Session 1: Innovation in Legal Services

This panel featured two “disrupters” who detailed their experiences innovating in the legal services space. The first panelist spoke about data-driven regulatory reform and the other spoke as an entrepreneur whose product introduces artificial intelligence (AI) into the legal recruiting process. Two additional panelists provided commentary regarding the second panelist’s presentation. The panel provided insight on the topics of: (1) the legal regulatory process at large; (2) how a data-driven and feedback-oriented sandbox provides an alternative regulatory process; (3) the legal hiring and recruiting process and (4) how AI allows law firms to consider alternative hiring metrics when assessing candidates and determining the likelihood of a candidate’s success at the firm. During the commentary, a client of the platform spoke about his experiences with the platform. An expert in legal hiring who has worked both on the academic side as well as with firms, asked additional questions about the platform. In the Q&A portions of each presentation, the panelists addressed questions from symposium organizers and attendees regrading equity and validity of their proposed “disruptions.