasks. Here’s how to protect the $5,000 work that drives real impact.

Epoch 2 90% Use AI. Only a Handful Have Scaled It.

Gen AI has gone mainstream. McKinsey’s 2025 data shows adoption is nearly universal, but true transformation still depends on scaling and workflow change

Epoch 2 What really triggers change?

Real change starts with friction. Pain, vision, and momentum spark it, but lasting change comes when new habits feel effortless.

Epoch 2 Why TTF might be the most important metric you’re not tracking

Most apps measure ROI, not joy. This issue explores “Time to Fun,” and why designing for delight drives adoption and lasting engagement.

Epoch 2 Do AI agents disrupt flow state?

AI agents promise productivity, but at what cost? They may boost output while quietly eroding the focus and depth needed to reach true flow.

ai ILTACON 2025 Recap: implementation over headlines

ILTACON 2025 highlighted AI implementation, project management, and execution quality as the real drivers of competitive advantage.

ai The falling cost of intelligence

As AI models plunge in price, raw intelligence is no longer rare. The winners will be the teams who ask better questions and apply human taste to craft standout products.

ai Which GenAI tools are law firms using?

Data from the SKILLS 2025 Survey reveals how law firms are actually adopting GenAI tools today. From drafting and due diligence to search and strategy, this deep dive breaks down the trends, challenges, and what legal innovation leaders need to know next.

ai How Do LLMs Think?

There has been a flurry of updates from the major AI labs over the last few weeks. While most coverage only scratches the surface, the recent episode of the Dwarkesh Podcast went deeper. I listened to this 2+ hour conversation, making notes, and having to look up some of the

Podcast Podcast: Responsible AI in Law: Building Frameworks, Use Cases, and Trust with RAILS

Everyone is talking about AI, but we should spend just as much time discussing its responsible use. Fringe Legal sat down with some of the individuals involved with RAILS (Responsible AI in Legal Services). RAILS is a thoughtful, collaborative effort to ensure AI is used ethically and effectively across the

FL 93: Practice, Profit, Power

Reflecting on what I want to do on Fringe Legal this year, I realized I will return to the reason I started FL in the first place. To use writing and podcasting as a way to learn. So, I invite you to join me as I learn new concepts, explore

FL #92: The Power of Slow: Lessons from OpenAI's o1 and the Early Cruise Industry

Explore how OpenAI's o1 model and the early cruise industry show that slowing down can unlock deeper reasoning, unique experiences, and lasting success in a world driven by speed.

Articles AI adoption gap and resistance to change

ILTA's annual technology survey will be published later this month. Before the full survey, the editors shared their executive summary. Here are two takeaways: Adoption of GenAI Tools: The Divide Between Large and Small Firms Generative AI (GenAI) tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, are increasingly being implemented across

Balancing Technology and Human Connection in Legal Services with Joey Seeber

Where AI and automation dominate headlines, it's easy to lose sight of what drives the legal industry: human connections. Yet, as law firms race to adopt the latest tech, there's a growing recognition that the most successful firms will strike a delicate balance between technological innovation

ai FL #91: ILTACON 2024 Recap - Practical Innovation Takes Center Stage

ILTACON 2024 showcased a shift from AI hype to pragmatic implementation. Firms are focusing on governance, integration, and specific use cases. Also in this issue - lessons for innovators from the discovery of a 2,492 carat diamond.

ai FL #90: Is agentic AI the future?

Is the future autonomous systems that plan, reason, and act. From virtual project managers to due diligence agents, it promises efficiency but faces oversight challenges. Plus funding roundup and book recommendation.

Newsletter Fringe Legal #89: Speed Matters

Speed is a necessity to succeed. Here are three ways innovative teams can leverage it for product development, user experience, and evaluations.

Robots in the Uncanny Valley: Crossing the Line Into Creepy

Boston Dynamics' new Atlas robot plunges into the "uncanny valley" with its disturbing contortions and inhuman movements. Pushing too far into unsettling human mimicry may make their robots less comfortable for real-world human interaction.

Meta Announces Megalodon with Unlimited Context Length

Meta's new Megalodon AI can perfectly understand any length of text. Its special tech, such as complex moving averages and smart normalization, beats other AIs. But do we really need infinite text ability?

ai 2024 ILTA Influential Women In Legal Tech

We take a deep dive with the 2024 ILTA Influential Women in Legal Tech, discussing their motivations, challenges for legal professionals, and the role of AI.

ai LegalTech Adoption in an AI-Enabled World

Large language models have the potential to enhance human creativity and productivity. We explore the evolution of software development and how it might share the future of work.

Legal Tech Law Firm Revenue Management - The $36 Billion Opportunity

Hidden inefficiencies create a $36B missed revenue opportunity in legal workflows. New technology can guide improved decisions, automate repetitive tasks, and demonstrate financial impacts to unlock this potential.

Building a Culture for Innovation Mavericks

Winning legal tech adoption means understanding incentives and constraints. Start small to prove value, then scale impact through data insights and peer sharing. Patient partners earn trust to permeate skepticism with productivity.

Building a tech-enabled culture in law firms

In this Fringe Legal podcast episode, host Ab and Conan Hines discuss fostering a tech-enabled culture in law firms. They explore trust-building, the role of vendors in tech adoption, and integrating technology training into legal education to enhance lawyers' tech skills.

Season Finale of the OpenAI Saga -- recap, lessons, and what it means for LegalTech?

While the OpenAI saga over the last four days seems like something out of a TV show - the events matter. Here is what you need to know.

Podcast Training Lawyers to Learn By Doing: How AltaClaro is Closing the Practical Skills Gap

Abdi Shayesteh reinvented legal training with AltaClaro by closing skills gaps through experiential learning. Simulations and expert feedback build associates' judgment. Data provides insights to improve and personalize education. Hands-on training will grow as technology transforms law.

essays Innovation Through Novel Approaches

Innovation often arises from novel approaches to persistent problems rather than creating entirely new paradigms.

ai Workflow Reimagined: How Generative AI Transforms Legal Operations

Steph and Brandi from UpLevel Ops explain how legal teams can thoughtfully leverage generative AI to transform workflows, augment human skills, and futureproof roles. With proper governance and training, we can keep pace with the evolution of AI and maximize its potential.

ai Moving Past the AI Hype - Conversation with LexisNexis' Jeff Pfeifer

LexisNexis CPO Jeff Pfeifer explores moving past AI hype cycles to drive real legal adoption. Practical benefits key to dodging disillusionment trough.

Newsletter Making Sense of the Buzz: A Download from ILTACON 2023

At ILTACON 2023, generative AI and trends like data structure, analytics, and operational efficiency were the center of attention. While law firms were cautious about the immediate adoption of AI, the overall vibe was optimistic about its future potential to streamline work.

Legal Tech Unlocking Innovation: Definely’s Blueprint for Disrupting Contract Workflows

Fringe Legal hosted the founders of Definely, a Microsoft-backed legal tech company, to share their founding story and how their growth is a function of their core mission.

Transformation Decoding ESG: A Practical Guide for Legal Teams

Learn what ESG means and how legal teams can pragmatically prioritize it. This post breaks down key insights on ESG risk management from an interview with expert Kai Gray on the Fringe Legal podcast. Get clarity on ESG frameworks, strategic rollout, and avoiding common pitfalls.

client experience Start Small, Think Big - A Roadmap for Law Firm Change that Actually Sticks

Tactical approaches to adoption and challenging the status quo with India Preston

Innovation Innovation is overrated

Innovation is often hailed as the holy grail of business success, the key to staying ahead of the competition and securing long-term survival. However, it's important to remember that innovation, for innovation's sake, doesn't usually make sense.

Legal Tech AI's Growing Influence in Legal Tech - Unpacking the Thomson Reuters-Casetext Acquisition

Yesterday, Thompson Reuters announced the acquisition of Casetext for a cool $650m - huge congratulations to the Casetext team! Our sister site, Law Tech Daily, which helps you keep up to date with legal tech news in less than 10 mins, provided a detailed analysis of the event. We are

announcements Announcing Law Tech Daily

Law Tech Daily helps you answer what happened in legal tech recently in less than 10-min/day. It's published as a newsletter and podcast 3x each week (Mon, Wed, Fri).

ai Fringe Legal #82: Unveiling the Impact of ChatGPT Plugins on Legal Tech

The Impact of ChatGPT Plugins on Legal Tech: the micro report discussing the significance, risks, predictions, and opportunities of extending ChatGPT's capabilities with plugins for the legal industry.

legal ops Fringe Legal #81: The Paradox of Client Expectations

Notes from discussion with Brad Blickstein, David Cambria, and Keith Maziarek on Client Expectations, Tech Investments, and the Economic Downturn.

ai Safeguarding sensitive data on ChatGPT

As the popularity of ChatGPT and GenAI apps rises, ensuring responsible data sharing is crucial. We developed an extension that displays a persistent reminder to warn users against sharing private or sensitive information.

Unlocking the Future of Legal Service Delivery - Insights from the LPPM Survey

Authors of the 3rd annual legal project management and pricing report delve into the key challenges and trends shaping the legal industry, touching upon innovation, technology, client expectations, and the future of legal service delivery.

The Donkey Kong Effect: How Storytelling Saved Nintendo

Did you know that Donkey Kong helped save Nintendo from the brink of collapse in the 1980s? This fascinating tale is not only a pivotal moment in gaming history, but it also highlights the power of storytelling in business!

Innovation Fringe Legal #80: What did Strategic Knowledge and Innovation Leaders talk about last week? (SKILLS 23 recap)

SKILLS 2023 brought together KM and innovation leaders across the legal profession. Read on for summaries and quotes from each presentation.

KM Fringe Legal #79: SKILLS tomorrow, newsletter updates, and February carve outs

We are 18% through 2023, and either you are feeling accomplished or thinking about how much more needs to be done. Read on for inspiration.

Innovation Smarter work allocation to increase lawyer retention

Work allocation runs through the core of law firms - how well it's managed will impact the retention & productivity of lawyers. Will Dougherty, Co-Founder of Capacity discusses how work allocation can be done better using technology.

Fringe Legal #78: why is everyone talking about ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a tipping point in the development of AI. It can have a significant impact on the future of legal technology, but we are a couple of iterations away from it being mainstream.

Fringe Legal #77: your brain on virtual meetings

Stephen Covey famously said, "if the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster." It’s easy to get so immersed in the work that sometimes we forget to take a breath and ensure we are

Transformation Legal ecosystem and successful legal teams with Basha Rubin and Mirra Levitt

Basha Rubin and Mirra Levitt are co-founders of Priori Legal. They join Fringe Legal to discuss legal tech trends, and share their origin stories and experience of raising funds as women founders.

Legal Tech Fringe Legal #76: three takeaways from ILTACON

ILTACON 2022 packed 3000+ people into a bustling four days. Whether you were there or not, here are the key themes from the conference you should know.

legal ops Setting up legal teams for success (podcast)

Legal operation teams have been increasing in popularity. We explore why they matter and how to leverage them to find success for legal teams in firms and in-house.

Legal Tech Fringe Legal #74: conferences extravaganza. Which one to attend?

There is an abundance of conferences. Are they worth your time, and which one should you attend? Whether you are a conference veteran or a newbie, here are some tips on making the most of them and some of our favorite events.

Innovation Fringe Legal #73: when the solution becomes the problem

Incentives drive human behavior, but the wrong motivation can worsen the problem or create new ones.

Legal Tech State of no-code in Legal with Jackson Liu

We speak with Jackson Liu, Chief Commercial Officer at Neota, about the state of no-code in legal.

Legal Tech No-code for legal teams - Report

What if you could build your own app without any coding skills? That’s the promise of #nocode tools. We went down the rabbit hole, so you don’t have to.

client experience Fringe Legal #72: strategic client management

Over half of clients change law firms because of client service reasons. Law firms can transform key clients into major accounts using Strategic Client Management.

Transformation Digital Transformation and designing the future of law with Kai Jacob

On this episode with speak with Kai Jacob - Partner at KPMG and Co-founder of Liquid Legal Institute - about digital transformation and designing the future of law.

Fringe Legal #71: products, platforms, and ecosystems

There’s a lot of talk about legal tech platforms, ecosystems, and products. People tend to use these terms interchangeably, so is there really a difference?

Fringe Legal Summit - July Update

Here are a few updates as planning for the Summit continues: 1. Date update 2. Core themes 3. Core principles Date update We've moved the summit date to Nov 11, 2022. There were a number of conflicting priorities in October - including some other potential events being planned

future of work Fringe Legal #70: your meetings need work

Over 70% of meetings are unproductive. Most are not run well and are a huge cause of burnout and lack of engagement. Focusing on building the skill to run a meeting will lead to significant gains.

Innovation Fringe Legal #69: why is adoption a problem with legal tech?

Adoption is the holy grail problem to solve when it comes to technology. Solving it is a long road, but there are ways to reduce the bumps you experience.

pricing Should law firms charge for legal technology?

Pricing discussions can be challenging regardless of the position. To make them smoother, paint the value story. What do we offer, and how do we augment technology into the work done for you, as a result of which the value you receive is greater, more quickly realized, or cheaper to deliver.

pricing Fringe Legal #68: only two ways to make money

On stage are two executives, addressing a crowd of eager investment bankers at the Savoy Hotel in London. It's the 1990s, and Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale are there for a roadshow as they prepared for the hottest tech IPO of the day - Netscape. Needing to leave

Value based pricing for law firms with Keith Maziarek

Pricing is one of the most important aspects of running a legal practice. In this episode, we discuss value-based pricing for law firms: the economics, strategies on how to position pricing, and how to tackle conversations with clients.

announcements 🔮 Fringe Legal Summit '22 - save the date

The Fringe Legal Summit '22 will be held on Oct 10, 2022. It will be an extraordinary event— expect macro & micro-trends, strategic and tactical knowledge, and awesome speakers. We are designing the summit, so you actually retain and put into practice what you learn.

Leading through a crisis with Alex Tsepko

Lawrina CEO, Alex Tsepko, speaks about his experience leading a newly formed team through a sudden crisis - the invasion of Ukraine - and finding growth through a shared vision.

What do 150+ legal innovators want to accomplish in 2022?

What are 169 legal innovators focusing on in 2022? We analyzed the responses to highlight the macro trends, 2022 priorities, and opportunities.

Fringe Legal #67: the case for slow innovation

In the issue this week, we cover the case for slow innovation, creativity in law firms, ILTA's technology survey, digital assets, writing as a networking tool for introverts, and some bite-sized morsels.

Creativity in law firms with Dale Miller

Dale Miller discussed the role of creativity in law firms, and how an increased focus on collaboration, pricing, and marketing will be the key to the success of future law firms.

Fringe Legal #66: hub and spoke model for innovators

Innovation teams can utilize the hub and spoke model to drive quicker decisions and execute faster.

Fringe Legal #65: the future of work

What is the future of work? Even at a broad level, this is a complex topic, and as you focus on legal teams and law firms, it becomes more complex. Discussions around innovation, digital transformation, leveraging technology all lean into supporting this theme. Recently, I sat down with Matt Coatney

The Future of Work with Matt Coatney

Matt Coatney discusses the future of work with relation to law firms and legal teams. We cover how legal services might be delivered, the role of technology, and why change now.

Fringe Legal #64: improve customer experience to increase revenue

The legal sector has an NPS of -54. By not focusing on clients more, firms are leaving money on the table. Improve customer experience to increase revenue.

Fringe Legal #63: technology as a force multiplier

A lot of tech talk this week - not so much about specific solutions but understanding how technology can make an impact. I share three perspectives on leveraging technology to be a force multiplier for your practice.

Implementing emerging technologies with Leigh Snider

Leigh Snider discusses how to tie technology selection and implementation back to the business strategy.

announcements Meet Fringe Legal 2.0

Fringe Legal 2.0 launches today. It's focused, driven, and committed to making an impact. Join to learn how innovators are paving the future by putting ideas into practice.

Disrupting lawyer training with antiCPD with Quddus Pourshafie

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] On the podcast this week, I speak to Quddus Pourshafie, co-founder of antiCPD [https://anticpd.com/] a new

Fringe Legal #62: education lags behind innovation 👨‍🎓

Education lags behind innovation Legal education needs to be disrupted. Change is required throughout the entire process, from lawyer formation through post qualification. If lawyer formation is of interest, then I would recommend following folks like Jordan Furlong [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanfurlong/] and his site Law21 [https://www.

Fringe Legal #61: how legal tech innovation drives success

How Legal Tech Innovation Can Drive Success in Your Firm Technology should serve a purpose, and it should be in line with the overall business strategy. In my article, published this month, in the Singapore Law Gazette, I claim: > The ultimate goal of a legal innovation strategy is to

How Legal Tech Innovation Can Drive Success in Your Firm with Azman Jaafar

Abhijat speaks with Azman Jaafar, Managing Partner and one of the founding members of RHTLaw Asia, on how legal technology can drive success in a law firm.

Emerging: visual tools

Visual tools are becoming more popular, these included general collaboration tools as well as those with niche purpose. Fringe Legal spoke with founders of two leading legal tech companies to understand the buzz.

Fringe Legal #60: what's hot in LegalTech 👀

A quick note: the Fringe Legal tech stack will change over the next couple of weeks, including the provider we use to send emails. I'll share more closer to the time. What's hot in 2021 Caroline Hill, of Legal IT Insider fame, shared slides from a

Fringe Legal #59: AI, data and privacy 🔐

This issue is coming to you from Arizona. It felt good to dust off the hiking shoes and see a new landscape. Here's what I pondered on the hike to the peaks you see in the image above. Having a fine-tuned AI model, allows you to solve complex

Fringe Legal #58: law firms as a subscription business 💰

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Law Firms as a subscription business This week on the podcast I shared my conversation with Joyce Tong Oelrich [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtong/], co-founder Tong Tejani PLLC [https://www.tongtejani.com/], a boutique specializing in government contracting. Listen to the full episode here [https://share.transistor.fm/

Joyce Tong Oelrich on law firms as a subscription business

Joyce Tong Oelrich, speaks about alternative pricing structures that could be offered by law firms including SaaS-like subscription offerings.

Fringe Legal #57: Skill up 💪

This issue is a long read with reflections on my discussion with Dr. Heidi Gardner on how legal professionals can collaborate in a smarter way to increase profits. Grab a cup of coffee and get scrolling 🔽 (Oh and Fringe Legal 2.0 is coming soon. More soon) 💪 SKILLS 2022 The

Delivering breakthrough technologies

To make exponential progress, and to achieve real breakthroughs, requires aiming for the top of the mountain but having flags along the way to guide you. Breaking away from the linear model of innovation and asking big questions.

Articles Leveraging Technology to Grow Your Personal Brand

This article was first published in the Singapore Law Gazette [https://lawgazette.com.sg/practice/tech-talk/leveraging-technology-to-grow-your-personal-brand/] on March 3, 2021 I had just stepped into the lift when I heard a voice behind me saying, “Hi, you’re Lara Q, aren’t you?” “Er, yes, that’s me,” I

Julia Salasky on how to delight clients

Julia Salasky, CEO of Legl, discusses technology can be leveraged to delight law firm clients. Using legal tech to solve fundamental problems with lawyer workflows allows for more value to be added.

Fringe Legal #56: how to delight your clients 💯

🎧 How to delight your clients with Julia Salasky Julia Salasky, CEO of Legl, on Fringe Legal Over the podcast this week, I spoke with Julia Salasky, CEO of Legl [https://legl.com/?utm_source=FringeLegal.com/newsletter]- a modular workflow tool. The eBook of takeaways is coming very soon,

Fringe Legal #55: back next week 🔄

I'm taking a little break to avoid burnout and will be back to regular content cadence from next week. In the meantime, here's something from one of the previous issues: Change² Salesforce bought slack for $27.7 billion. There are plenty of opinions on the acquisition,

What GCs want

Fringe Legal sat down with a Global general counsel to understand what GCs want from their firms.

Fringe Legal #54: the glue that holds systems together ⚡

Snacks 🌮😋 1. Thinking long term and staying client-centric with Adolfo Jimenez 2. The glue that holds systems together 3. Becoming unique 🎧 Thinking long term and staying client-centric This week, I spoke with Adolfo Jimenez [https://www.hklaw.com/en/professionals/j/jimenez-adolfo-e?utm_source=FringeLegal.com/newsletter] , who leads Holland

Thinking long term and staying client-centric with Adolfo Jimenez

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Adolfo E. Jiménez [https://www.hklaw.com/en/professionals/j/jimenez-adolfo-e] is a Miami litigation attorney whose practice

Fringe Legal #53: what GCs want 🎧

Snacks 🌮😋 1. What GCs want 2. Law firms and future of working - three perspectives 3. The incredible logistics of the Tokyo Olympics What GCs want with Anna Lozynski This week on the podcast, I spoke with Anna Lozynski, an award-winning executive general counsel & author turned Change Agent, Advisor,

The importance of being client-centric

There is no single source of innovation and transformative ideas. Regardless of where the ideas come from, they need to be driven from within the practice and serve the client.

What GCs want from law firms with Anna Lozynski

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Anna Lozynski is an award-winning executive general counsel & author, turned Change Agent, Advisor and Influencer. Starting out

Fringe Legal #52: Differentiate to Win 🏆

Snacks 🌮😋 Why should firms innovate? At the end of June, I had the opportunity to moderate a session focusing on the future of law, presented to the corporate team of a G100 law firm. Here is one of the pages from my notes I shared with the firm after the

Transformation lessons from designing next-gen cities with Ruben Vela and Matt Waldman

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] I spoke with Matthew Waldman (Founder, San-Q, and Professor Keio Graduate School of Design) and Ruben Fernandez Vela

Fringe Legal #51: Innovation through serendipity 💪

Snacks 🌮😋 2021 report on the state of the legal market [https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/content/dam/ewp-m/documents/legal/en/pdf/reports/2021_sotlm_web_v2.pdf] (PDF) The Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Institute released their 2021 report

💯 GIVEAWAY: enter to win a limited edition t-shirt and the Guide to Legal Innovation

🎉 Giveaway Last week, I published the 50th edition of this newsletter, and separately we are almost at 10,000 downloads for the Fringe Legal Podcast. I'm stoked! To celebrate, I'm giving away a limited edition t-shirt and a must-read book for innovators. Why the shirt: Fringe

Peter Dombkins – transformation and looming legal revolution 🌩️

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] > So Legal is coming late to the party on some of this, but at least it arrived

Fringe Legal #50: transformation and looming legal revolution 🌩️

GIVEAWAY alert: I can't believe it has been 50 issues. Look out for an email in a couple of days that will include details of a special giveaway. Big bite 🌮😋 Normally, I would include three snacks in the newsletter, but there are so many resources mentioned during the

Fringe Legal #49: Creativity, innovation and disruption ⚡

What's coming up There are some great items in the works, and I can't wait to share them with you. For now, I thought I would give a little teaser: * Peter Dombkins: podcast and write up on transformation and change management, and legal project management * Julia

Emerging Tech: Visual Tools (special collab with Legal Tech Hub) 🚀

Welcome to a special edition of the newsletter focusing on emerging technologies . It’s tough to keep a pulse on what’s up-and-coming; that’s why we have decided to collaborate with the LegalTech Hub [https://legaltechnologyhub.com/] (LTH), the most complete global legal tech directory for the commercial legal

How a bunch of law students are solving the A2J problem

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Mouthpiece Law [https://www.mouthpiecelaw.com/] is a student-run not-for-profit. As the world’s first legal education &

Fringe Legal #46 - Curiosity → Obsession → Results 🔥

🙏 Special thanks to Ryan Short for sharing Fringe Legal - it means a lot. How a group of students are disrupting A2J This week on the podcast, I spoke with Avinash Pillay [https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinash-pillay-b3791a1b0/] - COO and Chief Legal Engineer at Mouthpiece Law [https://www.mouthpiecelaw.

Fringe Legal #45: State of legal operation 2021 ⚙️

CLOC 2021 state of industry report - insights The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) released the results of its annual survey, which includes responses from two hundred organizations across 22 industries and 21 countries. Here are some things that stood out to me: Legal spend: size matters. Large organizations ($10B+

How to develop and launch a LegalTech startup with Len Hickey

Len Hickey is an IP lawyer and founder of Litigaze a case evaluation tool for modern legal teams that enables the evaluation of complex cases using intuitive visual planning.

Fringe Legal #44: how to develop and launch a startup

Changing format As the newsletter matures, I'm tweaking the format to offer even more value. The newsletter will continue to be a weekly publication. * Each week you can expect 3-5 snackable items. These could be links, thoughts, reviews, tools, etc. See bottom of this email. * Every two weeks,

Fringe Legal #43: emerging: robot process automation 🤖

Welcome to the +19 people that have joined the newsletter since last week. If this is your first time here, expect to find snackable information on innovation, transformation, and the matters impacting the future of law each week. 🙏 Thank you to Daniel Chan for sharing the newsletter. Last week, I

Fringe Legal #42: build, buy or invest in legal technology?

Welcome to the +14 people that have joined the newsletter since last week. If this is your first time here, expect to find snackable information on innovation, transformation, and the matters impacting the future of law each week. 🙏 Thank you to Bárbara Gondim Da Rocha for sharing the newsletter. Fringe

Build, Buy, or Invest with Elani Buchan of MDR Lab

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Elani is a leader in building high-growth startups through streamlined operations. After earning her master’s from King’

Fringe Legal #41: need to know for legal professional of tomorrow

Welcome to the +10 people that have joined the newsletter since last week. If this is your first time here, expect to find snackable information on innovation, transformation, and the matters impacting the future of law each week. Legal Technology Trends Changing In-House Legal Departments In case you missed it,

Delivering quick time to value using AI tools with Jim Chiang of My Legal Einstein

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Jim Chiang [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jichiang/] is the founder of My Legal Einstein [https://www.mylegaleinstein.

Fringe Legal #40: big impact of small failures

The big impact of small failures By now, you’re probably sick of seeing the memes and stories about Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal. It was fascinating seeing the whole thing fold, unfold, and get resolved over a few days. As I reflected, my mind went to thinking about

Performance optimization for lawyers and general counsels

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Parul Patel is the founder of Fuel and Move [https://www.fuelandmove.com/], a consultancy that helps Partners

Articles Innovation and Transformation Perspectives From Around the World

This article was first published in International Legal Technology Association's Peer to Peer publication on February 5, 2021. P2P - Winter2020Peer to Peer: ILTA’s Quarterly MagazineWinter2020 [http://epubs.iltanet.org/i/1323358-winter2020/11?]Innovation and Transformation Perspectives From Around The World There’s tremendous variability in how

Matthew Golab – why successfully introducing artificial intelligence in legal tech is a challenge

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Matthew Golab is the Director of Legal Informatics and R+D at Gilbert + Tobin. He leads a specialized

Why leveraging artificial intelligence in legal tech is a challenge?

Products powered by artificial intelligence work best when used on familiar datasets, i.e., the types similar to those used during the training phase. This is generally a challenge but becomes an interesting problem to solve when dealing with legal matters. (listen to the full episode here [https://www.fringelegal.

Fringe Legal #38: the working parent's survey

I can't believe we are already through 21% of the year!! Here's what coming up on the podcast over the next few weeks: * Why solving AI problems is so difficult in the legal profession with Matthew Golab, Director, Legal Informatics and R+D at Gilbert + Tobin

Fringe Legal #37: wrong measures create absurd outcomes

Goodhart’s Law As data becomes even more central to decision making, so does the temptation to increase the reliance on performance data. Performance data is the metric used to determine the success of a task. One consequence of this is that this can lead to the gamification of the

Rasmeet Charya – Using technology to maximize the value of legal services

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Rasmeet Charya [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasmeet-c-6882a11a/] is the Chief Innovation Officer at Algo Legal [https://algolegal.

How to run your own summit – a complete guide

Running a summer is fun, but hard. This is post is part how-to, and part reflection to help those that want to run a virtual summit or conference for themselves. This was the first summit that I ran, and there are plenty of points of learning which I hope will

Fringe Legal #36: celebrating two years

I’m excited (more so than usual) to be writing this issue. This week marks the second anniversary of Fringe Legal. On the 1st of March 2019, the trailer for the first season of Fringe Legal (FL) went live (you can listen to it here [https://www.fringelegal.com/podcast/

Giles Thompson on challenging the status quo

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Giles Thompson is the Head of Growth @ Avvoka [https://avvoka.com/], former lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis and

Fringe Legal #35: what can the Mars landing teach legal teams?

It's been a busy week, so please excuse the delay in getting this newsletter out. I connected with so many awesome people this week, and I'm working on getting a number of these conversations recorded and share them with you all - more to come soon.

Jan Hards – making the move from lawyer to innovator

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Jan Hards is the Director of Legal Innovation at Johnson Winter & Slattery. After years of practicing as

Floor Blindenbach – Innovation management for law firms

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] > Innovation management helps to optimize the innovation process, identify bottlenecks and increase the productivity of innovation, investment,

Fringe Legal #34: Innovation management for law firm

Happy Sunday/Monday (depending on your time zone). No lengthy commentary this week, just three items to highlight. Innovation Management For Law Firms I sat down with Floor Blindenbach to speak about the state of innovation management in the legal profession. I came across the whitepaper on the topic at

Fringe Legal #33: preventing value leakage

I hope your week has started well. In the US the Superbowl took place yesterday - during the event, each 30-second ad spot costs a whopping US $5.5M. Talk about pressure to make sure your message is focused. Value leakage I've been thinking about what makes certain

Alice Stephenson on breaking down barriers

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Alice Stephenson [https://www.alicestephenson.com/] is a founder and tech lawyer driving inclusion and innovation in law

Fringe Legal #32: Bringing DARPA's Innovation Lessons to Legal

I hope you've had a good month. It's been quite a week as we come to the end of the month. Chicago, where I'm based, is going through a winter spell, which means I get to enjoy views of a beautiful Lake Michigan (see

Innovation and Transformation Perspectives From Around the World

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Ab: [00:00:00] Innovation and transformation perspectives from around the world There is tremendous variability in how

Fringe Legal #31: strategic knowledge management and innovation

I ended a recent article (to be published a month) with the following: “knowledge management is the change-making engine under the hood of every firm. It’s essential to capturing and optimizing the value of organizational knowledge that supports every aspect of enterprise strategy. It’s also about building for

Making legal tech profitable with Mark Collins

In this conversation from the Fringe Legal Summit, Mark Collins shares his advice on how firms can justify the cost of innovative technologies by making legal tech profitable.

Fringe Legal #30 - leveraging constraints to foster innovation

Happy New Year! I hope 2021 has started well for you. Here are three items to keep your week going. Leveraging constraints to foster innovation Contrary to what may feel intuitive, innovation and creativity thrive when constraints are present. Constraints help to bring focus on the problem(s) and provide

Fringe Legal #29: thank you!

It's been quite a year and one that we will be thankful to have in the rearview mirror. I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to each of you. Looking back, it's astonishing just what we achieved in 2020. > Thank you! Those who don&

Fringe Legal #28: goat to meeting

With the holiday period in full swing, I hope you are keeping well and enjoy some time off. In line with the festive spirit, this is the light edition - that means no deep insights. Here are three fun things I stumbled across recently. Much of this year has been

Contracting mistakes with Alex Hamilton

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Contracts are crucial to the legal process, however more frequently the process of contracting can be painful. In

Fringe Legal #27: the future of work in the legal sector

Here are three interesting items for the week ahead. READ It's been nine months since I was last in an office. I suspect that this is a similar story for many of you. I don't know what will happen in 2021, but I know the data

Alex Low on leveraging LinkedIn to build your brand

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Alex Low is an expert in helping businesses implement and adopt marketing and sales strategies. He regularly speaks

Fringe Legal #26: Change²

Last week Slack was bought by Salesforce for $27.7 billion. There are plenty of opinions on the acquisition, so I'll spare you yet another one. However, go explore the origin story behind Slack (the last-ditch pivot from a games company!) and how it grew into one of

Janet Stanton – Benefits of a Strategic Client Management Program

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] In this episode of Fringe Legal, host Abhijat Saraswat speaks with Janet Stanton. I reached out to Janet

Fringe Legal #25: fixing document dysfunction with "boring AI"

For those of you in the US, I hope you had a nice long Thanksgiving break. As I write this, we are 91.51% through the year. Here are three items to take you into December. THINK A couple of weeks ago, I facilitated a 90-minute workshop for 20+ KM

Making innovation everyone’s business with Allister Spencer

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Innovation has as many definitions as the number of people you ask to define it. Regardless of what

Fringe Legal #24: making innovation everyone's business

As I wrote on LinkedIn recently, innovation has as many definitions as the number of people you ask to define it. Regardless of what you think of as “innovative,” the execution needs to permeate the business. With that in mind, I thought it might be useful to explore innovation from

Fringe Legal #23: change vs. transformation

Here are 3 things that were worth sharing. Grab a cup of ☕ this is a long(er) read. THINK We talk about transformation and change quite a lot - partly because things are constantly changing around us. I don’t know about you, but I’ve become sensitive to these

Networked – how a group of women came together to write a book during Covid-19

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] On this episode of Fringe Legal Edge – host Abhijat Saraswat speaks with six outstanding women. There are each

Chatter #2 feat. Vincent Michetti

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Chatter is a special episode where Abhijat sits down with Vincent Michetti to discuss 3-5 varied topics. In

Fringe Legal #22: State of AI 2020 / simple way one company reduced phishing / Physics of the Law

Wow, it's been quite a week. The whole world watched intently, and it feels like one of those weeks where decades happen. Here are 3 things that were worth sharing. READ/WATCH This is not a newsletter about AI - however, I track the state of development of

Fringe Legal #21: innovation around the world / networked / robots making food commercials

The time seems to be flying. With things continuing to change fast around the world (with lockdowns in many countries), I hope you and your loved ones are keeping well. Separately, I know this is an important week for those in the US as the country votes in the presidential

Fringe Legal #20: strategic innovation / 10 KPIs for in-house legal departments / essential client management

I've had some fantastic conversations over the past week, many of which will hopefully form part of the content I can share in the coming months. I also had a fun discussion about tools/apps I use every day - I'll share a full list, but

Fringe Legal #19: asynchronous communication / A2J chat with Jackie Nagtegaal / Legaltech Hub

Here are 3 things that were worth sharing. THINK Two quick things I've been thinking about: 10,000 hours vs 10,000 iterations In 2008, Malcolm Gladwell released Outliers (a great read), and one of the points it argued was that it takes roughly 10 years/10,000

Fringe Legal #18: being less certain / visualizing value / managing technology projects

Thank you all that responded to my question last week about what you would like to see in future newsletters. If you missed it, just hit reply and let me know. Here are 5 things that were worth sharing. THINK Decisions, like interest, can have a compounding effect on life.

Fringe Legal #17: validating market data / leveraging robots for content / managing timezones

Autumn is in full swing. As we enter the last three months of the year, I'm energized by the many things to accomplish by the years' end. I hope to share more about season four of the podcast in the coming weeks - it's our

Solving the Last Mile Problem for the Utilisation of Legal Technology

Applying the last mile concept to the utilization of technology at law firms, and how solving it could provide significant business benefits.

Eric Laughlin on the rigidity and plasticity we can expect from technology

Eric Laughlin is the CEO of Agiloft – the no-code contract and commerce lifecycle management software company. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] > I

Fringe Legal #16: Space Exploration & XPrize / innovation spectrum / better questions

I hope you are well. I took a week off to go on a road trip, heading west from Chicago to Utah and Yellowstone National Park. We drove over 4200 miles in under eight days. I'm energized and excited for the rest of the year. Here are 3

Ray Bierderman on innovation, cloud, and working with in-house/outside counsel

Ray Biederman is an experienced litigator with nearly two decades of experience removing obscurity from the eDiscovery process for other attorneys and corporate resources. Ray is the President and co-founder of DiscoveryMaster.co, CEO of Proteus Discovery Group, and Partner at Mattingly Burke Cohen & Biederman LLP. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:

Fringe Legal #15: a framework for problem solving / raising funds during COVID / collaborating remotely

Here are 4 things that were worth sharing. THINK I love working on difficult problems. Problem-solving is an essential cognitive activity, but one that most don't spend much time learning. The diagram above was inspired by Priti Saraswat [https://www.linkedin.com/in/pritisaraswat/] (my wife), as we

Adrian Camara of Athennian on fundraising during the pandemic, growth, and more

Adrian Camara is the CEO of Athennian. Athennian is a legal entity management software for in-house teams and law firms. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/

Fringe Legal #14: machine learning resources / inflection point / Joshua Walker

If you're in the US, I hope you had a good Labor Day weekend. If you are elsewhere in the world, I hope you've have a good start to the week. Here are 3 things that were worth sharing. READ How has COVID-19 impacted the rate

Fringe Legal #13: do your clients care / people worried about AI / global innovation viewpoint

It's been a crazy week, and I took a little break over the weekend to recharge, so excuse the delay in when this email hits your inbox. In this issue, there are three interesting things + a couple of items I've been pondering. I had some wonderful

Global innovation viewpoint – initiatives & projects sprouted during the pandemic

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] This panel brings together four leading knowledge managers and innovators to discuss some of the projects they have

Fringe Legal Edge with Vincent Michetti

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders] Ab and Vincent sit down for the first of the monthly “chatter” segments on Fringe Legal during which

Fringe Legal #12: finding balance with Pat / Is legal design bullsh*t? /favorite podcasts

Here are four things that were worth sharing this week: 1. TAKE PART Pat (Patricia) Gillette is amazing. She's wrote the book on rainmaking and is an expert on gender diversity and equality in the workplace. I have the pleasure of sitting down with her to speak about

Mick Sheehey on data-driven decision making

Mick Sheehy joined PwC as a partner in October 2018 to build and run PwC’s Australian NewLaw practice, focussed on providing strategic consulting, technology, and outsourcing solutions to legal departments. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj]

Fringe Legal #11: data-driven decision making with PwC / No Meetings Friday / Talking roads

Here are four things that were worth sharing this week: 1. LISTEN I'm excited to publish my conversation with Mick Sheehy, Partner at PwC Australia. We spoke following the work PwC produced on how metrics can be used to support decisions [https://www.pwc.com.au/legal/newlaw-optimising-your-law-department/

Fringe Legal #10: feedback vs. reflection / clustering volatility / really good innovation

Here are four things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think Poker is a game of imperfect information and one which is subject of several AI challenges. I'm not a poker play, but the topic kept pinging on my radar due to Maria Konnikova. For those -

Fringe Legal #9: Managing Energy / Team Download Sessions / People of Monzo / LinkedIn Tip

Here are five things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think When reviewing processes, absent of a specific goal, the preferred outcome tends to default to "make the process more efficient". There are several downsides to just focusing on this; for example, the resultant outcome may be

Fringe Legal #8: What determines progress / Andrea Miskolczi on Innovation / Why deep reading clubs are rad

Here are five things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think What determines progress? As I ponder the idea further, I'm thinking about: what is progress? What contributes to short-term progress, and what to long-term progress? These are deep questions, and I don't have great

Andrea Miskolczi on Innovation and Transformation

Andrea is a visionary leader with a passion for combining digitalization with human potential. She has 20+ years of experience in the legal business both as a transactional lawyer and as a leader for various business areas (marketing, business development, innovation, and legal tech). SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.

Fringe Legal #7: Innovation at Am Law 200 firms / Stan Garfield on KM Maturity / The Sandman audio drama

Here are five things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think There is plenty of complexity in the world. Sometimes things are complicated; in other instances, they are presented in such a way to make them appear complicated. One of the core concepts in computer science is Abstraction. This

Alma Asay – KM and Innovation at the Am Law 200 firms

Alma Asay and Ab discuss the state of KM and innovation across the AmLaw 200 law firms. What is the cost of not having these roles filled at your firm?

Ben White lessons from interviewing over 200 in-house counsel

SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/563x] // Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fringe-legal-podcast-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders]

Fringe Legal #6: curse of the expert beginner / Crafty Counsel is now free / biases

Here are four things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think The Dreyfus model outlines five stages of skill acquisition. It’s a valuable model to keep in mind when you are learning how to learn. A topic few people focus on, which is perplexing because plenty of individuals

Fringe Legal #5: learning effect / culture of transformation / virtual Tour de France

Here are four things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think I tend to start reading multiple books around the same time. The benefit of consuming information in this way is that it increases the odds of finding cross-functional themes across different disciplines. As I prepared for my discussion

Mike Whelan on legal supply chain

> We think we understand the complexity of the supply chain, but that complexity in a weird way, feeds efficiency, cost control, and quality in a way that we just wouldn’t expect. We think we’re all artisans. And of course, in a big firm, [and] in law school,

Fringe Legal #4: connecting ideas/legal supply chain/legal tech essentials course

Here are five things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think One of the fastest ways I've found to grow has been to read/listen/watch different topics and then think through how the principles can connect to what I'm currently working on. This allows

Dr. Allan McCay on Neuroscience, Ethics and Criminal Law

Dr. Allan McCay has a PhD in Law (University of Sydney), is an admitted solicitor in Scotland, Hong Kong, New South Wales, and Tasmania (Australia). He is an author of several books, and teaches at the University of Sydney Foundation Program and will again be lecturing in Criminal Law at

Fringe Legal #3: Consciousness, Ethics & Criminal Law/ AI Superpowers / Call for Collaborators

Here are three things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think Recently, I finished reading Kai-Fu Lee's AI Superpowers. It's a fascinating book looking at how AI will shape the world to come. It helped me understand some of the background to how this globals

Fringe Legal #2: Beautiful News/Measuring Value/Collaboration for In-house legal

The world continues to go through tough moments, and I sincerely hope you are staying well and safe. I've made sure to include at least one point (see "Do") to serve as a reminder that good things are happening. Here are four things that were worth

Chrissie Wolfe of Law and Broader

Chrissie Wolfe is a solicitor in Irwin Mitchell’s international personal injury team, specializing in claims arising outside of England and Wales. She also runs the YouTube channel, Law and Broader. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj]

Fringe Legal #1: This week at Fringe Legal

Here are five things that were worth sharing this week: 1. Think Lately, I've been thinking about why people buy products or adopt technologies or platforms. When it comes to legal professionals, it seems that technology adoption is frequently driven by (1) necessity (they have no choice but

Katrina Gowans on managing change

Katrina Gowans is the National Legal Transformation Lead for Origin Energy. Katrina is also a member of the Advisory Board on the College of Law’s Centre for Innovation, a legal innovation think tank established by the College in 2016. Prior to stepping into Legal operations, Katrina was a lawyer

Economics of the legal profession: levers that impact efficient and effective delivery

Richard Tromans (of Artificial Lawyer fame) spoke with Abhijat Saraswat at the Fringe Legal Virtual Summit on the economics of the legal profession – the levers that drive efficient and effective delivery of legal services. This article is a summary of that discussion using excerpts from their conversation. Members can access

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Karina Vazirova is the founder of KV Labs – a digital product agency, where she helps businesses get the most out of technology. Her current focuses on highly regulated, fast-growing companies that are looking to optimize their compliance function with tech. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/

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The global pandemic has been crucial in awakening realities that were present but we didn’t always see. For many years now, the legal industry and profession has been moving towards an alternative way of working, enabled by technology. However, this movement has been pocketed, siloed to the early adopters.

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Sam Moore is the Innovation Manager at Scottish firm Burness Paull. Sam leads business transformation projects across every division of Burness Paull. In particular, Sam helps teams within the firm to identify opportunities for automation and/or augmented workflows, making sure that Burness Paull takes full advantage of innovations in

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> when we come back to work, it’s going to be really interesting how we’ll be able to help support the remote worker as well as those that, want to maintain some level of tradition. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify

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> I’m not sure that AI has changed what we do more than electricity did, and somehow they [lawyers] were able to absorb that. So actually, you know, where’s the gap, we always assume they can’t absorb technology, but maybe they can. > if you look at

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In 2015, Torsten joined the M&A Corporate department of the international law firm of Bech-Bruun as a project coordinator. Not long afterward, Torsten got involved in the development of Bech-Bruun’s legal tech projects and, for the past few years, has been one of the driving forces behind

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> People don’t love legal and, if we can help people to love the legal process, um, I think that’s, that’s really where it [the idea] came from. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj]

Michele DeStefano: Legal Upheaval

> The call for innovation is really a call for service transformation in disguise. What clients are really asking for is a different way of servicing and working with them, and that in itself is an innovation in terms of process. We kick off the third season of the podcast

Jan Roggen of Adhemar Law on change management and practical innovation

In 2012, Jan Roggen founded Adhemar.law, a Belgian environmental and real estate boutique law firm, recognized by clients, peers and legal 500. In 2015, he started exploring new service, delivery models. While doing so, he learned that he did not have the required business skills to effectively drive and

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I have come across some great literature around innovation, knowledge management, and intrapreneurship. The common theme that is clear across them all is that the legal profession is moving into a new age: the innovation age. Or, as Michele DeStefano puts it in her book, Legal Upheaval, it’s an

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Kim Lewis is the Legal Transformation Manager at Gilbert + Tobin. > At the end of the day, it all comes down to clients. That’s what we’re doing. It’s delivering a service to clients so how do we deliver that service. What happens to all legal advice once

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Jackson Liu of Neota Logic on creating new business opportunities using no-code platforms

n recent years, there has been an increase in the number of no-code application development platforms being available. Specifically, there has been an uptick in the adoption of these platforms within the legal profession. In this episode, we speak with Jackson Liu on Neota Logic to get a primer on

Allison Hosking - Q&A on Knowledge Management topics

Allison Hosking is the Head of Knowledge Management at Al Tamimi & Co where she oversees a team responsible for all aspects of the firm’s knowledge management strategy across their 17 offices. Prior to joining Al Tamimi, Allison worked for over a decade for a magic circle law firm

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Nina Gratrick is the Head of IT Services at the global law firm of Watson Farley & Williams. Nina Gratrick An experienced Service Delivery Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the legal industry at a global level. She’s a skilled resource manager capable of crossing the divide

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Laura Collins Scott is the Innovation Lead for Clifford Chance in Singapore. In this episode, we talk about Laura's experience in leading the Create+65 Innovation Lab in Singapore. Laura Collins Scott began working with Clifford Chance in 2017 when she was initially engaged to define the strategy

Peter Buck of NetDocuments on tackling multi-teaming

In this episode, we have Peter Buck, VP, Product Strategy at NetDocuments. The core of the conversation focuses on tackling multi-teaming – the effects of having multiple people working on multiple projects simultaneously. We pivot then to focus on productivity, discussing how it can be measured and the impact of constant

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Welcome to the 2nd season of the Fringe Legal podcast. In the first episode, we speak with Maya Markovich, Head of Product at Dentons Nextlaw Labs. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612] // Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0tlHTyC9DfH1hDYlk8TmLj] // Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/

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A sneak peek into Season 2 of the Fringe Legal podcast. Episode one of the second season comes out on November 7, 2019. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to be notified of new episodes. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/id1454857612]

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Clarissa Rayward, also known as ‘The Happy Family Lawyer’, specialises in helping couples stay out of Court and work together to reach a resolution to their relationship breakdown. A practising family lawyer,she is the Director of the Brisbane Family Law Centre, a multidisciplinary practice. Clarissa is based in Brisbane,

Thao Tran on crowdsourcing ideas, the importance of mentorship, and embracing the KM role

In this penultimate episode of season one, I speak with the fantastic Thao Tran. Thao is the Knowledge Manager at the international firm Fried Frank. She’s based in New York, and is also the Member Liaison for ILTA in NYC. Thao has a unusual route into knowledge management, and

Nicola Shaver on design thinking for lawyers & law firms

Nicola Shaver is the global Director of Knowledge Management at Paul Hastings LLP in New York. In her role, she focuses on opportunities to optimize processes and introduce tools that will improve efficiency and productivity, and on leveraging the firm’s intellectual capital to better serve clients. Nicola has worked

Angela Dowd on developing an innovator’s mindset

Angela Dowd is the Director of Practice Innovation for the law firm of Burns & Levinson LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. In her current role with the firm, she is works with practice groups and administrative departments to increase efficiency and streamline business processes. She has also been an active member

Paul Domnick on the changing landscape of the legal profession

Paul Domnick is President of Litera Microsystems, having been President of Litéra Corp from 2014 to 2017. He brings unique insight into the utility of the Litera Microsystems’ risk management solutions having previously been CIO of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for five years. Before taking on this role in early 2007,

Tom Haines on autonomous privacy-first timekeeping

Thomas Haines is a software engineer and entrepreneur. He is the CEO/Founder of Practice Insight and he currently works on the company’s latest tool – WiseTime, an autonomous, privacy-first timekeeping software. Tom holds a BSc, LLB (Hons), and LLM, and has qualified as a solicitor, barrister, and Australian registered

Andrea Markstrom & Meredith Lonner on being women leaders

Andrea Markstrom serves as Blank Rome’s Chief Information Officer, responsible for leading Firm-wide technology and security initiatives across all of Blank Rome’s practices and geographies. Andrea also started the Women in Law Leaders (iWILL) networking group in New York and would welcome any questions and provide more information

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Stevie Ghiassi is CEO of Legaler, a secure online communication and collaboration tool for lawyers, CEO of Legaler Aid, a blockchain-based legal aid service that promotes access to justice, as well as President of the Australian Legal Technology Association. SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW:iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fringe-legal-a-show-for-lawyers-and-law-firm-leaders/

Kate Simpson on intrepreneurship, and disrupting from within

Kate is responsible for developing the firm’s knowledge management strategy and initiatives, and leads a team of KM specialists in delivering practice tools and resources that leverage the firm’s intellectual capital. Prior to Bennett Jones, Kate was a consultant to many Canadian, UK and global law firms advising

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Listen to the trailer for the first season the Fringe Legal podcast. Episode one comes out of March 8, 2019. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to be notified of new episodes.

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On the show today, we have Stewart Rasmussen. Stew is a friend, a technologist, and someone who is extremely knowledgeable about the Australian market, especially the legal segment. He’s previously worked for the likes of Phoenix Business Solutions in the UK and APAC, served as the Head of Client