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Top 10 legal tech episodes in 2024

Across both The Lawyers Weekly Show and our special stream, LawTech Talks, deep dives into all things legal technology held sway with lawyers nationwide this year. Here, we count down the 10 most downloaded episodes pertaining to tech.

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10. The Corporate Counsel Show: Data readiness in FY25

In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, produced in partnership with TransPerfect Legal, we explore how important data is to businesses in FY2024–25, the importance of good information governance to manage risk, the use of AI in modern legal work, and some advice for in-house teams on how to deal with data before, during and after a dispute or investigation.

9. Is AI ready to win court cases?

A BigLaw firm ran an experiment at the South by Southwest Sydney event, in which it tested whether artificial intelligence was capable of besting a senior associate in a mock trial. The end result offers pertinent lessons – not just for lawyers’ use of emerging tech but also for advocates and clients alike.

8. Helping small firms better use AI

In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with Smokeball, we unpack where small law firms are at with their use and understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and the importance of better utilising emerging technology to, among other things, save time.

7. LawTech Talks: Balancing innovation and stability in a growing tech landscape

In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with PracticeEvolve, we unpack the need for law firms to take a step back and evaluate the value being gleaned from their tech stacks so as to better resolve business operational challenges and maximise opportunities.

6. A day in the life of a cyber partner

In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with Clayton Utz, we reflect on how cyber security and data privacy will, in the future, impact every point of professional life and thus require more forward-looking approaches.

5. The Corporate Counsel Show: How digitally mature are in-house teams under 10?

In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, produced in partnership with Xakia, we explore newly released research detailing how legal teams with 10 or fewer staff manage digital solutions and how mature their use of technology is at this critical juncture.

4. Balancing the benefits of face time against a team’s use of tech and remote working

Some lawyers feel that in-office collaboration will be best for team collegiality and productivity, while others want to lean more heavily into using technology and work-from-home arrangements to best serve clients and businesses. Striking the right balance between competing interests is a challenge that leaders in law firms and in-house teams will likely be grappling with for some time.

3. LawTech Talks: Tech, talent, and broader business changes to build for the future

In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with Thomson Reuters, host Jerome Doraisamy and Thomson Geer chief executive partner Adrian Tembel flesh out the cultural, structural, and hierarchical changes needed in firms and in-house teams to future-proof businesses for the modern marketplace.

2. LawTech Talks: The impact of AI on legal workflows

In this episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with LexisNexis, host Lauren Croft speaks with LexisNexis executive vice-president and chief technology officer Jeff Reihl, executive vice-president and chief product officer Jamie Buckley, and Asia-Pacific managing director Greg Dickason about all things generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its transformative impact on legal workplaces.

1. AI and a lawyer’s ‘duty to be efficient’

In the current climate, utilisation of new technologies is not about “sprinkling magic AI dust” on one’s existing practice – it’s about identifying efficiencies for clients whose expectations and demands are shifting with the times and making one’s firm fit for purpose, at a time in which competition is as fierce as ever.

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