The Fiftyfaces Focus series builds on the successful model of The Fiftyfaces Podcast by showcasing the richness and diversity of the law by focusing on its people and their stories. We meet with people who have had unusual career paths, sometimes visceral experience with discrimination and its fallout, who have had lived experience that informs their perspective and who have displayed resilience and persistence to achieve their goals.
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The Fiftyfaces Focus series builds on the successful model of The Fiftyfaces Podcast by showcasing the richness and diversity of the law by focusing on its people and their stories. We meet with people who have had unusual career paths, sometimes visceral experience with discrimination and its fallout, who have had lived experience that informs their perspective and who have displayed resilience and persistence to achieve their goals.
Episode 22: Rachel Reid of Eversheds Sutherland: Building the Bridge as we Cross - the Legal Challenges of AI and Beyond
Fiftyfaces Focus - Inspiring People in the Law
42 minutes
11 months ago
Episode 22: Rachel Reid of Eversheds Sutherland: Building the Bridge as we Cross - the Legal Challenges of AI and Beyond
Rachel Reid is a Partner and Head of Artificial Intelligence for the US at Eversheds Sutherland. She is based in the Atlanta area. She started her career in law at the firm, then spent 18 years in a series of in-house roles before returning to the firm as a partner in May 2023. She is a Board Director of “Hop on a Cure” a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for ALS. Our conversation traces her career path, which saw her leave Eversheds Sutherland for an inhouse role mid-way through her career and then return recently to make partner. We discuss the differences across both of these roles and what motivated her to return, and how the changing face of the legal profession is accommodating these kind of pivots. Diving into the substance of her practice area then we discuss the evolution of AI as a specialty, and the topics and concerns that are top of mind across privacy and AI legal topics. Finally we examine the issue of diversity in the legal profession and what initiatives make a difference to allow balancing of responsibilities and progress through the ranks. The production costs of this podcast and the current legal series were kindly supported by Eversheds Sutherland.
Fiftyfaces Focus - Inspiring People in the Law
The Fiftyfaces Focus series builds on the successful model of The Fiftyfaces Podcast by showcasing the richness and diversity of the law by focusing on its people and their stories. We meet with people who have had unusual career paths, sometimes visceral experience with discrimination and its fallout, who have had lived experience that informs their perspective and who have displayed resilience and persistence to achieve their goals.
