The Future Law Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
5.12 What We've Learned About ALSPs
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode for the season Mike and Dan chat about what they’ve both learnt about ALSP’S, what’s to come of them and how they impact t...
5.11 What AI And Data Science Can Do For Law Firms
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode Mike Madison chats to Michael Morneualt, a lawyer who started his career in business development, and then joined a tech comp...
5.10 How Change Can Improve Law Firms
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dan Hunter chats with Isabel Parker, former Chief Legal Innovation Officer at Freshfields in London, and author of the recent book ‘...
5.9 How To Fix America's Voting System
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 jus...
5.8 A Brighter, Balanced Future For AI And Law
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
5.7 Speculation vs Data
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if we stopped speculating about ALSPs and instead started collecting data to gather the information? Well that’s exactly what this episode is a...
5.6 Taking The Long View With Alternative Providers
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike chats with Bill Henderson, a law professor at the University of Indiana who has been studying the legal services marketplace closely for nearly 2...
5.5 What It Takes To Stay In The ALSP Game
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 fourtee...
5.4 The Continuing Importance Of Classic Legal Skills
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The emergence of ALSPs and legaltech don’t change some fundamentals of lawyering and dispute resolution. Jon Harris, founder and managing partner o...
5.3 How To Source Legal Talent
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
5.2 When Law Firms Make Their Own ALSPs: SixFifty
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
5.1 What's On The Horizon For ALSPs
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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’? ...
5.0 New Season Coming Soon!
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
4.14 What We've Learnt This Season
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
4.13 How Curiosity Powers Your Career
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
4.12 Can Training In Law Be A Gateway to Other Industries?
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 chan...
4.11 What Future Lawyers Can Learn From Biographers
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-pri...
4.10 How to Break into LegalTech
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
4.9 Learning Talent Management From Baking Shows
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The legal imagination often borrows from unexpected sources, one of those being a baking show! Watching baking competitions inspired Freshfields senio...
4.7 How Women in LegalTech are Changing the World Ft Dorna Moini
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Podc...
4.8 Lawyers and Problem Solving in the Age of AI
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 lega...
4.6 Using Legal Automation to Advance Access to Justice
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
4.5 How Chatbots Can Help Lawyers, Law Firms & the Legal Industry
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 the...
4.4 Learning Leadership Via a Conductor's Baton
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thei...
4.3 Storytelling Fundamentals for Lawyers
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
4.2 How Has Technology Changed Law
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ch...
4.1 How to Stay Ahead of the Technology Curve
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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?...
4.0 Introducing Season 4 of the Future Law Podcast
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
3.33 Stephanie Sciullo, Chief Legal Officer of MSA Safety, on Managing Legal in a Tech World
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Legal” is today’s buzzword for the roles that lawyers play inside companies. What does leading and managing “legal” look like, on the groun...
3.32 Dean Patty Roberts, St. Mary's University, on Online Legal Education
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 rece...
3.31 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Rama Tiwari on Change Management in Action
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted the...
3.30 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Ashlie Beringer on Rethinking Client Services in Tech Law
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted the...
3.29 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Ken Kwee Tan and Bridget McCormack on Will Robots Replace Judges?
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted the...
3.28 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Joyce A. Tan on Innovating in Tech Law
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted the...
3.27 Ellen McGinnis, Haynes & Boone, on Diversity and Inclusion in Managing Legal Talent
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The future of law brings urgency to long-standing questions about diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. This episode looks that those quest...
3.26 Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justine Bridget McCormack
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Mary McCormack, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, has been aggressively pursuing court reform in that state’s courts. But “c...
3.25 The Orrick Series: ALSPs, with Daryl Shetterly, Liam Brown, and Basha Rubin
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
3.24 The Orrick Series: Global Operations, with Kelly Cullen and Will Turani
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
3.23 The Orrick Series: Innovation, with Wendy Butler Curtis and Kate Orr
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
3.22 The Orrick Series: Talent, with Siobhan Handley and Bryan Parker
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
3.21 Alex Hamilton, CEO of Radiant Law
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
3.20 Anusia Gillespie, NewLaw Advocate
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anusia Gillespie is a legal innovator, practicing and advancing NewLaw ideas. In this episode of the Future Law Podcast, she talks with host Michael M...
3.19 Ivan Fong, Chief Legal Officer of the 3M Company
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 pr...
3.18 Krista Contino Saumby, on Building Bridges for New Lawyers
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
3.17 Dierk Schindler and Bernhard Waltl, the Liquid Legal Institute and a Common Legal Platform
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 serv...
3.16 Ian Rodwell, Linklaters, on How Lawyers and Clients Learn
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“What’s the future of knowledge?” comes to ground for law and lawyers in this wide-ranging podcast interview featuring Ian Rodwell, Head of Clie...
3.15 Justice Deno Himonas and John Lund, on the Utah Regulatory Sandbox
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The “regulatory sandbox” in Utah is a leading example of innovation to promote innovation – and justice. On this episode of The Future Law Podca...
3.14 Jordan Furlong, on Future Law, Re-Regulation, Access to Justice, and the Rule of Law
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Furlong brings an unusual sharp and critical eye to conversations about the future of law, as a consultant, author, and former lawyer. He pulle...
3.13 Michael Sears, on Leadership Innovation in the Military, Silicon Valley, and Law
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
3.12 Vikram Mansharamani, Trend Spotter
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Future law means understanding worlds beyond law. Lawyers spend a lot of time talking to other lawyers. This episode features a fascinating conversati...
3.11 Joy Heath Rush, CEO of the International Legal Technology Association
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joy Heath Rush is the CEO of the ILTA, a global volunteer-led membership organization that develops and shares information about technology in law pr...
3.10 Joan Heminway, on Corporate Law and Leadership
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Heminway brings long experience as a corporate lawyer in BigLaw to her work researching and writing about securities law and corporate finance at...
3.9 Andrea Matwyshyn, Penn State Professor of Law and Innovation
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can law and lawyers move the public policy process? Dr. Andrea Matwyshyn is a law professor at Penn State University who is on a mission to bring ...
3.8 Michele Pistone, Training Allied Professionals at Villanova Law
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The future of law includes more than the future of lawyers. At Villanova University, Professor Michele Pistone has launched a pioneering online progra...
3.7 Colin Levy, LegalTech Evangelist
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a law student, Colin Levy saw the future of legaltech, and after graduating he set about building a career in the field. Ten years later, he’s na...
3.6 Eimear McCann, Director of Strategy at Summize
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does the legal profession have a place for creative and imaginative people? How does the future of law differ from its past? Hear an unusual conversat...
3.5 Christoph Roquilly, Director of the Augmented Law Institute at EDHEC
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Future Law” is a global phenomenon with multiple local applications. What’s different about the French experience, and what does the French exp...
3.4 Ed Walters, Co-Founder and CEO of Fastcase
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fastcase is now 20 years in to its mission to transform legal publishing and access to legal information. Fastcase co-founder and CEO Ed Walters joins...
3.3 LegalTech in London: Giles Thompson and Amy Conroy of Avvoka
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our tour of LegalTech takes The Future Law Podcast to London and this conversation with Giles Thompson and Amy Conroy. Giles and Amy are two early-car...
3.2 Marlene Van Nelson, Solo Practitioner in Tech Era
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Future Law Podcast, Mike Madison talks with Marlene van Nelson, a recent law graduate who followed a classic path: she hung out...
3.1 Lisa Leong, Innovating and Collaborating During the Pandemic
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build and re-build collaborative and innovative cultures in a virtual environment? The future of law isn’t all face-to-face. In this reun...
2.12 Dan Linna, Teaching at the Intersections of Law Practice and Technology
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel W. Linna, Jr. is Senior Lecturer and Director of Law and Technology Initiatives at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, with an ...
2.11 Michele DeStefano, Leader of Law Without Walls
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michele DeStefano is the founder and leader of Law Without Walls, or LWOW, a pioneering program for team- and project-based legal education that gathe...
2.10 Cat Moon, Law Professor Making Law Better
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cat Moon leads the Program on Law and Innovation (PoLI) at Vanderbilt University’s law school, a role that she took on after practicing law for near...
2.9 Thomas Aertgeerts, CEO and Fo-Founder of European LegalTech Startup Aeco
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Aertgeerts is the co-founder and CEO of a Belgium-based LegalTech startup offering tax law services today and on a mission to transform the le...
2.8 Lizzy Shackelford, Law, Diplomat, and Author
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shackelford took her law degree and followed her dream to serve internationally, eventually spending more than seven years with ...
2.7 Tom Dreyfus, CEO and Co-Founder of Josef
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Dan Hunter chats with Tom Dreyfus, CEO and co-founder of the Melbourne-based legal technology firm Josef. Josef gives both practitioners and law ...
2.6 Miguel Willis, Founder of the Access to Justice Technology Fellows Program
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Miguel Willis caught the innovation and entrepreneurship bug early in his law school career, and he exited with a JD and leadership of an innovative p...
2.5 Duc Trang on Competition and Change in the Legal Services Marketplace
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Duc Trang, former private practitioner, general counsel, and now Managing Director of Major, Lindsey & Africa Transform Advisory Services, talks w...
2.4 Eric DeChant, a Recent Graduate on Technology and Innovation in Law
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric DeChant isn’t a lawyer. He’s a recent graduate of the novel Master of Science in Law program at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School...
2.3 Dean Dan Rodriguez on Challenges and Opportunities in Legal Education
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Rodriguez, formerly Dean of Northwestern Law and president of the Association of American Law Schools, gets inside the future of legal education f...
2.2 Kevin Miller, CEO of LegalSifter, on Building a LegalTech Startup
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Madison sits down with Kevin Miller, CEO of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based LegalTech firm LegalSifter. LegalSifter is powered by tech deve...
2.1 A Legal Education Call to Action with Trish White and Andrea Sinner of the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Ed
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Madison talks with Dean Trish White and Andrea Sinner, the chair and director of the American Bar Association Commission on the Future of Legal E...
1.13.3 Legal Innovation and the Client Experience with Carl White, CEO of CXINLAW
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Hunter talks legal innovation and the future of law practice from the client’s perspective with Carl White, founder and now Director and Chief ...
1.13.2 Legal Innovation and Design Thinking by Students Working with DWF Connected Services
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Hunter chats with University of Manchester students, Cian Heeley, Mandeep Hayer and Wunmi Akanji who were lucky enough to spend two weeks working ...
1.13.1 Margaret Hagan, Director of the Legal Design Lab at Stanford University
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Hagan, a global leader in bringing design to legal education and law practice, talks with Michael Madison about what design is and why design...
1.13.0 Design Thinking in Law
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this, our last episode for 2019, we finally bring you our long-promised episode on Design Thinking in Law. The terrible trio talks around some spo...
1.12.3 Professor Lesley Hitchens, Dean of UTS Law School
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Dan has been chatting with a lot of deans of late, and in this interview he talks with Dean Lesley Hitchens of the University of Technology, Sydn...
1.12.2 Professor George Williams AO, Dean of USNW Law School
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Prof George Williams AO, dean of UNSW Law School. George has thought a great deal about what the future of law should look like, and when...
1.12.1 Professor Nick James, Dean of Bond Law School
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The name’s Bond, Professor Nick James from Bond.” Seriously, I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited to use that joke. In this interview, Dan...
1.12.0 The Future of Legal Education in Australia
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After diagnosing the state of US legal education a few months ago, in this episode the terrific trio talk about the nature of Australian law schools a...
1.11.3 Jonathan Patterson, Managing Director & Head of Development of DWF Ventures
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Dan chats with Jonathan Patterson, the Managing Director & Head of Development of DWF Ventures in Manchester, England. DWF is a fascinating e...
1.11.2 Michelle Mahoney, Head of Innovation at King & Wood Mallesons
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Hunter talks with Michelle Mahoney, the head of innovation at King & Wood Mallesons. She discusses the layered approach to technology and inno...
1.11.1 Deepak Pillai, Data Analyst for Clayton Utz
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Deepak Pillai, a data analyst who works at the blue chip Australian law firm Clayton Utz. The firm took the unusual step of building a se...
1.11.0 Every Law Firm is a Tech Firm
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the way that law firms have responded to the new technology world in different ways. This episode’s title comes from an observation we...
1.10.3 Lisa Damon and Stephen Poor from Seyfarth Shaw
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Damon and Stephen Poor, innovators and leaders at the global law firm Seyfarth Shaw, talk with Mike Madison and Dean Dan Hunter about developing ...
1.10.2 Simon Quirk on innovation in law firms and legaltech
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Dan chats with his friend Simon Quirk, recovering lawyer, professional services consultant, and long-time serial entrepreneur. The discussion ran...
1.10.1 Richard Hsu, senior legal recruiter, on creativity and more
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Leong and her business partner, Tristan Forrester, escape Melbourne and travel to San Francisco, to record this special Future Law Podcast bonus ...
1.10 Where Have All The Lawyers Gone
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Leong, Dean Dan Hunter, and Mike Madison take apart the challenges of modern law practice: clients increasingly want multi-functional capabiliti...
1.9.3 Deborah Merritt, Professor at the Ohio State University
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Deborah Merritt of the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University talks with Dan Hunter and Mike Madison about the sources of critical c...
1.9.2 Michele Pistone, Villanova Law School
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Michele Pistone from the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University in Philadelphia talks with Dan Hunter and Mike Madison about d...
1.9.1 Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mark Tushnet of Harvard Law School is our guest. Professor Tushnet talks with Dan Hunter about the changes that he’s seen in US legal educ...
1.9.0 The Future of Legal Education in the US
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US law schools today face a double shot of post-2008 challenges. They face changing demand for legal services and legal education, plus changing demog...
1.8.1 Dean Gordon Smith, BYU Law School
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Mike talk with Gordon Smith, Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (BYU) about emerging challenges and opportunit...
1.8.0 Innovation on the Cheap
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Leong, Dean Dan, and Mike Madison take a tour through strategies for initiating innovation and change, for people who don’t have “innovating”...
1.7.1 Ray Worthy Campbell, Peking University in Shenzhen
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Dan talks with Professor Ray Campbell, from Peking University-School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China. Before becoming a law professor, R...
1.7.0 The End of Law Schools
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Dan and Mike Madison talk about whether the future has caught up with law schools. They catch up with Professor Ray Campbell, from Peking Univers...
1.6.1 Professor Dan Klein aka Dan the Improv Man
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Leong and her business partner Tristan Forrester spent some time hanging out with the delightful Professor Dan Klein from Stanford University. In...
1.6.0 How Improv Unlocks Innovation
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Leong introduces us to her friend Professor Dan Klein from Stanford University aka “Dan the Improv Man”. In this episode our three co-hosts, ...
1.5.1 Mick Sheehy, PWC Partner
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mick Sheehy is a partner at PWC and was formerly a general council at Telstra. He is the founder of CLOC in Australia and joins Dan Hunter to talk abo...