Each week (give or take), I get to be fascinated. As a result of each week (kind of), I get the chance to take a seat down for a dialog for my LawNext podcast with the people who find themselves altering authorized follow — the “innovators and entrepreneurs who’re driving what’s subsequent in regulation,” as we wish to say.
I discover every one in all these conversations fascinating and intriguing. However what actually issues is what you, the listeners, suppose — which friends and subjects did you discover most attention-grabbing.
As I do yearly, I’ve compiled two lists right here. The primary lists the highest 15 episodes printed throughout 2024. After that, I record the highest 15 episodes of all time, no matter after they have been printed. (The primary episode of LawNext was posted on July 16, 2018.) In every case, the rankings are primarily based on distinctive downloads.
The preferred episode this 12 months was an interview with Roger Pilc, authorized options chief at Epiq International, on how AI is reworking authorized providers. Second-most in style was my interview with Michael Lissner, cofounder of The Free Regulation Mission, on how he’s working to develop entry to authorized info.
Interviews with authorized tech CEOs have been of curiosity. Not surprisingly, among the many hottest episodes was my unique interview with Clio CEO Jack Newton following the corporate’s report $900 million elevate. Different CEOs among the many prime 15 episodes have been BriefCatch CEO Ross Guberman, iManage CEO Neil Araujo, Aderant CEO Chris Cartrett, Spellbook CEO Scott Stevenson, Clearbrief CEO Jacqueline Schafer, and The Contract Community CEO Jim Wagner.
A number of episodes in 2024 associated to generative AI, however one in all explicit curiosity was my interview with two of the individuals main AI technique and improvement at Thomson Reuters, Mike Dahn, head of Westlaw, and Joel Hron, head of AI.
Rounding out the preferred this 12 months have been interviews about gen AI in e-discovery, a judicial innovation venture, an LLM constructed for authorized, the state of information administration, and a venture to make all case regulation accessible to the general public.
Scroll additional right down to see the preferred episodes of all time. Main that record have been interviews with Ryan Alshak, founder and CEO of Laurel (previously Time By Ping), and Carolyn Elefant, follow administration guru to solo and small companies.
It’s also possible to take a look at the preferred LawNext episodes of 2023, of 2022, of 2021, of 2020 and of 2019.
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Prime 15 of 2024
1. Epiq’s International Authorized Options Chief Roger Pilc on How AI Is Remodeling Authorized Providers.
2. How The Free Regulation Mission Works to Broaden Entry to Authorized Info, with Cofounder Michael Lissner.
3. CEO Ross Guberman On How BriefCatch Is Increasing Its Mission to Assist Authorized Professionals Enhance their Writing
4. How iManage Is ‘Making Data Work’ for Authorized Professionals, with CEO Neil Araujo
5. Is Gen AI the New Paradigm for Know-how Assisted Evaluation in E-Discovery? Three Redgrave Scientists Focus on
6. Aderant CEO Chris Cartrett on the Firm’s Cloud-First Technique and New Cloud Platform
7. All About Spellbook’s New AI Agent, Able to Performing Advanced Authorized Duties, with CEO Scott Stevenson

8. Cofounder Jason Tashea on the First Yr and Unsure Way forward for Georgetown’s First-of-Its-Type Judicial Innovation Fellowship
9. Unique: CEO Jack Newton on Clio’s File-Setting $900M Elevate
10. Thomson Reuters’ AI Technique for Authorized, with Mike Dahn, Head of Westlaw, and Joel Hron, Head of AI
11. All About KL3M, The First LLM Constructed From Scratch for Authorized, with 273 Ventures’ Jillian Bommarito
12. How Clearbrief Helps Legal professionals Discover the Greatest Info to Assist their Writing, with Founder Jacqueline Schafer
13. How The Contract Community Is ‘Altering Contracts for Good,’ with Founder and CEO Jim Wagner
14. The State of Data Administration and Innovation in Authorized, with Patrick DiDomenico and Joshua Fireman
15. The Inside Story of the Caselaw Entry Mission, with Three of the Folks Who Made It Occur
Prime 15 of All Time
1. As Time By Ping Raises $36.5M, Unique Interview with CEO Ryan Alshak.
2. Easy methods to Begin Your Personal Regulation Agency and Have the Apply You All the time Needed, with Carolyn Elefant.
3. Jonathan Pyle on Why He Developed Docassemble and Made It Open Supply.
4. Joshua Schwadron On Pivoting His Authorized Tech Firm to A Regulation Agency to Compete with His Former Clients.
5. The State of the E-Discovery Trade, with Doug Austin.
6. How Authorized Departments Can Use Information to Drive Smarter Choice-Making, with Jeffrey Solomon of Wolters Kluwer.
7. Professional Bono Web Cofounder Mark O’Brien on Know-how As A ‘Drive Multiplier’ For Assembly Authorized Wants.
8. As LawPay Acquires MyCase, Our Unique LawNext Interview with the Two CEOs.

9. Digitally Remodeling the Authorized Division: A Panel of Prime GCs and Consultants.
10. Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson on His Firm’s $108M Elevate and the Way forward for Apply Administration.
11. Kriti Sharma, Chief Product Officer for Authorized Tech at Thomson Reuters.
12. From Radical to Trailblazer: How Progressive GC Jeffrey Carr Disrupted the Authorized Division, Half 1.
13. Former Tesla Lawyer Laura Frederick on Easy methods to Educate Contracting Expertise for the Actual World.
14. Digitory Authorized Founder Catherine Krow on Utilizing Billing Information to Drive Variety.
15. Carl Malamud on His Three-Plus Many years of Working to Free the Regulation.