Monica Bay

Monica Bay

Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. She also writes for Thomson Reuters, ALM (Legaltech News), and others. Bay was editor-in-chief of Law Technology News for 17 years in New York, and senior editor at San Francisco-based The Recorder for 13 years. A member of the California bar, she is based in Connecticut and can often be found at Yankee Stadium.

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Recent Episodes
July 9, 2019

Access for All: How Justis Connection Brings Lawyers and Clients Together

Kisha Brown describes how her platform, Justis Connection, connects attorneys of color to their communities.

April 29, 2019

How AI Streamlines Daily Operations for Lawyers

Ryan Steadman and Alex Babin of Zero talk about how lawyers can streamline daily operations with AI.

January 18, 2019

What’s Going On At LegalWeek New York 2019?

Zach Warren talks about what Legaltech News will be focusing on at the show, what’s different about this years Legaltech and if LegalWeek has improved in the last couple years.

December 21, 2018

Achieving Success at Law Firms through Technology

TJ Johnson talks about what technology projects law firms are implementing today and whether or not law firms are generally successful with new technology.

November 21, 2018

Inside the Growing Platform of Hiring Lawyers Online

Raad Ahmed discusses the growing platform of hiring attorneys online, assisting small business owners with attorney hiring, and take a look at LawTrades as a marketplace, a platform, and a network.

September 24, 2018

Harnessing Innovation for the Legal Industry

Dan Linna talks about how lawyers should think about technology and innovation.

August 24, 2018

Managing Your Legal Marketing

Christy Burke talks about she started her own legal technology marketing company.

July 26, 2018

Using Technology to Balance your Workload

Jeffrey Brandt explains how he manages to write a daily newsletter while working full-time with a firm and the automation that allows him to be efficient.

June 29, 2018

Technology that Drives the Legal Industry

Lucy Endel Bassli talks about her company, InnoLegal Services, and how she and her company can impact the legal industry.

May 18, 2018

The Life of a Startup Part 2: Prepping for Acquisition

Haley Altman talks about what it takes to grow a legal tech company and position it for acquisition in today’s market.

May 7, 2018

Client-First Technology for Client-First Firms

Larry Bridgesmith discusses how law is changing to a client-first business model and talks about the technology that will enable lawyers to run their firms better, faster, and cheaper.

April 6, 2018

The Life of a Startup: From Idea to Sale

Alma Asay discusses how she started and sold her legal technology startup and the experience she faced when working with lawyers as clients.

March 14, 2018

Encouraging Collaboration at the ALT Conference

Richard Hellars talks about the goals of the conference and how ALT worked to achieve these goals through various speakers, workshops, and social events.

January 22, 2018

What’s Happening at Legalweek 2018

Zach Warren talks about the details of Legalweek 2018 and how newbies can attend the conference without getting overwhelmed.

December 15, 2017

Law Firm Intellectual Property

Nicole Shanahan talks about why intellectual property is important to a law firm and how her company is working to reduce the cost of producing assets.

November 17, 2017

How Legal.io Aims to Close the Access to Justice Gap

Tony Lai, CEO of Legal.io, talks about the company and how it’s working to close the access to justice gap.

October 12, 2017

Revolutionizing the Procurement of Legal Services

Silvia Hodges Silverstein discusses legal services procurement, including what it is and how it changes the way legal services are bought and sold.

August 31, 2017

A Sneak Peek at the Clio Cloud Conference

In this legal technology podcast, Joshua Lenon, lawyer-in-residence for Clio, talks about the upcoming Clio Cloud Conference.

July 20, 2017

Brian Cuban on Overcoming Addiction and Stress

Brian Cuban opens up about his own experience as an addict and how he now works to help those with similar struggles.

June 16, 2017

Technology and Innovation in Legal Education

Chris Bentley talks about the legal innovation program at Ryerson University and the importance of weaving technology courses into legal education.

May 30, 2017

Startup Bootcamp for Lawyers

Jay Mandal discusses how his startup bootcamp for lawyers helps students learn cross-disciplinary skills that can make their legal businesses thrive.

April 21, 2017

5 Ways to Adopt Technology and Improve Access to Justice

Ten barriers that block the adoption of technology, five strategies to this issue, and how the adoption of technology will help get legal aid to those that need it.

March 21, 2017

ImmigrationJustice.us: How Lawyers can Respond to Trump’s Immigration Laws

This podcast focuses on ImmigrationJustice.us, a website built to organize legal professionals who are seeking ways to help immigrants.

February 28, 2017

The American Immigrant Representation Project with the Honorable Shira Scheindlin

Monica Bay talks to former United States District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin about the American Immigrant Representation Project (AIRP).

January 25, 2017

Legalweek 2017: Expanding the Conference Beyond Tech

Guests discuss Legalweek 2017 a conference originally focused on technology but has broadened its scope to include the whole legal industry.

December 8, 2016

The Influences and Advantages of Legal Tech

LegalMosaic CEO Mark Cohen talks about how tech is transforming the delivery of legal services and what's on the horizon for 2017.

November 4, 2016

Fails and Sales: Lessons in Legal Entrepreneur from Gary Sangha

Monica Bay and Adam Camras talk with lecturer/entrepreneur Gary Sangha on his keynote speech at the Above the Law Academy for Private Practice conference.

November 4, 2016

#LoveYourLawyerDay (Part 2)

This Love Your Lawyer Day we interview its founder Nader Anise from the American Lawyers Public Image Association.

November 2, 2016

ATL APP 2016: The Three Minute Pitch

Alma Asay, Nehal Madhani, and Ned Gannon on the Alt Legal Innovation Awards and advice for entrepreneurs looking to refine their product marketing process.

October 6, 2016

The Growth of Legal Tech Entrepreneurship

The upcoming Above the Law Academy for Private Practice Conference, legal tech entrepreneurship, and how law firms can leverage new tech better.

October 5, 2016

Closing the Gap Between Law School and the Legal Industry

Professor Daniel Martin Katz talks about the legal industry’s need for law school curriculums to better reflect the demands of the legal marketplace.

September 20, 2016

Bringing Innovation to the Practice of Law

Assistant GC Fred Headon on the benefits that adopting successful procedures from other industries could bring to the practice of law.

August 5, 2016

How Law Firms and Lawyers Can Improve Their Productivity

Monica Bay speaks with reporter and author Charles Duhigg about his new book, “Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.”

July 8, 2016

LegalX: Innovators from MaRS

Aron Solomon and Jason Moyse, the co-founders of recent MaRS startup LegalX. talk about convergence innovation in the legal field.

June 7, 2016

10 Ways to Accelerate the Adoption of Legal Tech

CodeX FutureLaw keynote speaker Jim J. Sandman discusses the 10 reasons the law has been slow to adopt technology and the “levers of power” that might be engaged to accelerate that rate.

May 2, 2016

Upcoming 2016 CodeX FutureLaw Conference

Dr. Roland Vogl stops by to discuss his work history in legal tech, the Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX), and the upcoming CodeX FutureLaw Conference.

March 24, 2016

Working Abroad: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Global Travel

Many large companies have global business interests that require employees to travel to multiple countries within the same year. However, several of these same companies find it difficult to navigate the shifting...

February 1, 2016

Data Analytics: The Art of The Win

“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” – Sun Tzu In the time leading up to litigation, many attorneys grapple with the pros and cons of...

February 1, 2016

Law Technology Now Returns

Law Technology Now returns as Monica Bay and Bob Ambrogi bring the show back to the air in an exciting new format. By alternating hosting duties back and forth, the show is...

May 19, 2015

ABA National Summit: ‘Challenges to Innovation’

In this series of Legal Talk Network interviews, producer Laurence Colletti and CodeX Fellow Monica Bay interview Professor of Law Gillian Hadfield from University of Southern California, Professor Marshall Van Alstyne from...

May 14, 2015

ABA National Summit: A Legal Mentor with Judge Charles Harrington and Mark Britton

Former Legal Talk Network host and Fellow at CodeX Monica Bay interviews Judge Charles Harrington and Avvo CEO Mark Britton at the 2015 ABA National Summit on Innovation in Legal Services. As...

May 14, 2015

ABA National Summit: Online Dispute Resolution with Richard Susskind

CodeX Fellow Monica Bay interviews keynote speaker Richard Susskind at the 2015 ABA National Summit on Innovation in Legal Services. Susskind discusses using technology for dispute resolution and containment. For example, he describes...