Women in Law: The Challenges & Opportunities of Working In House

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Women in Law: The Challenges & Opportunities of Working In House

June 2, 2021

Event Details

152 years after Arabella Mansfield became the first female US lawyer, Lawtrades is delighted to present "Women in Law: challenges & opportunities of working in-house", a panel event where renowned General Counsels come together to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing women who work in-house.

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Join Liz Benegas (GC, Totango), Brinda Dutta (AGC, 500 Startups), Meredith Smith (GC, Stash), and Kathy Zhu (Head of Legal, Doordash) for a deep dive into the highs and lows of working as a female GC.

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.

You'll learn:
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• How top legal teams are using AI to streamline legal work
• A live “show and tell” of real AI workflows in legal
• Actionable strategies to scale AI adoption in your legal department