Meera Klemola | Change Management for Legal Design

Bonus Episode | Brian Kennedy | Harnessing Generative AI

In this bonus episode, I chat with Brian Kennedy, Senior Practice Innovation Manager of Real Estate at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), about Generative AI. We explore how Generative AI is different from other types of AI, uncover limitations of Large Language Models (LLMs), see how law firms can harness AI and explore the key skills lawyers need in this new era. The points we discuss in this episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below: 1. Introduction (0:10) 2. How is Generative AI different from other AI? (0:47) 3. What are the major limitations of AI? (3:13) 4. How does a law firm ensure that they are well positioned to harness the opportunities of Generative AI? (05:22) 5. How can lawyers upskill in the era of Generative AI? (08:28) 6. Does prompt engineering have to be performed by a lawyer? (09:43)

Uwais Iqbal | Demystifying AI for Legal Teams

In this episode, I chat with Uwais Iqbal, founder of Simplexico, an AI company that provides education, design and development services tailored for legal teams looking to leverage AI.  We discuss the meaning of AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in a way that’s relevant to lawyers, the gaps between AI hype and reality, promising real-world AI use cases for legal teams, and how best legal teams can go about leveraging AI and evaluate AI vendors. The points we discuss in this episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below: 1. Introduction (0:09) 2. What are some important basics about AI that legal professionals need to know? (1:56) 3. How are AI concepts applied in the legal sector? (5:40) 4. What are the gaps between hype and reality in legal applications of AI? (10:01) 5. What are promising use cases for legal applications of AI? (13:05) 6. How should legal teams explore AI in their organisation? (15:23) 7. How should tools and vendors be evaluated? (18:13) 8. Where is AI for legal applications placed on the Gartner hype cycle? (20:52) 9. Reach out to Uwais (24:12)

Brian Kennedy | Generative AI for Legal Teams

In this episode, I chat with Brian Kennedy, Senior Practice Innovation Manager of Real Estate at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), about Generative AI. We discuss what Large Language Models (LLMs) are, some issues plaguing LLMs including hallucinations, the types of legal tech products using LLMs, and how law firms can look at spending their Generative AI dollars with a final look at how BCLP uses Generative AI.  The points we discuss in this episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below: 1. Introduction (0:09) 2. What is a Large Language Model (LLM)? (02:02) 3. What are some accuracy issues LLMs face, and why? (3:25) 4. What are hallucinations (05:11) 5. How can hallucinations and accuracy problems be mitigated? (08:46) 6. How much can we trust Generative AI tools? (11:31) 7. What is the overview of the Legal Tech landscape for Generative AI products? (16:40) 8. What is the best approach for a law firm in spending their Generative AI dollars? (19:51) 9. What approach is your firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) taking to using Generative AI? (21:33)

EBook Pre Roll

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Meera Klemola | Change Management for Legal Design

In this episode I chat with Meera Klemola about the legal design, its application to legal teams, and the change management techniques used to help teams become more design-driven. The specific points we address in the episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below. 1. Introduction (0:09) 2. What is legal design? How is it different from design thinking? (2:30) 3. What are some use cases of legal design? (6:20) 4. How does your course “Fundamentals of Legal Design” help legal professionals? (10:34) 5. Which change management techniques help legal teams adopt legal design? (14:05) 6. Does change management have to be a continuous process? (20:45) 7. Are change management processes universal? Or are they customisable for the issue at hand? (23:08) As referenced in the episode, here is a link to the 'Fundamentals of Legal Design' course: https://bond.edu.au/microcredential/fundamentals-of-legal-design [https://bond.edu.au/microcredential/fundamentals-of-legal-design]