Strategic Knowledge & Innovation Legal Leaders’ Summit (SKILLS)*
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The Strategic Knowledge & Innovation Legal Leaders’ Summit (SKILLS), formerly the Legal Knowledge Management Summit (Legal KM Summit), organized by the NYC Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Group, is a closed door international meeting of large law firm knowledge management and innovation leaders with a public part – the SKILLS Showcase.
The aim of SKILLS is to discuss current developments in Knowledge Management, innovation, and the business of law. The SKILLS Showcase is a mixture of rapid-fire presentations and strategic discussions that highlight the latest developments in the legal sector.
Until 2020, SKILLS has traditionally fallen within the Legaltech conference, part of the Legalweek New York at the beginning of each year. To prepare for the summit, invitees are surveyed toward the end of each year to learn about their current priorities and plans. (since ?)
Conference History:
SKILLS 2025, January 16, 2025, Virtual venue
- Conference program TBD
SKILLS 2024, January 18, 2024, Virtual venue
- 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 2023, March 9, 2023, Virtual venue
- By Invitation Only:
Networking Hour
Closing Remarks, Awards Ceremony & Reception
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 2022, January 12-14, 2022, Virtual venue
- Closed SKILLS sessions (Jan 12/14)
SKILLS Showcase (Jan 13)
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 2021, January 21-22, 2021, Virtual venue
- Closed door discussion (Jan 21)
SKILLS Showcase (Jan 22)
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 2020, February 6, 2020, White & Case, New York, NY, USA / Virtual venue
- 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
2019 Legal KM Summit
- Closed door meeting
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NYC-Toronto-California Large Law Firm Knowledge Management Meeting, September 19, 2003, New York, NY, USA
- Closed door meeting