Nexus Monthly Newsletter - May 2023

Top 4 Objections to Migrating from Legacy Legal Tech

Even with more in-house legal departments investing in legal software, many corporate teams are still stuck using outdated, clunky legacy systems.

Legal Innovators California: Dorothy Cullen, Salesforce

This week’s Legal Innovators California Profile is with Dorothy Cullen, Senior Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs Operations at Salesforce.

Innovation of Note

The Legal Landscape of AI: The Role of A Software Licensing Attorney

Working with a software licensing attorney can help developers navigate the intellectual property and other legal issues when using artificial intelligence to build software. Every day, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a more significant role in our day-to-day work. Some very prominent examples of this include ChatGPT (Musk/ Microsoft), Bard (Google), and Midjourney.

Tonkean Says Its New LegalWorks ‘Safely’ Brings Generative AI and No-Code Automation to Inhouse Matter Management

Tonkean, a Palo Alto-based company that describes itself as the first-of-its-kind process experience platform, has launched a matter lifecycle management product for corporate legal teams, LegalWorks, that it says enables them to harness the potential of AI-powered process automation technology safely — in a way that will not only increase process adoption, improve performance, and create business value, but that will also lower risk and better ensure compliance.

Innovative Events

Fireside Chat with Past, Present, and Future ABA Presidents

Discussing How the Legal Profession and the ABA Can Be Effective Allies for Diversity Online, May 18 at 11:00am CT - The ABA Presidents will discuss their perspectives and experiences and make constructive suggestions about how to encourage and support diversity as an effective ally in the workplace and as a member of the ABA. The session will also address how the ABA as an institution can be an effective ally and further equality, justice, and opportunity.

Center for Innovation Committee Members

Don Bivens, Chair
Phoenix, AZ

Hon. Ann A. Scott Timmer, Vice-Chair
Phoenix, AZ

Patrick A. Palace, Vice-Chair
University Place, WA

Peter V. Baugher
Chicago, IL

Kimberly Yvette Bennett
Atlanta, GA

April Gordon Dawson
Durham, NC

Zachariah J. DeMeola
Denver, CO

Sarah Glassmeyer
Valparaiso, IN

Deirdre Golden, MD
Detroit, MI

Leslie Ann Hayashi
Honolulu, HI

Jeffrey Masaaki Kelly
Raleigh, NC

Kimberly Majure
Washington, DC

Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack
Lansing, MI

Irene Mo
Seattle, WA

Joseph Raczynski
Washington, DC

Thomas Christopher Rombach
New Baltimore, MI

Stephen A. Saltzburg
Washington, DC

Quinten Steenhuis
Boston, MA

Janet K. Welch
Lansing, MI

Stephen P. Younger
New York, NY

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