Episode 51. From Legal Leader to the Boardroom and building self-confidence with Jen Luther
About Our Guest:
Jen Luther is an experienced Product Counsel, sits on the boards of the Future of Privacy Forum and AI 2030 and advises early-stage founders on governance and strategy.
This conversation starts with the work she does at the intersection of AI, privacy and product development, and quickly moves into the bigger question most in-house lawyers do not hear asked enough: what are you beyond the legal risk?
Jen talks about being told her legal background would count against her in boardrooms and choosing to ignore that advice.
She shares the pre-meeting ritual she used to shift her felt experience from imposter syndrome to purposeful presence, and makes a sharp, practical case for why the most valuable thing a lawyer can give an innovative company is not a risk memo.
She is also candid about what it actually takes to build meaningful work alongside a demanding day job, and about the specific weight of holding the ethical compass inside a technology company right now.
Listeners will leave with a clear reframe for how to position legal skills outside the traditional track, and a practical sense of what the identity shift from risk manager to decision architect actually looks like in practice.
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