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Justia Legal Resources: Debt Relief & Management Legal Center

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Many Americans sink deep into debt, often for reasons beyond their control. Managing these financial burdens can cause serious stress, and its not always easy to see the best way out. People in debt can benefit from understanding the implications of the options available to them. They may have certain rights and protections of which theyre not fully aware.

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Responsible AI in legal practices: A guide to effective governance for legal IT professionals

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The legal industry is undergoing significant transformations due to the increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI tools enhance law firms' efficiency in tasks such as document review and predictive analytics. However, AI also introduces challenges, including ethical concerns, data security risks, and regulatory compliance issues.

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The Consultant Model: Lawyers Are Doing It For Themselves

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By Sarah Murphy, Clio. For decades, the path to success in the legal profession followed a predictable trajectory: join a firm as a trainee, progress.

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Vals AI Issues Open Call for Vendors to Participate In Its Legal Research and Other Legal AI Benchmarking Studies

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Vals AI has put out an open call for legal technology vendors to participate in its legal AI benchmarking studies, including its upcoming evaluation of U.S. legal research tools. Readers may recall that, in February, Vals AI issued the first-of-its-kind benchmark study of legal AI tools.

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Fresh Out of School: How to Become an Expert Paralegal

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

The difference between a paralegal and an exceptional paralegal isn't just competence—it's the bold initiative to anticipate needs, master hidden firm dynamics, and transform challenges into opportunities that showcase your indispensable value. Join this webinar with attorney Joe Stephens to get an insider's perspective into how you can become a strategic asset to your practice!

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AI Is No Substitute for a Lawyer’s Voice

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Susan Cohodes | Don't allow AI to replace your crucial "lawyer's voice." The post AI Is No Substitute for a Lawyer’s Voice appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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What Stays, What Goes: Crisper, Clearer, Tighter Legal Writing | Justia CLE & Webinars

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Join guest speaker and legal writing coach Rick Horowitz for a practical look at how to write legal documents that are leaner, cleaner, and more persuasive. Youll learn how to rethink some of the habits and assumptions that lead to bloated briefs and meandering memos and walk away with a stronger, more confident approach to every word you write. Whether you’re drafting for clients, colleagues, or courts, this webinar will help you say what you mean and revisit your writing approach with a

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AI Should Absorb Legal Tasks, Not Replace Lawyers

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If the ultimate goal of legal AI is simply to remain in support and never really change the status quo, then this entire endeavour will have been in vain.

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FirmPilot Reaches $11.7M in Funding, As Thomson Reuters and HubSpot Ventures Join As Investors

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Legal technology company FirmPilot announced today that it has raised $11.7 million in total funding, with Thomson Reuters Ventures and HubSpot Ventures joining as strategic investors in its latest round. The AI marketing platform for law firms secured $4.7 million in this strategic investment round from the two new backers.

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CPPA Proposed Rulemaking Package Part 3 – Privacy Requirements

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In Part 1 of this series , we discussed the annual cybersecurity audit requirements in the California Privacy Protection Agency (the CPPA)s proposed rulemaking package (the Draft Regulations). In Part 2 , we discussed the Draft Regulations provisions on automated decision-making technology (ADMT). In this Part 3, we discuss the Draft Regulations amendments to existing privacy-related requirements under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and what these mean for businesses covered by the C

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Family Law Practice Marketing and AI: Ask Our Experts | Justia Webinars

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This will be a live-only event. Sign up today so you dont miss out! Join Justias CEO, Tim Stanley, for this exciting Q&A session, where youll get practical, real-world tips on how family lawyers can market their practices online with confidence in a fast-changing digital landscape, and get your burning questions answered! Whether you’re just exploring or already experimenting, join us for candid insights and a Q&A that meets you where you are.

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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PSA Solutions and Norvestor partner to build European Legal Tech leader

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PSA Solutions, a leading digitalisation partner for law firms and corporate legal departments across Northern Europe, has been acquired by Norvestor, marking a strategic move to build a dominant force in the rapidly evolving European legal technology market.

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Bryter Launches ‘Beamon AI’ – Legal Agent Suite

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Bryter, the Berlin-based legal automation company, has launched Beamon AI, a new suite of AI agents for lawyers. (See AL interview with CEO Michael Grupp.

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Paladin Launches Its First Pro Bono Portal Outside the U.S., In Partnership with Ontario Bar Association

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Paladin, a company whose platform connects lawyers with opportunities to provide free legal help, today launched a province-wide pro bono portal for Ontario, developed in partnership with the Ontario Bar Association. While Paladin has launched pro bono portals in 13 U.S. states, this is its first outside the U.S.

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Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk out of ICE custody after judge orders her release–nbcnews.com

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By Chloe Atkins and Minyvonne Burke Tufts Universitystudent Rumeysa ztrk who had been held since she was detained by immigration agents in March was freed from ICE custody Friday evening, hours after a federal judge ordered her release. “ztrk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Shes also free to travel to Massachusetts and Vermont as she sees fit, and I am not going to put a travel restriction on her, because, frankly, I dont find that she poses any risk of flight,”Judge

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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Celebrating a Decade of Data Discovery in the Law on May 15

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From the dawn of technology-assisted review (TAR) to the advent of generative artificial intelligence in the law, it’s been an exciting decade for the law of data discovery.

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BRYTER launches BEAMON AI: a suite of Actionable AI Assistants that take automation further

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BRYTER, the legal automation company, announces the launch of BEAMON AI, a new suite of AI tools for lawyers. BEAMON AI offers AI solutions to support legal work: Assist a chat-based assistant that supports legal professionals; Draft a Microsoft Word based drafting solution, including redlining and comparison of documents; and Extract a diligence solution for high volume contract and document review.

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LawTech Hub Startup Cohort Announced

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The new cohort of legal tech startups in this years LawTech Hub incubator, run by Australias Lander & Rogers, has been announced. And there’s some.

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Selling Legal Services Is Hard: How to Get Over the Fear and Keep Going

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Jay Harrington | When you reach out to ask for business and hear a no, it can feel deeply personal. Even if its not. The post Selling Legal Services Is Hard: How to Get Over the Fear and Keep Going appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Smarter Patent Family Research: The Tools And Tactics You Need Now

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Nextpoint Announces Strategic Partnership with Remote Legal to Deliver Comprehensive Deposition Software Solution

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The post Nextpoint Announces Strategic Partnership with Remote Legal to Deliver Comprehensive Deposition Software Solution appeared first on Nextpoint.

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What to Do When You're the Least Technical Person in the Room

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Ever feel out of place in technical meetings? You can still contribute meaningfully. These habits can help legal professionals in every role build greater confidence.

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Aderant Reinvigorates LawPay Partnership

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Continuing Integrated and Automated Online Payment for Aderant Expert/Sierra Clients Aderant , the leading global business management software provider, announced today a multi-year renewal of its strategic partnership with LawPay, the leading payment management software for law firms.

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On LawNext: Navigating ‘Unruliness’: Hence Cofounder Sean West on How Politics, AI and Law are Rewriting Business Rules

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“Everybody understands the world is volatile, but they don’t necessarily understand why it’s volatile or how to deal with it,” says Sean West, cofounder ofHence Technologiesand author of the new book,Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics, AI, and Law Upend the Rules of Business. “Unruly is a play on words.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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Richard Susskind on AI for Lawyers: A Review of ‘How to Think About AI’

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Book Review | Richard Susskind's much anticipated book on AI offers clarity for perplexed lawyers. Jerry Lawson takes us through it. The post Richard Susskind on AI for Lawyers: A Review of ‘How to Think About AI’ appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Price Lists Aren’t Copyrightable–Rapaport v. Nivoda

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This case involves diamond prices. The plaintiff Rapaport publishes a weekly subscription-only price list of diamonds based on various attributes. This publication serves as an industry benchmark. The defendant Nivoda is an online retailer[FN] that displays how its prices are discounted compared to the Rapaport prices (see screenshot). In theory, someone could collect the Rapaport prices by scraping Nivoda’s discounts from Nivoda’s site and reverse-calculating the Rapaport prices, th

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Is It Still Good Law? Free Law Project to Build Citator using AI

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The Free Law Project recently announced its intention to build a citator using AI. If successful, the emergence of an open-access, open-source legal citator would be significant to both practitioners and the public. Citators, such as Shepards and KeyCite, answer the foundational question of whether the case law you are using is good law, bad law, or somewhere in between.

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Ep 289: Navigating 'Unruliness': Hence Cofounder Sean West on How Politics, AI and Law are Rewriting Business Rules

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"Everybody understands the world is volatile, but they don't necessarily understand why it's volatile or how to deal with it," says Sean West, cofounder of Hence Technologies and author of the new book, Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics, AI, and Law Upend the Rules of Business. "Unruly is a play on words. The world is kind of unruling. The rules and norms that were developed during globalization are falling away.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Legal Research Service Decisis Makes Inroads Against Fastcase As It Expands to 20 Bar Associations

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Decisis, the legal research service that LexisNexis parent RELX launched in 2021 to compete against Fastcase for a share of the bar association partnership business, has expanded over just the past year from 10 to 20 bar partnerships, including 14 state bar associations.

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“THEY ACTUALLY HAD A LIST”: ICE ARRESTS WORKERS INVOLVED IN LANDMARK LABOR RIGHTS CASE –theintercept.com

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We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders, said a union official about a raid in western New York. Noah Hurowitz AN IMMIGRATION RAID in western New York on Friday targeted a group of immigrants involved in a landmark statewide effort by farm workers to unionize. On Friday morning at around 9:30 a.m., federal agents in unmarked cars and bearing no agency insignia pulled over a bus in Albion, New York, about 35 miles west of Rochester, and took 14 people of

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You Think You Know How to Construct A Fee Agreement? Think, Again! – Guest Lecture with Jared Correia

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Yes. You think you know it all. Guess what. You don't. This is a very important topic and one many solos fail to grasp. They do not get all that flows from this agreement and how it can impact your practice. Listen and learn.

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UW Law Library’s Kris Turner Named to Library Journal’s 2025 Movers & Shakers List

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I’m so pleased to share that my colleague, Kris Turner, has been named to Library Journal’s 2025 Movers & Shakers list ! Kris is the Associate Director for Public Services at the UW Law Library. The Movers & Shakers award recognizes emerging talents in the library world who are making significant contributions as both leaders and behind-the-scenes innovators.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an