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Stephanie Wilkins

Stephanie Wilkins

Stephanie Wilkins is the Editor-in-Chief of Legaltech News at ALM. She has spent the better part of the past decade following the evolution of legal tech and learning how it can help in-house counsel, law firms and others in the legal industry. As a former practicing litigator, she is particularly interested in how legal tech can and should be used in real-life practice and the valuable differences it can make. Stephanie is also keenly interested in shining a light on the ways legal tech is being used to help the greater good.

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April 06, 2023 | Legaltech News

How GCs Can Leverage Technology to Help Businesses Through Crisis

During a financial crisis, the GC's role is to identify risk and support new opportunities in the shortest amount of time possible, with as little error as possible, to minimize risk as much as possible—all while keeping the company alive.

By Olga V. Mack

6 minute read

April 05, 2023 | Legaltech News

New Law Company of the Year: Priori (Scout)

"To me, legal innovation is about always questioning the status quo and moving toward making a more transparent and democratized legal marketplace a reality," says Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder of Priori.

By Stephanie Wilkins

4 minute read

April 05, 2023 | Legaltech News

Corporate Counsel's Data Privacy Problem

What legal teams need to effectively address challenges around shifting compliance and data privacy regulations is "data sustainability" woven into their organization's governance framework.

By Andy Serwin, DLA Piper

6 minute read

April 05, 2023 | Legaltech News

The Art and Science of Language: Understanding the Role of Linguistics in Modern E-Discovery

Lawyers tend to be ahead of the curve when it comes to the mastery of language, while notoriously slow in adopting new technologies that can significantly enhance the process of language analysis during e-discovery. With advancing AI and machine learning tools, linguists can help fill that gap.

By David Olener

6 minute read

April 04, 2023 | Legaltech News

Enabling Start-Up Success, Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

"Our goal is to use [Neuron] to enable founders to be able to focus on growing their businesses, instead of the labor-intensive typical legal processes," says David Wang, Chief Innovation Officer of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

By Stephanie Wilkins

6 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Legaltech News

Welcoming AI into your Legal Ops Team: Etiquette and Advice for a Successful Transition

AI legal assistants can help with countless legal ops functions, such as acting as a "front door" to legal services, facilitating document management and search, and automating the generation of contracts and general correspondence.

By Brandi Pack, UpLevel Ops

5 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Legaltech News

Nervous System: The April Fools' Prank That Changed the World

Google's reputation for April Fools' Day jokes inclined many to assume the 2004 announcement of Gmail was yet another gag. In later interviews, Sergey Brin said the best form of an April Fools' prank would be to debut something that sounded so crazy it had to be a joke, and then let it sink in that the service was real and here to stay.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Legaltech News

Generative AI for Legal Marketing: Today's Pros and Pitfalls

The development of new governance concepts to address the pitfalls and ethical repercussions of Generative AI must involve the evaluation of important questions across various functions of the law firm. They include risk management and compliance, legal, public relations and reputation management.

By Gina Rubel, Furia Rubel Communications

11 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Legaltech News

Innovations in Knowledge Management, Law Department: Alesya Nasimova of Fundbox

"Getting stakeholder buy-in before rolling out something new is critical in receiving the proper deployment and integration you require," says Aleysa Nasimova, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel of Funbox.

By Stephanie Wilkins

4 minute read

March 31, 2023 | Legaltech News

Rethinking Knowledge Work for the Hybrid Environment

If legal organizations want to successfully engage in effective collaboration in the hybrid environment of today, they need systems that are specifically built to support the type of work that legal professionals do, which is knowledge work.

By Paul Walker, iManage

5 minute read