Legal IT Insider recently hosted a webinar with Tara Daisy, managing director for legal at Box and former director of data delivery at Cooley, to discuss how law firms are approaching content management, collaboration and AI at a time of rapid technological change.The session, titled A Practitioner’s Perspective on Building Connected Legal Workflows, drew heavily on Daisy’s experience leading technology initiatives at Cooley before joining Box earlier this year.A recurring theme throughout the discussion was the challenge facing firms as they try to rationalise increasingly complex technology estates while simultaneously preparing for AI-powered workflows.Reflecting on Cooley’s decision a few years ago to adopt Box for external collaboration, Daisy said the firm had been driven by a combination of rising costs, usability concerns and pressure from clients to work within platforms they already used.“We wanted to make sure we were evaluating a product that was very easy for our clients to use,” she said, noting that many of Cooley’s technology-sector clients were already Box users. “A lot of our clients were using it. So it was a very easy transition for us to say we’re willing to try something outside of what would be considered traditional legal tech.”The conversation explored a broader shift taking place across the legal sector, where clients are increasingly influencing technology decisions through outside counsel guidelines and workflow requirements.Daisy argued that…

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