Cheree Mcalpine on career advice
From Ep 188 | Cheree McAlpine | Chief Legal Officer at Zoom is a Leader in Dynamic World of Legal Tech · · LawyerStories
“Be strategic about your career — know where you want to go, talk to people who've gotten there, create your own map and learn how to self-advocate, build relationships and promote the good work you're doing.”
On , Cheree Mcalpine, Chief Legal Officer at Zoom Video Communications, spoke about career advice during Ep 188 | Cheree McAlpine | Chief Legal Officer at Zoom is a Leader in Dynamic World of Legal Tech on LawyerStories.
About Cheree Mcalpine
Cheree McAlpine, Chief Legal Officer at Zoom, was appointed to the role in March 2024. In a July 2024 podcast interview, she described Zoom as an "AI-first company" and stated that the company does not collect customer data to train its models, adding that the company is "very deliberate" and "very outspoken" about that policy. McAlpine said that her legal department includes over 100 people globally and also manages trust and safety, fraud, and cyber-related issues. McAlpine stated that she believes AI will improve lawyers' jobs rather than threaten the profession, arguing that machine learning has not yet understood the "nuance and situational awareness" that lawyers bring to risk balancing. She described being named among the top diverse leaders in tech as meaningful, expressing hope that young people in rural communities could see their future careers through her story. McAlpine advised lawyers to be strategic about their careers, to self-advocate, and to build relationships.