PANEL | AI, Alignment, and Advocacy: Uniting Your Legal Team on AI Strategy for Long-Term Success

During this session we will discuss the below topics:

• Bridging the AI Gap: How legal teams can align on AI strategy to drive efficiency, compliance, and business outcomes.
• Retention Through Innovation: The role of AI-driven legal tech in creating a modern, engaging work environment that attracts and retains top talent.
• More Than a Tool - A Strategic Enabler: Real-world insights from experts on embedding AI within legal workflows to empower teams and enhance collaboration.

About Caryn

Caryn leads the G+T Innovate team with responsibility for over 60 lawyers and business professionals working across Transformation, AI, Legal Technology, Legal Informatics, Legal Project Management and Knowledge Management. Together, they provide specialised services to support Gilbert + Tobin’s legal service delivery, innovating to deliver new tools and services benefiting Gilbert + Tobin and its clients.

A former practising corporate lawyer, Caryn brings 20 years of experience in legal, knowledge management, legal technology, change management, transformation and solution design to her role. Working with a variety of ASX 20 in-house clients, she explores opportunities for digitisation, capability development, process reengineering and automated service delivery.

Her team’s expertise and execution of successful innovative projects are recognised by the market. Caryn is listed Band 1 in Chambers NewLaw / Legal Transformation Consulting and was also listed as an ‘Influential Woman in Legal Tech’ by ILTA, both in 2024. Under her leadership, G+T was most recently awarded the overall title of ‘Most Innovative Law Firm in Asia-Pacific’ at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards 2024, as well as ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ at the Australasian Law Awards (3rd year in a row) and ‘Innovator of the Year (Company)’ at the Australian Law awards 2023.

Caryn is the Co-Chair of the Advisory Board to the Centre for Legal Innovation and is a director for various not-for-profit organisations.