Law.com Corporate Counsel General Counsel Conference MidWest Session: SME Legal Teams with Big Impacts: Successful Strategies to Drive Productivity & Innovation
In an era where small in-house legal teams face mounting pressures, our session offers vital strategies for maximizing efficiency and resourcefulness. Learn to navigate the unique challenges of a smaller legal department through innovative management and compliance practices. Our expert panelists will guide you through leveraging technology and organizational strategies to proactively address legal issues, ensuring your team can achieve more with less. This concise workshop is essential for legal professionals seeking to enhance their department's effectiveness and stay ahead of legal trends.
Generative AI and Legal Ethics
The "Generative AI and Legal Ethics" CLE panel discussion will focus on the emerging role of generative AI within the legal landscape, aiming to shed light on the ethical considerations and professional obligations that arise from lawyers' interactions with AI technologies. The panel will explore the differences between generative and traditional AI, delving into their respective applications in legal contexts, such as research and case management.
Key to the discussion will be the ABA's Rules of Professional Conduct, which lay the groundwork for ethical lawyer behavior. The panelists will address the intricacies of these rules concerning AI, particularly looking at duties of competence, communication, confidentiality, and supervision, alongside the implications of AI for preventing misconduct.
The session intends to provide actionable insights on how legal professionals can effectively use AI tools while maintaining ethical integrity and compliance with regulatory standards. It will also touch on real-world scenarios, such as the implications of deepfakes, and consider how the landscape may evolve, including the potential for new rules or laws in response to advancements in AI technology.
With the goal of equipping attendees with both theoretical and practical knowledge, the panel discussion will culminate in addressing the future of AI in law, encouraging a proactive and informed approach to ethical AI usage.
Virtual Lunch With Leaders: Avoiding Missteps - Problem Solving in a Faced Paced World
Join Sheila Grela as she sits down with Sarah Thompson, Chief Product Officer at BlueStar for the San Diego Paralegal Association “Virtual Lunch With Leaders” on Friday, March 22nd at noon PST.
AI in Legal: Managing the Risk and Maximizing the Value
AI's vast landscape, covering its core concepts, Traditional AI examples like virtual assistants and chess programs, Generative AI applications in image, text, music, and video generation, plus Large Language Models, Deep Learning vs. Machine Learning, and how AI functions. Discover AI's value in legal research, and how (non-generative) AI can help with legal applications such as translation and handwriting recognition, document review, translation, and investigations, with insights from our panelists. Peek into the short-term future of AI in law firms. We'll also tackle ethical concerns like bias and ABA Rules, data privacy, hallucinations, accuracy, trustworthiness, and intellectual property. WATCH THE PANEL DISCUSSION HERE: https://youtu.be/jfzjWoRVnY8
Chicago Kick Off! - SOLD OUT
For both Legal Ops Uncensored and BlueStar, there's a shared vision of creating a sanctuary for personal and professional growth. It's a realm where challenging conventional wisdom is encouraged and candid feedback is valued. We pride ourselves on cultivating a network of genuine peers, committed to supporting one another through every stage of their career journey. Together, we act as a potent incubator brimming with mentors, resources, and unwavering support designed to elevate you to your next milestone. BlueStar is incredibly proud and happy to support such a remarkable group. Our collective mission is to carve out a space where authenticity reigns supreme. Forget titles when you walk in – here, we celebrate curiosity and kindness above all else. Whether it's expanding your horizons, finding kindred spirits, or voicing your opinions and concerns, Legal Ops Uncensored and BlueStar stand united, always present and always listening.
The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Law: Mitigating Risks and Upholding Ethical Standards
Please join BlueStar Case Solution, INC, and Relativity in this co-sponsored event. In our upcoming CLE panel discussion, we will dive into the heart of the digital revolution in the legal profession, exploring "The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Law: Mitigating Risks and Upholding Ethical Standards." We aim to demystify AI, break down its complexities, and address how it intertwines with legal ethics.
How can lawyers navigate this rapidly evolving landscape, meet their legal obligations, and wield AI effectively without compromising the ethical standards they are sworn to uphold? We will tackle these questions head-on, providing insights into how the American Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct interface with AI use in law practice.
Our distinguished panel of experts will offer practical solutions and meaningful discussions on critical topics such as AI's benefits, ethics and risks, technological competence, communication, confidentiality, supervision, and potential misconduct.
Be part of the conversation that leads the future of the legal profession!
MODERATOR
Donna Medrek
Senior Director of Legal Solutions, BlueStar Case Solutions, INC
With over 10 years of eDiscovery industry experience, I am responsible for the day-to-day management of litigation projects ensuring that client requirements are defined and fully met for all phases of eDiscovery engagements. Dedicated to developing a trusted advisor relationship with clients to assist them in quickly identifying legal issues and formulating practical solutions.
SPEAKER
Tanya Brown
Senior Discovery Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP
Tanya L. Brown is a senior discovery attorney with the firm’s E-Discovery Services & Strategy practice. She counsels clients on the preservation, collection, review, and production of electronically stored information, TAR, AI, privacy, and preparation of privilege logs, and oversees and manages document reviews as well as other discovery-elated tasks. Tanya has experience managing e-discovery projects for a variety of matters, including pharmaceutical litigation, antitrust, breach of contract, defamation and false light, consumer fraud, commercial litigation, Department of Justice subpoena requests, employment, class action, intellectual property, medical malpractice, personal injury, pharmaceutical litigation, product liability, internal investigations, SEC investigations, and securities litigation. Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Tanya practiced in the areas of criminal, family, and civil litigation, and she has served as Team Lead and Project Manager on numerous complex litigation matters. She has experience with a broad range of discovery technologies, including Relativity, Ringtail, Concordance, Disco, Introspect, and CaseMap among other technologies. Tanya is committed to performing Pro Bono work and has worked with a number of organizations on a wide range of legal matters.
SPEAKER
Angie Gomez
Senior Corporate Counsel, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC
Angie Gomez, Senior Corporate Attorney at Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC, has been in the legal field for nearly 17 years. From starting as a litigation paralegal at an insurance defense firm, transitioning to an in-house position, and becoming Senior Corporate Attorney for Cleveland-Cliffs. Through her experience, she has gained insight into several areas around utilizing Artificial Intelligence for E-discovery in litigation. Angie works with internal clients, IT departments, outside counsel, and the E-discovery group to ensure everyone understands the parameters of the litigation and E-discovery, all while ensuring the process is vetted and cost and time effective.
SPEAKER
Brittany Roush
AI Search Development, Relativity
Brittany Roush is an accomplished professional with a 14-year career in eDiscovery, investigations, and artificial intelligence. As the Senior Product Manager for Search, List, and Visualizations at Relativity, Brittany pulls on her experience “in the trenches” to build innovative solutions to help customers quickly find key evidence and take action on it. Brittany regularly speaks to audiences on eDiscovery, Investigations, Search, and ethical AI practices and recently published a technical white paper, Developing Responsible AI Solutions for e-Discovery and Investigation. Prior to joining Relativity, Brittany worked for organizations such as the FBI, Navigant Consulting, FINRA, and Lighthouse eDiscovery. Her time as the practice leader for data breach notifications and structured data analysis at Palo Alto Networks stands out, as she spearheaded the development of the industry's first AI-based data breach notification solution.
General Counsel Conference Midwest
Are you curious about the future of AI and its impact on the ethics of legal practices?
Join us for the Plenary Session on "The Ethics of Legal AI” at The General Counsel Conference Midwest, where Donna Medrek, Director of Legal Solutions at BlueStar, discusses how data has become a powerful resource driving innovation and how organizations are grappling with creating ethical standards for its usage. As leaders continue to deploy more AI models, the ethical and privacy challenges associated with data usage are growing, and it's crucial to strike a balance between using data ethically and protecting privacy.
ACEDS eDiscovery Live with Jeremy Schaper
Jeremy started the discussion talking about the topic of the moment, ChatGPT. From there he turned to how he and his colleagues help eDiscovery clients work with M365 and Google Workspace content, including what is and is not searchable within those systems and ways to craft effective search terms to get through that content. Next, Jeremy discussed challenges posed by short messages and way to address those challenges. Finally, Jeremy gave his thoughts on an ideal solution for dealing with short messages.
Women in eDiscovery-Chicago Chapter "New Year New You" Workshop
"A fresh start for the new year, a chance to become a better version of yourself."
eDiscovery Day "Ask the Experts"
Join BlueStar on December 3rd as we celebrate eDiscovery day by giving back to our community! Our team of litigation industry veterans will be answering questions on today's most pressing litigation support and technology questions live from 10 am CST to 4 pm CST.
eDiscovery Day "Ask the Experts" Video
On December 3rd we celebrated eDiscovery day by giving back to our community! Our team of litigation industry veterans answered questions on today's most pressing litigation support and technology questions.
Women in Law and Leadership CLE
On Wednesday, May 5th at 2 pm Central, BlueStar’s own CPO Sarah Thompson, sat down with Lenor Marquis Segal, Katherine Sams, Christine Binotti, and Claire Battle, 4 amazing female leaders in the field of law. The esteemed panel shared their experiences, tips, and lessons learned whilst navigating and establishing themselves as a leader in the world of big law, from a female perspective.
Microsoft 365, Chats, and TAR, Oh My! Webinar, Presented by the Master's Conference
Description The ever-evolving state of technology and eDiscovery can be daunting. Join three of the industry’s thought-leaders as they simplify Office 365 and Technology Assisted Review and provide straight-forward solutions to dealing with mobile devices and corporate chat applications.
Corporate Preservation Obligations MCLE presented by the San Diego Paralegal Association
On December 15th, at 3PM Central, Sarah Thompson, a legal industry veteran, and innovator, will be presenting a live MCLE webinar to the San Diego Paralegal Association, where we will discuss “Corporate Preservation Obligations .” Sarah will share insight and provide you with a deeper understanding of what legal preservation obligations corporations have, what legal teams should be doing right now, and best practices.
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Annual Halloween Contest
Calling all ghouls, goblins, and BlueStar Monsters, it's that bewitching time of year. Get out your best Halloween costume and capture it in a picture for a chance to win a prize. Time to let your costume shine at our virtual Halloween costume contest. And don't forget to bring your little dog too. That's right, even your best furry buddy could win a prize!
"WFH Litigation Readiness and Data Preservation Considerations" Webinar
Join our esteemed panel of legal experts on Thursday, October 15th, at 3:00PM Central to discuss “WFH Litigation Readiness and Data Preservation Considerations.” Get a deeper understanding of the risks when moving employees from an in-office work environment to WFH, what legal obligations corporations have, what legal teams should be doing now, and best practices.