# Legal Doesn't Need More AI Tools - It Needs an Operating System

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Podcast: [Careers and the Business of Law](https://stenobird.com/podcast/careers-and-the-business-of-law-6403793)
Published: 2026-03-25T19:45:00+00:00
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## Resource

Live from Legalweek 2026, David Cowen sits down with Evan Wong , co-founder and CEO of Checkbox, to unpack a problem most legal teams still haven't solved: legal has software, but it still doesn't have a true operating system. This episode gets into why intake remains broken, why legal ops is becoming one of the most important roles in the business of law, and why the next wave of AI value will come from embedding legal into the tools the business already uses. Hosted by David Cowen Key Topics Covered Why Evan built Checkbox to become the operating system for legal , not just another point solution The core problem Checkbox solves: legal intake is still messy, manual, and invisible across most organizations Why the first major champions of this category were legal ops leaders who understood legal as a business function How Checkbox evolved from a no-code workflow tool into a system of record and front door for legal Why the future of legal intake is not forms and ticketing systems, but AI embedded into email, Slack, Teams, Salesforce, and everyday workflows Evan's view that the GC is increasingly a wartime role , creating space for legal ops to evolve into a more strategic chief-level business function A hard truth about the market right now: the biggest challenge is not lack of tools, but too much noise, too many AI labels, and not enough clarity on what to implement first 🎧 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Share this episode and take your career from now to next! 💡To learn more about the future of legal innovation, visit https://cowengroup.com/ Never eat alone!

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