By design, General Counsel of emerging legal departments wear so many hats it can be overwhelming. They are tasked with not only managing the internal and external legal matters impacting their companies, but they also need to stay on top of industry-related business trends and legal developments. With all of that responsibility, who has time to stay on top advances in legal technology and innovation?
On December 5, Evolve the Law, Above the Law’s Legal Innovation Center (ETL), will hold its inaugural Roundtable, “Emerging Legal Departments: Legal Tech 101”, at the San Francisco headquarters of ETL member, Logikcull. Leading the Roundtable are industry innovators, Monica Zent, Founder of the innovative alternative legal solutions provider, ZentLaw & Founder and CEO of Foxwordy, the patented AI-powered collaboration platform for the legal industry and Stephanie Corey, Co-Founder of UpLevel Ops, a legal strategy and operations consulting firm.
Designed for general counsel of emerging legal departments, legal ops professionals and legal tech solution providers, the Roundtable will focus on how law departments can on-board legal technology and the preparation, questions, options and solutions that must be considered in doing so. This event is open to ETL members and others by invitation.
Monica Zent
“I’m pleased to say that this event will be a departure from the big trade show environment that’s so common in the legal industry by providing tactical advice and useable takeaways for the in-house community in a much more intimate setting,” said Zent. “We look forward to leading this unique event, which promises to be highly collaborative and informative.”
Stephanie Corey
“I’m really excited about how Above the Law and Evolve the Law can serve an unmet need in our industry: namely, bringing legal tech experts together with the in-house community that needs their solutions,” said Corey. “We will have a particular focus on emerging corporate law departments that don’t have the resources that a large, established law department might have.”
Joining Corey and Zent on the panel will be:
- Ashlee Best, Legal Operations Manager at Asana, formerly legal operations manager at Dropbox
- Jane Froyd, General Counsel at Flynn Restaurant Group, formerly a partner at Jones Day
- Laszlo Kupan, General Counsel at J.D. Power, formerly General Counsel at Access Integrated Healthcare and Senior Counsel at Live Nation
- Paul Porrini, General Counsel at Smartsheet, formerly President and CEO of YuMe, Inc.
For more information about joining Evolve the Law or the Emerging Legal Department Roundtable, contact us at elmembers@abovethelaw.com.
