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Here, Lander & Rogers' chief executive partner, Daniel Proietto, reflects on the national firm's journey over 80 years, finding new ways to stay true to stated values and culture, and the place for national independent firms in the legal services marketplace.

Host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Proietto to discuss the firm's history since inception, why it's important for him to honour the firm's heritage, navigating big shifts in business strategy, supporting the growth trajectory of the next generation in a shifting landscape, bringing in more work for the firm in the age of AI, aspirations in years to come, and how he's viewing his own role as chief executive partner moving forward.

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In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with LawY, we push back on the idea that artificial intelligence needs to be perfect in order to be useful.

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with LawY global chief executive Shelley Burger about who LawY is and what it does, why lawyers compare AI to the work that junior lawyers used to do, how AI's written eloquence gives rise to certain perceptions, the dangers that arise from expecting perfection, better managing expectations, inherent opportunities to discuss the right ways to approach tech use, viewing AI's outputs as a first draft, other headline AI myths to be dispelled, how lawyers can recalibrate their thinking about what outputs they'll get, and how LawY can assist.
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From implementing bespoke, customised AI tools to offering market-leading remuneration packages, BlackBay Lawyers and its managing partner have created a recipe for success.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with BlackBay Lawyers managing partner Victoria-Jane Otavski about winning the Boutique Firm of the Year category at the recent Australian Law Awards, the firm's rapid growth in recent years, market challenges being faced by boutiques and how her firm is navigating them, the need for customised AI tools, providing greater incentives for staff, a greater focus on professional development, prioritising staff needs, lessons from BlackBay's success, and what excites her about the future of boutique practices Down Under.


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In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with iManage, we discuss ways to continually master knowledge management and how teams can leverage internal knowledge assets to prepare for the next generation of legal services amid the AI and digital transformation revolutions.

Host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back legal industry expert in APAC Madeleine Porter and global product director for knowledge and AI Alex Smith to discuss collections and vaults as "curation bubbles", MCP, governance, and defensibility in the agentic era, workflows and skills as first-class knowledge assets, where the control plane sits in the "open versus closed" debate, and rot and disposition as a knowledge strategy.
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Daniel Rod sees his role as having three core elements: legal specialist, software developer, and trusted adviser. Combining those elements ensures that tech use goes beyond mere capability – it guarantees that human outcomes are at the forefront.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Daniel Rod, a special counsel at Chamberlains and finalist for the Innovator of the Year category at the 2026 Australian Law Awards, to discuss thinking like both a lawyer and a developer, improving workflows in practice, successful case studies from his experience, his practical framework for practitioners, making client service more personal through tech use and being more empathetic, and creating more fulfilling experiences both for one's self and one's clients.