As tech companies shift from rapid growth to operational discipline, legal departments are under pressure to do more with less. Amid layoffs, budget constraints, and increased scrutiny from boards and investors, in-house legal teams must rethink how they scale, prioritize risk, and maintain strategic influence. Join us for a practical discussion on how legal leaders are evolving their functions to meet today’s economic realities while laying the groundwork for long-term governance and resilience.
Through interactive discussions, we will:
- Explore frameworks for building lean, scalable legal operations that align with current budget realities.
- Discuss how legal teams can manage risk, support business continuity, and maintain influence during times of economic contraction.
- Examine governance priorities and how in-house leaders are navigating shifting expectations from executive leadership and the board.
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Webiner
AI is no longer experimental for legal teams; it is quietly reshaping how high‑performing departments deliver advice, manage risk, and prove value to the business. This session is a candid, practitioner‑level look inside the legal teams at Google, Reddit, and Zapier, focused on what they are actually doing with AI today.
Each speaker will run a structured show‑and‑tell of their AI workflows: how they scoped the use case, what the stack looks like (models, agents, automations), how they stress‑tested it, and what success looked like. You will see both the upside and the constraints.
Why attend
If you are a legal leader who has seen enough surface‑level panels, this session is built for you.
Expect to:
See concrete examples of AI in production, including
▪ How an in house team built and governs an internal legal chatbot or agent.
Hear how these teams
▪ Decide which matters must stay bespoke and which can safely be standardized.
▪ Design “lawyer‑in‑the‑loop” review models that withstand scrutiny.
We’ll close with an unscripted Q&A where nothing is off the table: failures, reversals, vendor regrets, internal pushback, and what these leaders are betting against - as well as on - over the next 12 months.
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Host
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Tommie Tavares-Ferreira
Chief Strategy Officer
Speakers
Sean D'Souza
Chief of Staff & Director,
Legal Operations
Suk Kim
General Counsel
Kyle Summerville
Legal Counsel
Kristen Thorn
