Legal Management Talk Podcast
Legal Management Talk
Our Legal Management Talk podcast keeps you in the know while you’re on the go. Most episodes are less than 30 minutes long so you can learn about a specific legal management topic as you make your way throughout your day.
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Latest Episode
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Using Data to Optimize the Pitch Process
With all the information law firms take in every day, it can be difficult to keep track of the numbers, who's communicating with whom and much more. Mike Mellor, Founder and President of 742 Advisors, joined the show to discuss how firms can improve their information-gathering processes, which will in turn help attorneys when it's time to pitch clients. One key is creating a centralized database to reduce having to log the same info again and again, but that's not all!
Published Jan 30, 2025
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Change Management Techniques for Law Firms
Why is change such a tough thing to manage in firms (well, for people in general)? Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD, the Founder of Legal Lean Sigma Institute and a member of ALA’s Professional Development Advisory Committee, discusses steps for managing change, the importance of creating small change “wins,” how to avoid change burnout and more. Plus, we leave on a positive note about how to feel hopeful about changes.
Published Apr 25, 2024
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The Billable Hour versus Value-Based Pricing
What can penguins teach us about instituting change at your firm? Shaun Jardine and his sidekick Declan the Penguin answer that question through the lens of shifting your billing method to value-based pricing (VBP), which can be a good way to consolidate the many different billable hour policies attorneys have while offering clients the quantity and quality of service they desire.
Published Mar 20, 2024
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Getting the Most Out of AI, Part 2
In Part 2 of our conversation with Kriti Sharma, Chief Product Officer of Legal Tech at Thomson Reuters, we talk about the questions you should ask when choosing AI software to use at your firm, what the regulation landscape looks like and how AI will change the future of talent recruitment.
Published Feb 22, 2024
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Getting the Most Out of AI, Part 1
In the first of our two-part conversation with Kriti Sharma, Chief Product Officer of Legal Tech at Thomson Reuters, we discuss some of the latest ways artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving in the legal space, such as by simplifying research and administrative tasks, as well as how to avoid some of the common AI pitfalls like hallucinations. But don’t worry! The robots aren’t taking over our jobs just yet. After all, they still need us to tell them what to do.
Published Feb 13, 2024
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The Attorney Journey: Succession Planning
No attorney wants to think about what happens when they stop practicing, but it’s crucial to have those conversations now. Debbie Foster, Partner at Affinity Consulting, joined Legal Management Talk to discuss how to bring up those difficult conversations and why it’s important to not only your firm, but your clients, to have a solid plan in place in case a lawyer retires or has to stop working.
Published Jan 19, 2024
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Legal Management Talk's 2023 Year in Review
2023 has been an exciting year for LMT, and we wanted to celebrate by compiling some of our favorite moments from the year’s episodes. Check out snippets from our conversations that covered legal ops, mental wellness, AI and much more. If you want to hear more from these episodes and others, be sure to go to alanet.org/podcast, ALA’s Youtube channel, or download episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching and listening! Have a Happy New Year, and stay tuned for all new episodes in 2024!Published Dec 26, 2023
