Building from scratch
Standing up legal functions, IP practices, and AI governance where nothing existed.
Candid conversations on the future of in-house legal leadership.Open Door brings you the conversations legal leaders usually only have behind closed doors, with the GCs, CLOs, and legal ops leaders shaping what comes next.
Somya Kaushik
Chief Legal Officer, Checkbox
A former New York trial attorney turned legal tech founder turned CLO, Somya has spent her career on both sides of the table, practicing law and building the technology that changes how it's practiced.
Episodes
Step inside the conversations shaping in-house legal leadership.
Open Door
Hosted by Somya · Community topics
The door is open. The conversations are real.
Legal is at an inflection point. AI is rewriting the job description, legal teams are being asked to build instead of just review, and the leaders who thrive are the ones willing to move before they feel ready. No resumé recitals. No panel-talk. Just what it actually takes.
The human side
Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, identity, and the fear no one mentions on panels.
AI in practice
What legal leaders actually automate, what they refuse to, and how the role is changing.
Risk, for real
Appetite vs. tolerance, and how great GCs calibrate both under pressure.
"Lawyers are trained to review what someone else built. A builder walks into the room and sees what's missing, and leaving it unfilled feels irresponsible."Smrithi Mohan, GC at Awesome, on Open Door
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