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The Strategic Knowledge & Innovation Legal Leaders’ Summit/Showcase (SKILLS), formerly the Strategic Knowledge & Innovation Legal Leaders’ Summit (SKILLS), Legal Knowledge Management Summit (Legal KM Summit) and originally the Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting, organized by the NYC Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Group recently also known as SKILLS.law, aims to discuss current developments in Knowledge Management, innovation, and the business of law.
While the summit is a privately organized in-person meeting of large law firm knowledge management and innovation senior leaders, the showcase (since 2020) is a free, public, live-streamed event, available online, combining rapid-fire presentations with strategic discussions, to highlight the latest developments in the legal sector.
The summit has traditionally fallen within the Legaltech conference, part of the Legalweek New York, USA, at the beginning of the year. In 2006, 2010, 2012, and 2014 it was instead held in Toronto, Canada, in Fall. In 2008 it was held twice, in New York and Boston (The Boston event was branded as NY-Toronto Law Firm KM Summit)
To prepare for the summit, invitees are surveyed toward the end of each year to learn about their current Knowledge Management priorities and plans. (since ?)
Conference History:
SKILLS Showcase 2026, January 15, 2026, Virtual venue
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Conference program TBD
SKILLS Summit 2026, TBD
(Host: TBD)
Conference program TBD
SKILLS Showcase 2025, January 16, 2025, Virtual venue
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Presentations:
The SKILLS 2025 Survey
Machines vs. Humans: Evaluating Legal AI Efficacy
Humans & AI Showcases:
Empowering Lawyers: Hands-On AI Training
Drafting the Perfect Pitch: Search + Chat
Listen to your Users | Weil Gotshal’s AI Summary Service
Knowledge Management Showcases:
From Documents to Deal Intelligence: DLA Piper and Centari
How Gen AI Can Revolutionise the Processing and Exploitation of KM in Law Firms
GenAI Use Case: Salesforce GenAI Legal Research & Analysis Journey
AI Efficiency Showcases:
Is Your Legal Tech Truly the Best? Benchmarking for Smarter Solutions
Our “Open Kitchen” Innovation Pilot Tracker
Unlocking Legal Insights: Harnessing Data for Strategic Growth
Partnering Past the Prompt: How Collaboration and Trust Ignited Breakthrough Innovation
Panels:
The Human Aspects of Adopting AI in Law Firms
Breakout Room Discussion (not available on livestream)
SKILLS Summit 2025, March 26-27, 2025, New York, NY, USA
(Host: PwC; White & Case)
Presentations: (Mar 27, morning)
The Limits of Change in BigLaw and Implications for Senior Most Innovation Talent
KM, Innovation, and Technology Working Together
What’s Hot? – Selected Topics from the SKILLS Surveys
Gen AI and the Evolution of Legal Skills: Navigating the Digital Transformation
Knowledge Management (KM), Innovation, and Technology Working TogetherPre-/Post-conference Workshops:
Advanced Concepts and Uses of Generative AI in Legal Workshop (Mar 26, afternoon)
CreatorCon 2025 | Build Your Own AI App Workshop (Mar 27, afternoon)
Associated Events:
SKILLS @ International Legal Technology Association Conference (ILTACON)
– SKILLS Social, Aug 12
– Winner Presentation: DeepJudge: Help Shape the Future of Legal AI Workflows (SKILLS Workflow Competition), Aug 11
SKILLS Showcase 2024, January 18, 2024, Virtual venue
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Presentations:
Eliminating Interruptions and Streamlining the Employee Experience
Trial, Fail, Better: Improving Legal Tech Adoption in Law Firms
GenAI Showcases:
AI-powered Law Practice: From data to innovation
A law firm’s generative AI journey
Redefining Knowledge Search with Generative AI you can trust
Data-Driven Innovation Showcases:
Goodwin Catalyst- Our Data-Driven Approach to Client Service
Dynamic Dashboards: Putting your data to work
How to use KPIs and data analytics to tell your success story
Adoption, Automation & Innovation Showcases:
Robots vs. AI: The Future of Document Automation at Dechert
APIs plus AI = Next-Gen Dinger System
Unlocking Success: How Burges Salmon Revamped Their KMS
Harnessing AI for Enhanced Experience Data Collection
Panels:
GenAI – One Year In The Trenches
Breakout Room Discussions (not available on livestream)
SKILLS Summit 2024, February 1, 2025, New York, NY, USA
(Host: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
Presentations:
Responding to the emergence of LLMs
Why didn’t the Machine Learning AI era (2016-2022) change the world?
CoPilot for Legal
What’s Hot? – Selected Topics from the SKILLS SurveyPanels:
The Client Perspective on Knowledge Management and InnovationPost-conference Workshops: (Feb 1, afternoon)
How Human Connection Transforms Legal Innovation
A quick pre-read for the workshop “Agile Conversations” (Optional)
SKILLS Showcase 2023, March 9, 2023, Virtual venue
(Host: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
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By Invitation Only: (SKILLS Summit?)
Networking Hour
Closing Remarks, Awards Ceremony & Reception
Open to public:
Keynotes:
Market Gaps – Missing Features & Solutions
Presentations:
The Dark Arts of Change Management | Lessons Learned from BCLP
A New Paradigm in Strategic Planning | Practice Strategy as Firm Strategy
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations:
State of the Market | Innovation Benchmarking
Zero to Sixty | Starting a Law Firm Data Team
Modern Data Architecture | Surfacing Data for Operations and Analytics
Turning Data into Insights | Solving Goodwin’s Growing Data Needs
Improve Your Performance | Give Your AI Tools a Makeover
Custom KM Platforms | Inside McKinsey’s “Legal Playbook”
Training for Different Preferences | DLA Piper Customizes User Experience
Matter Metrics and GO! Team Data Literacy
AI in Practice Management | Machine Learning at Ballard Spahr
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast | Lessons Learned at CMS
Getting to Grips | Data Integrations and APIs
Amplifying Your Brand | The Key to Adoption and Promotion
Breakout Room Small Group Discussion (20 min after Shark-TED-Talk-Tank sessions)
SKILLS Showcase 2022, January 13, 2022, Virtual venue
(Host: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
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Keynotes:
Practicing Law In Exponential Times
Presentations:
Partner Perspectives on Legal Innovation
Data Enabled Legal Practice – Spotlight on ESG
Legal Tech Hype Cycle Highlights
The Evolution of Data and AI in Legal
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Digital Transformation
DealSite – A Hub for Corporate Lawyers
People, Process & Technology
Accelerating Digital Legal Services
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Rethink your KM & Innovation Model
Models for Avoiding Firm Constraints
LIFT – a case study for successful ground up innovation
The Real Skills of Innovation
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Data-Driven Innovation
Matter Profiling to Leverage Firm Intelligence
First, always, the use case
New Intranet; New Features
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: No Innovation without Adoption
Concierge Services for Tech Adoption
Good Work Goes Virtual
Automation for Everything Else
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: NLP in Action and Productizing Tech
NLP for Timecard Analysis
Advances in NLP
Value-Add: Selling Solutions to Clients
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Extras (not live/on agenda)
The Automation Academy
Cookie Monster: Privacy Compliance Bot
SALI: Gets Traction with Standards
The Benefits of Legal Design
Breakout Room Small Group Discussion (20 min after Shark-TED-Talk-Tank sessions)
SKILLS Summit 2022, January 12 & 14, 2022, Virtual venue
Conference program n.a.
SKILLS Showcase 2021, January 22, 2021, Virtual venue
(Host: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
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Keynotes:
Innovation in a Global Professional Services Firm
Presentations:
State of the LegalTech Industry 2020
HBR’s 2020 Law Firm Library Survey
The Lawyers’ Knowledge Gap
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Part 1
Hacking to Innovation Success
Empowering Firms with Applied AI
Bringing Visualization to Legal Teams
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Part 2
360 Views without 360×360 Fields
Experience Management Done Right
Cracking the Dirty Data Problem
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Part 3
To Be or Not To Be (An Early Adopter)…
Automating Audit Response Letters
Starting with document automation
Shark TED Talk Tank Presentations: Part 4
Data is a Game Changer
When David worked with Goliath
Combination Collaboration: The Summer Social
Shark TED Talk Tank Presentations: Part 5
Transaction management
Cheap, Easy, Sexy 50-State Surveys
Integrating Tools and Data to Improve Knowledge Management
SKILLS Summit 2021, January 21, 2021, Virtual venue
Conference program n.a.
SKILLS 2020, February 6, 2020, New York, NY, USA / Virtual venue
(Host: White & Case)
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Presentations: (closed door morning session)
HBR Market Overview
The Structure of Innovation
Big 4: Friend or Foe?
Failure Party
What’s Hot
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Part 1
Legal Innovation Success Story
LegalTech Tools & Knowledge Collection
Let’s Make a Deal! Database
Matter Explorer
Innovation Leaders Forum
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Part 2
Illuminate: A Next Generation Enterprise Search Platform
Innovating with the Client
Building an Alert Center
Management Systems as Knowledge Distribution Platforms
Research Automation: Let Robots do the Boring Stuff
Shark-TED-Talk-Tank Presentations: Part 3
Ask Finch AI Chatbot
RPA/Bots Case Study
Making Sense of LegalTech Investments
Combining Internal & External Data Sources
The Time is Now for Actionable Data
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2019, January ?, 2019, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large US, UK, and Canadian law firms also known as “Knowledge Management (KM) Summit”
Meeting program n.a.
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2018, February ?, 2018, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large US, UK, Canadian, and Australian law firms also known as “Knowledge Management (KM) Summit”
Meeting program n.a.
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2017, February 2, 2017, New York, NY, USA
(Host: White & Case)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large US, UK, Canadian, and Australian law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Panel Discussions:
Changing Legal Ecosystems
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2016, February ?, 2016, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2015, January ?, 2015, New York, NY, USA
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2014, October ?, 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Host: Blake, Cassels & Graydon)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms also known as “Annual Toronto-New York Legal Knowledge Management Summit”
Meeting program n.a.
Sessions:
Knowledge Management (KM) and law firm culture: A look at trust and collaboration
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2013, February 1, 2013, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Sessions:
Meeting Our Internal Clients’ Needs (conversation)
Manage Providers for Success and Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy (panel)
Practice Management: KM to Improve Processes and Gain Efficiencies
New model intranets / portals with a focus on user interface (UI) and user experience (UX)
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2012, February ?, 2012, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Host: Goodmans)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms also known as “Toronto/New York Knowledge Management Summit”
Meeting program n.a.
Sessions:
The Rational Law Firm
KM BarCamp
What’s Hot, What’s Tough
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2011, February ?, 2011, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms also known as “Large Firm Knowledge Management Conference”
Meeting program n.a.
Sessions:
The Rational Law Firm
KM BarCamp
What’s Hot, What’s Tough
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2010, October ?, 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Sessions:
Cost Management Strategies: Outsourcing
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2009, February ?, 2009, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Sessions:
Is There a Knowledge Management (KM) Role for Administrative Staff?
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2008, October 3, 2008, Boston, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms also known as “NY-Toronto Law Firm KM Summit”
Meeting program n.a.
Sessions:
Personal Knowledge Management
Making Knowledge Management Relevant in Client Development (panel discussion)
Does Enterprise 2.0 = Knowledge Management 2.0?
Blogging as Knowledge Management (panel)
Wikis in Knowledge Management at Law Firms
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2008, February ?, 2008, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Panel Discussions:
The Future of Legal Secretaries
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2007, February ?, 2007, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.
Panel Discussions:
Knowledge Management Best Practices
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2006, September 15, 2006, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large New York and Toronto law firms also known as “Toronto – New York Knowledge Management Roundtable” or “NY-Toronto Legal Knowledge Management Forum”
Meeting program n.a.
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2005, September 23, 2005, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms also known as “Legal Knowledge Management Summit”
Meeting program n.a.
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2004, November ?, 2004, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large … law firms
Meeting program n.a.; Venue TBC
Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting 2003, September 19, 2003, New York, NY, USA
(Host: n.a.)
Closed door meeting attended by senior knowledge management professionals from large New York City, Toronto, and California law firms
Meeting program n.a.