Hi everyone,

I wanted to invite you to an upcoming forum we're hosting in Chicago next week on November 13 at the Chicago Architecture Center.

This free, accredited, half-day forum will bring together senior legal leaders from top companies and firms to convene on the most pressing issues facing the legal ecosystem today -- from AI to evolving client expectations to global risk.

Hope to see you there.

www.liforum.co/events/all-sectors/the-legal-innovation-forum-chicago-2025/

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Hi fishes
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