This week on The Geek in Review, we talk with Abdi Shayesteh , CEO of AltaClaro , and Jeanine Conley Daves , Littler’s New York office managing shareholder, about a different question in the legal AI conversation. Instead of asking whether AI will write the brief, summarize the contract, or replace the junior associate, they focus on whether AI might help lawyers learn how to practice law. Their recent work around AltaClaro’s DepoSim points toward a model of legal training built less on passive observation and more on structured repetition, feedback, and skill development. Shayesteh traces the origin of AltaClaro back to his own early years at King & Spalding, where he benefited from proximity to a mentor willing to explain the work. That experience also showed him the unev
