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A Practitioner Conversation + Happy Hour

What Is an
AI-Native Legal Team?

A casual, conversational evening with the people actually doing the work. Come to talk, question, and compare notes over drinks.

Thursday, July 17 · 6:00–8:00 PM
Cooley LLP · 55 Hudson Yards, New York
Co-hosted by
Legal Tech Frontier × Cooley × AABANY
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A Word of Welcome
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Hardy Zhou
Our Co-Host

Hardy Zhou

AABANY Co-Chair, Asia Practice Committee
Cooley Tax Attorney

Over a decade in tax practice, with prior roles at Ropes & Gray and Baker McKenzie across New York, Shanghai & Hong Kong.

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Who We Are
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The Community
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First on the East Coast
Helen Fan
Helen Fan
Founder, Legal Tech Frontier
California Attorney
helenlab.com
  • Chief AI Officer at MagStone Law, a Silicon Valley boutique firm, and Founder of Helen's Legal AI Lab
  • Legal AI builder & writer — ran a 100-day experiment building an AI-native law firm in public, creator of the Legal AI Value Stack
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Why This Evening
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Today's topic

What is an
AI-native legal team?

Why "AI-native"?
It's one of the hottest words of the year. We already have AI-native law firms that are radically new in tech and in model. So the real question: can we have an AI-native legal team too?
Why "legal team"?
I used to assume Legal departments were one of the most tech-forward fields. Running and attending events across this space, I found the reality is very different from what I expected.
Helen Fan — What is an AI-native law firm? @Stanford
What is an AI-native law firm? @Stanford
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Who's in the Room
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Who's in the room tonight

60+ sign-ups in a week. We kept it small — about 30 of you made it in.

~14
In-House Counsel
6 at GC / CLO level
Amazon · American Express · BitGo · Equinor · Foundation Medicine, and more
~10
Law Firm Professionals
4 lead AI / KM at their firm
Kirkland & Ellis · Paul Weiss · WilmerHale · White & Case, and more
Rest
Legal Tech & Builders
Engineers · Founders
Legal engineers, founders and technologists building in this space — including Norm AI & Legora
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How Tonight Works
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The flow of the night

Three short talks, then the floor is yours — and we close over drinks.

The talks · ~10 min each
1
Stacy LettieHead of Legal Ops, Organon
2
Marc MandelSVP & GC, EXOS
3
Matthew WojtkowiakCLO, ECI
Topics they may cover
Defining AI-native Reality on the ground AI adoption & efficacy State of the tech Team skills Building an AI roadmap
Then — open floor + lightning talks

A few of you signed up for 5-minute lightning talks. The format:

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One line: what is an AI-native legal team, in your mind?
2
Then pick one of the questions below that hits closest, and share for ~5 min.
Q1
Reality checkWhat's actually working vs. what's still hype?
Q2
GovernanceManaging risk as agents take on real work.
Q3
PeopleBuilding and training a team that's ready.
Then: happy hour 🥂
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Speaker  ·  01
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stacy
Featured Speaker

Stacy Lettie

Chief of Staff & Head of Legal Ops
Organon
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Speaker  ·  02
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marc
Featured Speaker

Marc Mandel

SVP & General Counsel
EXOS
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Speaker  ·  03
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matthew
Featured Speaker

Matthew Wojtkowiak

Chief Legal Officer
ECI
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Lightning Talks
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What is an AI-native Legal Team?

Meet tonight’s lightning speakers — here’s the five-minute format they’ll follow.

Our lightning speakers
Bill Price
Founder & CLO
Subscription GC
Nancy Peterson
Former General Counsel, North America
Allied Universal
Shanshan Zhao
VP, Global Market Regulatory Compliance Officer
Crédit Agricole CIB
Jing Zhang
Legal Counsel
World Insurance Associates
Mark A. Herschberg
CTO
Stynt
Hazel Zhang
Tax Lawyer
PwC
The lightning format
1
One line: what is an AI-native legal team, in your mind?
2
Then pick one of the questions below that hits closest, and share for ~5 min.
Q1
Reality checkWhat’s actually working vs. what’s still hype?
Q2
GovernanceManaging risk as agents take on real work.
Q3
PeopleBuilding and training a team that’s ready.
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