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This podcast cuts through the noise surrounding the future of law. All over the world and across all sectors, expanding and accelerating technologies are changing our lives and even changing us. How can the law and the legal profession keep up with all the changes? Law professors Michael Madison (US) and Dan Hunter (Australia) take a global view of the law and technology ecosystem, talking to lawyers, entrepreneurs, educators, students, and thought leaders across for-profit, non-profit, and ...
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Exploring what it means to be a lawyer/law firm of the future. Join Tessa and Quddus, two entrepreneurs working on each edge of the planet, bringing you the innovators that are pushing the needle and working on the avant garde across the globe.
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In this final episode of this season of The Future Law Podcast, Mike and Dan chat about what they’ve both learnt about ALSPs, what’s to come of them and how they impact both the legaltech world and the world of law generally. We’ll be back next season for more on law and technology. Head to www.thefuturelawpodcast.com for more information. Thanks f…
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In this week’s episode, Mike Madison chats with Michael Morneualt, a senior lawyer and litigation consultant now with Lighthouse, who has watched ALSPs grow and evolve from multiple perspectives: as a practicing lawyer, in business development, and as a long-time leader of a tech-driven litigation support and investigations practice. Michael talks …
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In this episode Dan Hunter chats with Isabel Parker, former Chief Legal Innovation Officer at Freshfields in London, and author of the recent book ‘Successful Digital Transformation in Law Firms’, about change management and structural transformation issues that law firms face nowadays, and how to address them. Make sure you tune in every Tuesday f…
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We’re back to continue the season for 2023! Every now and then we a broader view of the future of law, beyond ALSPs, and in this episode we do just that. Mike Madison chats with Eric Holder, former Attorney General of the US under President Barack Obama, about the critical importance of defending and advancing voting rights in the American system a…
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This is a “big ideas” episode, part of our goal to bring out “big ambitious ideas about the future" as well as day to day concerns about ALSPs and legal services. Law professor Orly Lobel talks with host Mike Madison about her new book, The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, recently named one of …
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What if we stopped speculating about ALSPs and instead started collecting data to gather useful information? That’s exactly what this episode is about. Host Mike Madison talks with Lucy Ricca and David Freeman Engstrom from Stanford Law School's Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession about their research into the results so far of Utan's "…
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Mike chats with Bill Henderson, a law professor at the University of Indiana who has been studying the legal services marketplace closely for nearly 20 years. Looking at “alternative” providers, he tells us what’s changed, what’s more or less the same, and what’s coming. Make sure you tune in every Tuesday for everything legaltech, ALSP’s and law. …
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In this week’s episode Dan Hunter chats with David Pierce, the Chief Commercial Officer of Axiom, an ALSP that provides legal talent in over fourteen legal practices and twenty-nine industries.. David tells us what it takes to be a successful ALSP, what an in-house lawyer looks like and also his thoughts on the future of legal practice. Make sure y…
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The emergence of ALSPs and legaltech doesn’t change some fundamentals of lawyering and dispute resolution. Jon Harris, founder and managing partner of Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler, a boutique law firm in New York specializing in employment law and white collar criminal defense, talks with Michael Madison about blending classic legal skills and mul…
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Despite double-digit salary growth in the legal industry, many firms are grappling with serious staffing concerns. So what do you do about it? Do you look outside your geographic boundaries? Or do you simply train up young lawyers? Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs) offer a range of solutions. Mike Madison chats with the founders of LegalE…
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What happens when established law firms get into the ALSP sector? This episode focuses on an ALSP start up called SixFifty, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and SixFifty’s CEO, Kimball Parker. SixFifty is the product of an innovative legal services program based at the law school at Brigham Young University together with investment from Wilson Sonsin…
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How familiar are you with Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSP’s)? Do you think they’re still relevant? Or are they a bit ‘old school’? ALSP’s are such a big and interesting sector that we decided it deserves more than just one episode! This season Mike and Dan take a look at all types of ALSP’s, from independents and start up’s through to est…
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We're back for another season! Last time we looked at a pair of topics: legaltech, and skills and competencies that are newly prominent in the new legal market. This season, we are digging into two new themes. We’ll look at ALSPs, which stands for “Alternative Legal Service Providers,” a rapidly growing and diverse market sector in legal. And we’ll…
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Curiosity is the key skill that lies beneath the headlines about the future of law. Beyond new technology and leadership skills, what is curiosity and how does it matter? Curiosity can pull you out of routines. It can introduce you to new opportunities. It can help you do more for clients. What else? In this episode Mike chats to Lynn Borton, host …
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From a young age we’re taught that ‘education is the key’, but what if after years of studying in the field of law you decide to completely change direction? Will it get you ahead of it all, or have you wasted your time? In this special bonus episode Mike Madison chats with lawyer, investor, and author Adam Pascarella of “Reversed in Part: 15 Law S…
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We’ve had many great guests on the show this season, from Hollywood movie producers to biographers and of course CEOs of tech companies. In this final episode Dan and Mike chat through what they’ve learnt from their guests, and what they’ve got in store for you next season. CREDITS: Hosts: Dan Hunter and Mike Madison Executive Producer: Pariya Tahe…
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You can definitely learn a thing or two from those who aren’t necessarily in the field of law. That’s why Mike Madison chats to lawyer-turned-prize-winning-biographer John Matteson about how future lawyers draw on the talents of historians and biographers - and the reverse. CREDITS Guest: John Matteson - https://amzn.to/3O8TMdv Hosts: Dan Hunter an…
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Starting a start up isn’t easy… or is it? In this episode of Future Law Podcast, Dan Hunter chats with the CEO of Checkbox.AI, Evan Wong - the automation platform provider, about life as a founder of legaltech solutions and how to break into the field. CREDITS Guest: Evan Wong Hosts: Dan Hunter and Mike Madison Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh…
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The legal imagination often borrows from unexpected sources, one of those being a baking show! Watching baking competitions inspired Freshfields senior litigation partner Tim Harkness to reflect on different models of talent management in today’s law practice. Mike Madison talks with Tim about his new article, “Learning from baking shows,” in the A…
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Do you think it’s time to move past “thinking like a lawyer” as the key skill set that legal experts bring to their clients’ problems? As legal tech gets better and better, clients increasingly want more from their counsel: problem solving capabilities for dealing with “wicked” problems. In this episode, Mike Madison speaks to senior lawyer and Man…
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To code or not to code? That’s the question that legaltech founder Dorna Moini answered by creating Documate. In this episode of the Future Law Podcast Dorna speaks to Dan about why it’s ok to be ashamed of your first tech build, as well as the skills and dispositions needed for the future of law. CREDITS Hosts: Dan Hunter and Mike Madison Executiv…
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How are incumbent lawyers standing in the way of the future of law? And what are future-oriented innovators doing about that? Mike Madison chats with Eddie Hartman, well-known as a co-founder of the online legal technology company LegalZoom, and now a consultant and investor. Eddie focuses on thinking differently about the challenges and opportunit…
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Lots of legal problems can be answered quickly, cheaply, and automatically – if only someone sat down and mapped out the steps. It’s just that there aren’t simple-to-use systems to do this. So, two young lawyers and a computer programmer decided it was time to make a change. Dan chats to Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder at Josef, Sam Flynn ab…
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What do you think of when you hear an orchestra? Is it the music? Perhaps you imagine the conductor standing in front of a large orchestra waving their hands around? What does all this have to do with law you ask? Good question, we asked it too. In this episode, Mike Madison chats with a conductor who has been leading symphonies and orchestras arou…
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The growing role of technology in the legal industry is changing a lot of things for lawyers, but some fundamentals aren’t changing at all. One of those fundamentals is the key role that stories and storytelling play in legal practice, in judging, in designing and running systems, and in making and applying public policy. In this episode, Mike Madi…
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A lot has changed since the global pandemic hit, especially within the law industry. Working remotely has become the norm, and with that comes tech changes to the law. But what’s going to stay around once the pandemic eases up? The answer: everything! In this week's episode Mike and Dan talk about what matters, and what doesn’t, when it comes to la…
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Are you worried about what automation will look like for you? Perhaps you’re curious about how the disruptions of the pandemic will affect your job? Well, this season Mike Madison and Dan Hunter look at the skills and competencies of future law. Starting off the first episode of the year, Dan and Mike look at the changes they’ve observed in the leg…
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We're back for 2022 and this year we're shaking things up a little! This season we're delving into the skills and competencies in law: what’s classic and still in need, what’s new, and what’s getting more critical. We'll also be looking at ways computers, algorithms, and data are being used to help (or maybe hinder) lawyers, clients, and even court…
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TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology. Rama Tiwari, Chief Executive of the Singapore Academy of Law, joins host Michael Madison of the University of Pittsburgh for a wide-ran…
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When will shifts to remote working bring changes to legal education as well? St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas recently received American Bar Association (ABA) approval to host a cohort of its JD students in a fully online environment. Even before the arrival of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, other US law schools had move…
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TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology. This third episode in the series dives into law and technology at the heart of the technology industry, with a conversation about conte…
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TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology. This second episode in the series features a conversation about judging and the role of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in …
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The future of law brings urgency to long-standing questions about diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. This episode looks that those questions at ground level, in a complex business law firm. It features an interview with Ellen McGinnis, a senior partner at the Haynes & Boone, a global firm with its roots in Texas. Ellen works in financ…
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TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology. This episode features a conversation with Joyce A. Tan, a leading Singapore-based technology law, on innovation and technology and the …
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Orrick, one of the world's best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships. This fourth episode in The Orrick series features a talk about Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs)…
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Bridget Mary McCormack, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, has been aggressively pursuing court reform in that state's courts. But "court reform" doesn't begin to describe the scope, ambition, and impact of what Michigan has been able to accomplish. Nor does the phrase "access to justice." Listen to Chief Justice McCormack's provocativ…
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Orrick, one of the world's best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships. This third episode in The Orrick series features a talk about global operations and specifically about Orr…
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Orrick, one of the world's best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships. This second episode in The Orrick series features a talk about innovation. What does innovation mean in a …
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Alex Hamilton, founder and CEO of Radiant Law, left a Big Law partnership behind 10 years ago to start an organization that offers a different way to deliver commercial contracting services to clients. He hasn't looked back. In this episode of The Future Law Podcast, he sits down with host Michael Madison for a frank assessment of the Radiant Law s…
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Orrick, one of the world's best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships. This first episode in The Orrick series features a talk about talent. How does Orrick think about and prac…
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Anusia Gillespie is a legal innovator, practicing and advancing NewLaw ideas. In this episode of the Future Law Podcast, she talks with host Michael Madison about what NewLaw means and how she moved from a "typical" US law degree to a NewLaw leadership role. Anusia Gillespie at LinkedIn Anusia Gillespie on Twitter Anusia Gillespie on NewLaw at Lega…
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Ivan Fong brings more than three decades of experience with law and technology to his role as Chief Legal Officer of the 3M Company, in private law practice, in-house roles, and government service. Host Mike Madison catches up with Ivan for a look back and look forward at what it takes to succeed in the legal profession when you're facing an uncert…
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The future of law is, in a word, people. But are the people ready? Are new lawyers being prepared effectively to transition from the worlds of their formal education and training to the dynamic and different worlds of the 21st century legal workplace? Host Mike Madison talks with lawyer and legal entrepreneur Krista Contino Saumby, founder of a new…
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The Liquid Legal Institute is a Germany-based think tank and platform for action that aims to develop common standards for law practice and legal services using cutting-edge technology. In this episode of the Future Law Podcast, host Mike Madison talks with LLI co-founders Dierk Schindler and Bernhard Waltl about their vision for the LLI, and what …
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"What's the future of knowledge?" comes to ground for law and lawyers in this wide-ranging podcast interview featuring Ian Rodwell, Head of Client Knowledge and Learning at Linklaters, the global London-based law firm. Host Mike Madison and Ian touch on information science, Brian Eno, and football (the original kind) as they explore what's on tap f…
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The "regulatory sandbox" in Utah is a leading example of innovation to promote innovation - and justice. On this episode of The Future Law Podcast, host Mike Madison talks with two of the key leaders of the Utah legal community, state Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas and former Utah bar president John Lund, about how the sandbox came about and wh…
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Jordan Furlong brings an unusual sharp and critical eye to conversations about the future of law, as a consultant, author, and former lawyer. He pulled no punches in this wide-ranging conversation with host Michael Madison, covering lawyer licensing, legal literacy, the rule of law, and the fundamental values that characterize the best of the legal…
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Michael Sears spent three decades as an investor and CEO in Silicon Valley after a first career as an officer in the Marine Corps, followed by law and business degrees. Now he is back at the United States Naval Academy, leading a leadership innovation lab as part of the Academy's continuing requirement that all midshipmen advance through a curricul…
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Future law means understanding worlds beyond law. Lawyers spend a lot of time talking to other lawyers. This episode features a fascinating conversation with Vikram Mansharamani, a consultant, author, and importantly, not a lawyer, about macro trends in the economy and society that will inevitably come to affect legal professionals and legal system…
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