Welcome to this week’s Friday Follow On, featuring: Law Insider, a parrot, Definely, and 10 days to go until Legal Innovators California on June 11 + 12.
Let’s Talk About CLM – Law Insider Webinar, June 5th, 3PM UK, 10AM EST
First up: do you think that CLM is dead? Or not dead at all and in the process of rapid and successful transformation? This and more we’ll be discussing during the ‘CLM is Dead – Long Live AI’ Webinar, with Law Insider’s Preston Clark and Electra Japonas – June 5, 3:00 PM (UK) – 10AM EST….i.e. it’s next Thursday.
All are welcome and admission is free to this live webinar, chaired by AL, but please RSVP here.
We will be exploring the following and more:
How today’s AI tools are actually solving legal problems
The role of standards and playbooks in making AI work
Why law firm business models may finally be cracking
What ‘democratized legal tech’ really means (and why it matters)
What comes next—and who’s ready for it
This is a candid conversation for legal pros who’ve lived the reality of CLM.
P.S. Obviously, CLM is not actually dead, it’s not a Norwegian Blue Parrot (see illustration), but given the rapidly shifting environment created by genAI and a raft of contract-focused companies, there is plenty to discuss about how lawyers in the inhouse world are going to handle their contracting needs.
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Next up, on June 11 and 12, our landmark West Coast event will be taking place!
Legal Innovators California conference, San Francisco, June 11 + 12
If you’re interested in the cutting edge of legal AI and innovation – and where we are all heading – then come along to Legal Innovators California, in San Francisco, June 11 and 12, where speakers from the leading law firms, inhouse teams, and tech companies will be sharing their insights and experiences as to what is really happening.
We already have an incredible roster of companies to hear from. This includes: &AI, Legora, Harvey, StructureFlow, Ivo, Flatiron Law Group, PointOne, Centari, LexisNexis, eBrevia, Legatics, Knowable, Draftwise, newcode.AI, Riskaway, Aracor, SimpleClosure and more.
Cooley, Wilson Sonsini, Baker McKenzie, Gunderson, Ropes & Grey, A&O Shearman and many other leading law firms will also be taking part.
And in terms of corporates, we have Uber, Google, Y Combinator, Meta and many, many more taking part on Day Two – which is focused on the inhouse world.
See you all there!
More information and tickets please see here.
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Definely Webinar: Success Tactics – Change Management + AI – June 17
Next up is another great webinar, which asks the question: how do you run a successful change management project when it comes to adopting legal AI across a law firm or inhouse team? Clearly just dropping some AI tools on a team of lawyers and hoping it all just works out is maybe not the best strategy. But, what is the best way to do this?
We will cover:
1 – Creating a Change Management Playbook for Legal Tech. Talking about how to map stakeholders, run pilots, create champions, and structure a phased rollout to capture hearts and minds.
2 – Driving Adoption and Sustaining AI Momentum. Showcasing practical steps to build excitement, confidence, and credibility over time. And more…
Speakers will include:
Jayanth Poorna – Partner, Culture and Change practice, Korn Ferry – As an engineer by qualification, a software developer by training and a specialist in culture, leadership and change, Jay brings the unique ability to see technology, operating models and transformation through the lens of human experience.
Molly Taylor – Head of Customer Success, Definely – who leads the Customer Success team at Definely, where she is dedicated to ensuring clients achieve measurable value from Definely’s legal products. Before joining Definely, Molly held roles at DXC Technology, Workshare, Litera and Legl.
Panel chair – Richard Tromans, Founder, Artificial Lawyer.
Plus – a mystery guest.
To register for the live webinar on June 17, at 3PM UK time (BST) and 11AM ET, please RSVP here.
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Plus: Special Bonus – Legal Data Is A Goldmine! AKA: Is the data worth as much as the legal tech tool….?
Meanwhile, last week’s special interview was with Legatics’ CCO, Daniel Porus, where we explore how the company is taking a broader approach to legal tech deployment – with the ability to capture data in and around a transaction seen as of equal value to the productivity benefits.
As explored previously (see AL story here), the central point is that we’ve tended to see legal tech tools as just doing a specific task, e.g. Legatics helps law firms to manage and complete transactions, but the data that this legal work connects to then potentially has a range of other additional benefits to the firm.
The discussion comes ahead of the Legal Innovators California conference, June 11 + 12 in San Francisco, where Legatics will be taking part.
To watch the video, please press play, or you can also go directly to the Artificial Lawyer YouTube Channel.
AL TV Productions, 2025.
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P.S. Congrats to all the companies joining A&O Shearman’s FUSE cohort (see here), and also congrats to the team at Brightflag on their sale to Wolters Kluwer.
P.P.S. No parrots of any variety were harmed in the making of this FFO.
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That’s all folks. Have a great weekend!
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