Maximizing Microsoft Copilot in Your Legal Practice
Copilot is a powerful tool for lawyers, but are you making the most of it within your Microsoft apps? Tom Mighell is flying solo at ABA TECHSHOW 2025 and welcomes Microsoft’s own Ben Schorr to the podcast. Ben shares expert insights into how lawyers can implement Copilot’s AI-assistance to work smarter, not harder. From drafting documents to analyzing spreadsheets to streamlining communication, Copilot can handle the tedious tasks so you can focus on what really matters. Ben shares numerous use-cases and capabilities for attorneys and later gives a sneak peek at Copilot’s coming enhancements.
As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation you can use the second the podcast ends.
Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for answers to your most burning tech questions.
Ben Schorr is Senior Content Program Manager at Microsoft.
Show Notes:
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot Prompt Gallery
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The Right Way to Choose Your AI Tools
Not a week goes by without another new AI tool hitting the market, and this flood of product choices can be incredibly overwhelming for any consumer, lawyers included. So, how do attorneys figure out what they need and which tools are trustworthy? Dennis and Tom talk through the many categories of AI tools and explain how learning to use major LLM tools is essential in understanding AI’s uses and capabilities. They discuss ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot to give legal professionals a sense of how to engage effectively with AI tools and then offer their take on how to narrow down the multitude of AI choices for your law firm.
Later, can Tom guess Dennis’s favorite and most-used AI tool of late? Tom recruits ChatGPT to help him guess!
As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation that you can use the second the podcast ends.
Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for the answers to your most burning tech questions.
Links Mentioned:
LTH GenAI Legal Tech Map: February 2025 | Legaltech Hub
ChatGPT by OpenAI
Claude by Anthropic
Gemini by Google
Copilot by Microsoft
NotebookLM
Outlook Calendar in Microsoft Teams
Personal Strategy Compass - by Dennis Kennedy
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Fresh Voices on Legal Tech with Amy Brookbanks and Michael Kennedy of Addleshaw Goddard
Legal teams work best when their operations run smoothly and efficiently, and developing innovations must be kept in mind as teams hone their legal operations strategies. Dennis and Tom talk with legal tech experts Amy Brookbanks and Michael Kennedy about their work helping lawyers and in-house legal teams work through problems with effective technology solutions. They discuss strategies for defining necessities in workflows to help lawyers understand how to implement technology to optimize their practices. They also discuss their career paths in the legal field and discuss current happenings in tech, AI, collaboration, and much more.
As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation that you can use the second the podcast ends.
Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for the answers to your most burning tech questions.
Amy Brookbanks is Legal Operations Consultant at Addleshaw Goddard.
Michael Kennedy is head of R&D (Innovation & Legal Technology) at Addleshaw Goddard.
Show Notes:
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Tech Talks | Addleshaw Goddard LLP
LinkedIn - Amy Brookbanks
LinkedIn - Michael Kennedy
Innovation Graduate Scheme 2025
Braintoss
Retrospectives with OneNote
Tom and Dennis on Video!
Copilot
Legal AI Live on LinkedIn the second Friday of every month
TextExpander
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Fresh Voices on Legal Tech with Jason Tashea, Georgetown's Judicial Innovation Fellowship Founding Director
Courts matter, and the rule of law is essential to the success of our judicial system. However, collectively, we often do not fully understand the impact of courts on the wellbeing of society. In a wide-ranging discussion, Dennis and Tom talk with Jason Tashea about his perspectives on legal technology and its current impacts in the legal field, particularly in courts and information systems.They discuss potential technology and AI deployments in efforts for access to justice, and Jason points out the practical limitations all legal professionals should be aware of as they engage with AI in legal work.
Jason Tashea is a writer and entrepreneur exploring the intersection of justice and society. A lawyer by training, he is the founding director and a co-founder of the Judicial Innovation Fellowship program at Georgetown Law.
Show Notes:
The Judicial Innovation Fellowship Program | Institute for Technology Law & Policy
jasontashea.com
Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Masterpiece | Official Site | PBS
gaithappens.com
Legal AI Live - 2nd Friday Afternoons on LinkedIn
DennisKennedy.Blog
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Fresh Voices on Legal Tech with Peter Duffy, TITANS Founder and CEO
Sooner than later, those without competent AI use will be viewed as backwards or even bizarre, so lawyers must strive to work with AI now to keep up with its developments. With loads of AI expertise to draw from, Peter Duffy joins Dennis and Tom to share his thoughts on the overall landscape of legal technology and lawyer engagement with AI. They talk over his career path, forecast future trends, and discuss the massive benefit of integrating technology solutions in your legal practice.
As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation that you can use the second the podcast ends.
Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for the answers to your most burning tech questions.
Peter Duffy is the Founder and CEO of TITANS, a LegalTech and AI consultancy for leading law firms and legal departments.
Show Notes:
Peter’s newsletter: legaltechtrends.com
Snipd - an AI powered podcast player
Readwise
reMarkable Paper Pro
Ten Types of Innovation - using AI to apply methodology
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Hear how technology can help attorneys, legally speaking, with two of the top legal technology experts. Authors and lawyers, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell host this Legal Talk Network show.
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