BALRA April Meeting

April Meeting

4/23 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

We look forward to seeing you at this month’s meeting. A big thank you to Whittley Pike and Hanson Bridgett for hosting us. Don’t forget to join us at our members social following the meeting!

Meeting Agenda:

4:00 pm – Welcome and guest speaker introduction

4:05 pm – GenAI: What does all of this mean for our business and people?: Presented by Zach Warren, Technology & Innovation Insights Lead, Thomson Reuters Institute

5:00 pm – Walk to One Market Restaurant (Members Social)

 The meeting will include a guest speaker to talk about GenAI! Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) use is on the rise across the business world, including in the legal industry. Now, it’s on law firms and others alike to ask the next question: What does all of this mean for our business and people? Join Zach Warren, Technology & Innovation Insights Lead at the Thomson Reuters Institute, to learn what recent studies have revealed about where GenAI is and isn’t making in-roads in legal, how it will affect legal industry bottom lines and hiring practices, and what skills will be necessary in the legal industry of the future.

In-person Attendance:

If you plan to attend in-person, please remember to complete this form no later than Monday, April 21 to be added to the security list.

 Hanson Bridgett

425 Market Street, 26^th Floor, San Francisco

Join via Zoom:

April BALRA Zoom Link
Meeting ID 966 873 6725

Passcode 176736

About the presenter: 

Zach Warren leads technology and innovation content and research for the Thomson Reuters Institute. Zach has been writing and speaking on tech and innovation for more than a decade, charting the future of professional services industries such as legal, tax, and corporate risk & fraud, through writing, podcasts, speaking engagements, and more. With the Institute, Zach has helmed multiple research projects on technology in professional services, including a series of Generative AI reports for the legal and tax industries, the Digital Strategy Report for law firms, and others. Before TRI, Zach was the editor-in-chief of ALM’s Legaltech News and regularly featured on Law.com and The American Lawyer.