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  • S2 · E69
    June 18 · 45 min

    Why Is Legal Still Riding Horses in the Age of GenAI ft. Umair Muhajir

    Legal loves innovation…said no one ever. Which is why so many law firms still have one foot firmly planted in 1998. In this episode of Between the Briefs, hosts Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens sit down with Umair Muhajir, Vice President and Global Head of Managed Review at DISCO, to unpack how GenAI is changing discovery, document review, associate training, law firm adoption and the future economics of legal work. Together, they explore the big question: if AI can do review faster, cheaper and with

  • S2 · E68
    June 11 · 39 min

    Why Paralegals Are Quietly Becoming More Valuable Than Associates ft. Michelle Pendleton

    Paralegals have long been boxed into the role of “document reviewers” but their true value goes far beyond that. And with AI in the mix, their place in law firms is being rewritten entirely. In this episode of Between the Briefs, hosts Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens welcome Michelle Pendleton, Certified Paralegal and eDiscovery specialist at Allen Matkins and President of the San Diego Paralegal Association, to explore how paralegals are evolving alongside legal technology, managing complex case wo

  • S2 · E67
    June 4 · 43 min

    Questioning Everything We Think We Know About AI in Law ft. Daniel Schwarcz

    The impact of AI on law has been studied through the narrow lens of productivity and profitability. But the reality is much broader than that. In this episode of Between the Briefs by Steno, Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens welcome back Daniel Schwarcz, Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School to discuss groundbreaking empirical research on how AI impacts lawyer performance, legal reasoning and long-term professional development. He takes us behind the scenes of rigorous randomized control

  • S2 · E66
    May 28 · 39 min

    Is the Legal System Every Lawyer’s Biggest Enemy? ft. Legal Futurist Sateesh Nori

    For all intents and purposes, lawyers can be the superheroes society needs them to be but the legal system simply doesn’t allow it. With a broken system, flawed legal aid and crumbling structures, justice gets the short end of the stick - but can AI be part of the solution? In this episode of Between the Briefs, hosts Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens welcome Sateesh Nori, Chief Legal Futurist at LawDroid and Senior Research Fellow at NYU School of Law, to explore how artificial intelligence can democ

  • S2 · E65
    May 21 · 45 min

    AI Transformation Without Change Management is Useless ft. Mike Russell

    If you can’t convince your team that AI is the better choice for work today, you might as well pause all efforts now. Because the only thing more important than AI transformation for legal teams today is being able to communicate the change and manage it. In this episode of Between the Briefs by Steno, hosts Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens sit down with Mike Russell, Head of Global Legal Operations at Expedia Group, to explore how legal operations has evolved from a back-office function into a strat

  • S2 · E64
    May 14 · 43 min

    The Legal AI Game: Why Waiting Might be Better Than Rushing ft. Myah Bowermaster

    Applying AI to an already bad process is just automating a bad process,” says Myah Bowermaster, Head of Legal Operations at Cvent, in this episode of Between the Briefs by Steno. Tune in as hosts Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens sit down with Myah to explore how legal ops functions as the connective tissue between legal strategy and business objectives, the measured approach to AI adoption and why deliberate implementation beats racing toward the latest technology. AI is shiny, but not all that glitt

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