Law.com Perspectives Podcasts

In this episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, hear from Nick Pryorm, Director of Knowledge and Innovation at Freeths, as he discusses what’s like to be a knowledge attorney and how these legal professionals can change the conversation around legal technology.

In this fifth episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, Tony Baskin, Senior Discovery Consultant for Perkins Coie, is our guest. Baskin has a long history of working in legal technology, including a stint with DISCO, and knows what it’s like to convince attorneys why they need to adopt new platforms and tools that allow them to work smarter. Just Hearsay hosts Kristin Zmrhal, DISCO Vice President of Product Strategy, and Katie DeBord, Vice President of Product Strategy at DISCO, also discuss with Baskin how technologies like e-discovery evolved from its earliest days and why developments like these still matter to the legal industry.

Just Hearsay is a podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In the first two episodes, Zmrhal and DeBord spoke about career development and what led them on the road to legal technology. Other guests in the series include Casey Flaherty of LexFusion and Jen Lenander of CSL Behring.

In this fourth episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, Jen Lenander, Global Head of Legal Operations for CSL Behring, is our guest. Lenander has a long history of working at the intersection of legal, technology and innovation to help law firms and lawyers work smarter, not harder. Just Hearsay hosts Kristin Zmrhal, DISCO Vice President of Product Strategy, and Katie DeBord, Vice President of Product Strategy at DISCO, discuss what it’s like to get the LegalOps process under control, how to create end-to-end solutions with technology such as contract lifecycle management, and what it takes to get lawyers to change the mind about the tech they use.

Just Hearsay is a podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In the first two episodes, Zmrhal and DeBord spoke about career development and what led them on the road to legal technology. In the third episode, Zmrhal spoke to Casey Flaherty of LexFusion about the importance of community and collaboration in the legal tech space.

In this third episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, legal industry innovator Casey Flaherty is our guest. Casey is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of LexFusion, a go-to-market collective of leading innovation companies. Just Hearsay hosts Andrew Shimek, Chief Revenue Office at DISCO, and Kristin Zmrhal, DISCO Vice President of Product Strategy, speak to Casey on the importance of community and collaboration to legal innovation, and share insights for any team wanting to fully embrace technology to deliver better legal outcomes. 

Just Hearsay is a podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In the first two episodes, Shimek and Zmrhal were joined by Katie DeBord, former Global Chief Innovation Officer at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. They discussed how their careers led them to legal technology, and how advanced technologies are altering the legal landscape.

The proliferation of technology, from cloud computing to mobile devices to advances in AI, is changing the legal profession in profound ways. At the same time, clients are asking more pointed questions about what technologies are being used to create better legal outcomes efficiently. 

In this second episode of DISCO's Just Hearsay podcast series, hosts Andrew Shimek, Chief Revenue Office at DISCO, and Kristin Zmrhal, Vice President of Product Strategy, speak to Katie DeBord, who recently joined DISCO after working as the Chief Innovation Officer at BCLP, about how technology is altering the legal profession.

DeBord shares her insights into how technology affects the relationship between attorneys and their clients, how technology solutions are selected and onboarded, and how legal tech professionals can leverage their role as trusted advisors.

Just Hearsay is a new podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In Part 1, Shimek, Zmrhal and DeBord discuss how their careers led them to legal technology.

When it comes to forging a career in the legal industry, technology might not seem the obvious path. Over the last several years, however, tech has come to play an increasingly important role for attorneys as well as for their clients.

In turn, a legal tech career is not only seen as essential to the business of law but one that can provide significant opportunities for those willing to travel that path.

In this first episode of Disco's Just Hearsay podcast series, hosts Andrew Shimek, Chief Revenue Office at Disco, and Kristin Zmrhal, Vice President of Product, talk in-depth with Katie DeBord, who recently joined Disco as Vice President of Product Strategy, about how all their careers eventually led them to legal technology and how the reliance on technology in the legal space has changed over the years.

Just Hearsay is a new podcast series sponsored by Disco. In the second episode, Shimek, Zmrhal and DeBord return to discuss what specific technologies are changing the legal landscape.