David Carthy, country managing partner of DLA Piper in Ireland, discusses his firm’s competitive trainee recruitment drive, a string of high-profile hires, and finding comfort in change. Barry Scannell, consultant with William Fry, discusses Chat GPT and why law students should learn to harness the power of artificial intelligence. Hosts Catherine Sanz and James McDermott, BL, discuss legal cases in the news, including two freedom of expression cases from North American which separately decided whether the middle finger and horn honking were protected expressions.