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4 Hispanic Lawyers Who Are Leading Historic Change in Law

Legal Talk Network

After working as an accountant, getting married, and having two daughters, Chief Justice Contreras received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from theUniversity of Houston Law Center in 1990. She went on to manage a law office in San Antonio, make partner at a civil trial firm, and then open her own mediation practice.

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. Back in 2018, I wrote about the obstacles to innovation in law , including among them lawyers’ fear of technology and the fact that the legal profession remained “a protectionist guild that sees innovation as a threat.”

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Clio’s Acquisition of CalendarRules: I Speak with the CEOs

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Yesterday, I reported that law practice management company Clio acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules. This was Clio’s second acquisition, after its 2018 acquisition of Lexicata , which it developed into its CRM platform Clio Grow.

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The 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech

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She is a regular speaker on technology competence and law office technology — recent events include ABA TechShow 2019 and the Chicago Legal Hackers Meet Up — and is spearheading a new wave of vendor-stakeholder collaborations that will help bring change to the legal profession.

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

LawSites

Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. Back in 2018, I wrote about the obstacles to innovation in law , including among them lawyers’ fear of technology and the fact that the legal profession remained “a protectionist guild that sees innovation as a threat.”

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Marking the Retirement of Jerry Larkin, Who Led the ARDC With Exceptional Foresight, Integrity, and ‘Irish Wit’

Legal Tech Monitor

Welsh continued that the “first-in-the-nation proactive law-office management self-assessment program for practicing attorneys, known as PMBR (‘Proactive Management-Based Regulation’ ),” that Larkin implemented is of particular note.

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Next-Gen Bar Exam Must Tackle Google Schools and the Digital Native Myth by Testing Basic Tech Skills for Practice

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

The NCBE conducted a study in 2018 and asked practicing attorneys and non-licensed lawyers about basic technology tasks in their law practice. Now, 670 courses may sound like a large number, but this number includes every e-discovery, cybersecurity, law office management, and law practice and technology course in the country.