Your Outside Counsel Reviews 20 Depositions. Do You Know How?

Depositions are among the largest cost centers in litigation — and one of the least transparent. Once transcripts leave the court reporter, in-house legal ops teams often have little visibility into how outside counsel uses them, how long review takes, or whether key testimony is being fully leveraged. AI is changing that. In this 15-minute Legal Hack, practicing attorney and clinical law professor Joe Stephens — who has managed complex litigation across twelve counties with limited resources — demonstrates how AI-powered transcript analysis is transforming deposition review from a black-box billable to a structured, auditable, and repeatable workflow. You’ll see, in real time, how Steno’s Transcript Genius: – Cuts an estimated 2–4 hours per case in review time — a measurable ROI signal for any legal ops dashboard – Scans hundreds of transcript pages in seconds to surface key testimony, contradictions, and credibility issues – Generates customizable summaries with linked citations — so every AI output is instantly verifiable – Interrogates multiple depositions simultaneously to compare witness accounts and build case strategy – The session is grounded in real-world results from firms already using this workflow — and designed to give legal ops professionals practical benchmarks for evaluating AI in litigation support, not just in contract and compliance workflows. Key takeaway: A practical framework for evaluating whether AI-powered transcript review belongs in your outside counsel billing guidelines, vendor requirements, or technology stack — with a concrete workflow example you can bring back to your team.