The LOPSided Podcast
by The LOPSided Podcast
Latest episode
Episode 25: Driving value for LegalOps in a changing legal market.
Episode 25: Driving value for LegalOps in a changing legal market.
About this podcast
The LOPSided Podcast is a gateway into the minds of global leaders in the world of Legal Operations. Each episode delves into different aspects of operations within law firms and professional services.
Episodes
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- Episode 25: Driving value for LegalOps in a changing legal market. · 55 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 25This episode focusses on driving value for LegalOps in a changing legal market. We explore how value is created through legal project management from a business stakeholder…
- Episode 24: How to get buy-in and successfully integrate LegalOps into a firms culture and workflows. · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 24In episode twenty four, host John O’Donoghue interviews Hayleigh Lippiatt-Durnell, the Head of Legal Project Management and Legal Process Improvement at Charles Russell…
- Episode 23: How Litigation Analytics Shape Cases - The Legal, Commercial and Strategic Predictability Benefits. · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 23Edward and John discuss how Litigation Analytics is shaping cases, and how firms are putting themselves in advantageous positions at the outset by leveraging industry wide date…
- Episode 22: Scaling AI Adoption – Beyond Pilots and Demos · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 22Legora is beginning to dominate the LegalAI. We catch up with their Head of Legal Engineering Alex Fortescue-Webb to discuss why Legal AI gets stuck in pilot mode, what…
- Episode 21: LPM By Design - Engineering Legal Delivery at Scale · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 21Episode twenty one is the third in our #TransformingLegal mini-series. The LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue interviews former Director of LPM at Clifford Chance, and founder…
- Episode 20: Elevating How Law Departments Procure Legal Services - The Rise of the ALSP. · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 20John and John discuss the shifting landscape in legal service procurement, the fast evolving legal ecosystem and how ALSPs are helping to reshape effective and efficient delivery…
- Episode 19: Beyond the Tech: The Human, Operational, and Governance Realities of Legal Transformation · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 19LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by one of the world renowned Legal Transformation experts Justin North to discuss the human, operational, and governance realities…
- Episode 18: BD Terminator - Rise of the Machines · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 18Episode eighteen is a first on the podcast, LOPSided host John O’Donoghue interviews his first non-human guest as we navigate a critical question: what happens when AI takes on…
- Episode 17: The GC as a LegalOps Innovator - Trust, Transparency & Transformation · 1 h 17 min · Season 1 Episode 17In episode seventeen, LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Dan Winterfeldt (Regional GC at Jefferies). On this episode, we explore the evolution of the GC role into…
- Episode 16: Pricing with Pride - Smarter Strategies, Stronger Values · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 16We explore the world of Legal Pricing, Chris talks about how Ashurst are not only pioneering smarter, more equitable pricing models, but also leading with authenticity and…
- Episode 15: The Talent Equation - Skills, Strategy and Self Identity · 35 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 15In episode fifteen, The LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Karen Rayment to discuss LegalOps talent, and pioneering smarter, more equitable recruitment within…
- Episode 14: Growing Key Clients - Why Law Firms need to stop pitching for everything. · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 14Kevin and John touch on growing key clients and the low-hanging fruit of BD, the role of Legal Operations on pitches and delivering work, and why Law Firms need to stop pitching…
- Episode 13: Legal Project Management - Winning hearts, minds, and mandates. · 57 h 42 min · Season 1 Episode 13Kevin and John cover how to set LPM functions up for success, how to win hearts and minds with internal stakeholders and external clients, creating FOMO between lawyers, staying…
- Episode 12: GenAI - Practical application in legal service delivery. · 35 h 49 min · Season 1 Episode 12LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Amanda Chaboryk (Head of Legal Data and Systems at PwC) to discuss how law firms are navigating the GenAi evolution, and…
- Episode 11: e-Disco Inferno - The role of e-discovery in digitally transforming law firms. · 38 h 57 min · Season 1 Episode 11LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Chantelle Jalland to discuss how law firms are using e-discovery systems, not just as a tool for litigation, but as a strategic…
- Episode 10: Recruiting, retaining, and developing the best LegalOps talent. · 42 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 10In episode ten, The LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Luc Baldwin (Leading expert in Legal Operations recruitment) to discuss how to recruit, retain, and develop…
- Episode 9: Law firm pricing - a 360 view · 52 h 30 min · Season 1 Episode 9In episode nine, LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Richard Burcher (Leading expert in law firm pricing) to discuss developing trends and challenges in the ever…
- Episode 8: Clients don't like that - The business of relationships. · 52 h 40 min · Season 1 Episode 8In episode eight, LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Alex Liddle (Director of sales at PwC) to discuss what not to do when engaging clients, and how to build deep…
- Episode 7 - How Legal Operations capabilities can enhance a law firms value proposition. · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 7In episode seven, LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Shakeel Sameja (Legal Operations Manager at UBS) to discuss how Law Firms are using the Legal Operations…
- Episode 6: Getting ahead of the game - Changing how law firms and clients consider commercial risk. · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 6In episode six, LOPSided Podcast host John O’Donoghue is joined by Steve Jones (Managing Director of M&A, Litigation and Tax at AJ Gallagher) to discuss how innovative insurance…







