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Legal Soundings

A conversation series from Harbor exploring how innovation, technology, and leadership are reshaping the legal industry.

Each episode features a rotating Harbor host, an internal subject-matter expert, and an external guest who brings a frontline perspective on emerging challenges and opportunities. Together, they break down real-world trends, from AI, to change management and the future of work, in a clear, accessible, and actionable way.

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Legal Soundings: Working with Dinosaurs — Why AI Adoption in Law is a Perception Problem, Not a Technology Problem

If the technology is here, why is adoption still so hard?

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Legal Soundings: The First 90 Days vs The First 5 Years — Leading Innovation in Law Firms

Innovation in law firms isn’t a “tools” problem, it’s an execution problem. Two innovation leaders share what actually creates momentum in the first 90 days, and what you need in place to make innovation stick for five years.

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Legal Soundings: From AI Hype to Enterprise Reality — Where Legal Innovation Is Actually Heading

Is the legal industry done talking about AI, and finally doing something with it?

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Legal Soundings: How Information Professionals Are Shaping AI Strategy in Law Firms

Jackson Walker CIO Greg Lambert explores the future of knowledge work and the strategic role law firm librarians and information leaders play in driving innovation across their firms.

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Legal Soundings: Top 5 Data Trends for Law Firms in 2026

As law firms head into 2026, data has become one of the most powerful—and misunderstood—drivers of growth, differentiation, and client trust. In this episode of Legal Soundings, host Bobbi Basile is joined by Zena Applebaum and Rachel Shields Williams, Director of Client Intelligence at Sidley Austin LLP for a deep, practical conversation on the top five data trends shaping law firms in 2026.

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Legal Soundings: Talent & Innovation in the Age of AI

In the first episode of Legal Soundings, a new podcast from Harbor, Harbor’s Chris Ryan sits down with Matt Peters, National Leader of Transformation at McCarthy Tétrault, and Lauren Chung, Practice Lead of Strategy & Transformation at Harbor. They discuss the shifting landscape of the legal profession, exploring how AI is not just changing the tools lawyers use, but reimagining the very foundations of talent development and client value.

Contributors

Brooke Daniels

Senior Vice President and Market Lead, Office of the CIO

Allan Lamkin

Chief Technology Officer

Zena Applebaum

Senior Vice President, Market Development

Colleen Cable

Director

Bobbi Basile

Senior Advisor, Community + Insights Lead

Lauren Chung

Practice Group Lead, Strategy + Transformation

Chris Ryan

Market Lead, Law Firms