Kristina Bakardjiev - Cozen O’Connor and Yannic Kilcher - DeepJudge
Lisa Mayo Haynes, Ian Lopez, Jason Rogers - Ballard Spahr
Andrew Brinkman - Fried Frank and Kevin Walker, Naomi Swalve - Centari
Presented by Oz Benamram, Ab Saraswat and Rebecca Pasternak
Matt Kelly - Debevoise, Alon Dolev - Maeven
Scott Reents and Andrew Weiner - Cravath, and Pablo Arredondo, Thomson Reuters and J.P. Mohler - formerly of Thomson Reuters
Megan Ma and Pierce Kelaita - Stanford Law School
Thor Alden and Yasmeen Bakht - Dechert
Andrea Alliston - Fasken and Christian Lang - Lega
Rich Robbins, Jonathan Talbot, Brian Blaho - Reed Smith and Mahshad Vakili Hall - Harvey
Radek Kraus -White & Case and Daniel Porus - Legatics
Bill Cocolis - Akin Gump and Lucie Allen - BARBRI
Emily Florio - DLA Piper and Philippa McIntosh - Vable
Ashley Elliott - FBT Gibbons
Elaine Bienvenu - Jones Walker and Floor Blindenbach - Organizing4Innovation
John Craske - CMS UK and David Wood - Simmons & Simmons
Given the fast pace of change in AI, we needed a framework to help us evaluate, improve trust and drive sustainable adoption of AI tools used in legal contexts. Enter the Litig AI Benchmark Initiative - a large, diverse community (more than 300 organisations), including law firms, legal tech suppliers, regulators, and universities - focused first on setting a common understanding and then developing an approach to transparency across the legal industry that will benefit everyone.
Check out the initiative and the practical and valuable tools we have developed, including an AI Transparency Charter, a template AI Product Transparency Statement and a Use Case Definition template at www.litig.org.
9:00 Virtual Networking Hour (for registered attendees only)
10:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks - Oz Benamram
10:10 From Hype to Habits: Operationalizing AI in Legal Practice
The Next Chapter: How AI is Reshaping the General Counsel-Law Firm Dynamic -
Moderated by Laura Safdie - Thomson Reuters, with Amy Monaghan - Ford Motor Company, Blake Rooney - Husch Blackwell, and Emily Colbert - Thomson Reuters
Showcases
11:25 Breakout Rooms (20 min, no broadcast)
11:45 Break (15 min)
12:00 From Workflows to Wisdom: How Collaboration Turns Data into Intelligence
2026 SKILLS Survey Report - Oz Benamram, Ab Saraswat, and Rebecca Pasternak
Showcases
12:55 Breakout Rooms (20 min, no broadcast)
1:15 Lunch Break (25 min)
1:40 Interactive Break - SKILLS Online, Job Posting (20 min)
2:00 From Insight to Impact: Building a Culture That Makes AI Stick
Agents Training the Next Generation of Lawyers | Simulated M&A - Megan Ma and Pierce Kelaita - Stanford Law School; Thor Alden and Yasmeen Bakht - Dechert
Showcases
2:55 Breakout Rooms (20 min, no broadcast)
3:15 Closing Remarks + Winner Announcement
3:20 Virtual Networking Hour (for registered attendees only)