Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Armed with AI, pro se litigants could overwhelm the courts, so the courts need to be prepared to respond in kind. Generative AI could lower the hurdles and the costs for pro se litigants to bring their grievances to court. Will AI replace jobs now performed by lawyers, paralegals and law librarians?

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Younger associates and paralegals tend to be most enthusiastic about the technology while firm leadership lags. Looking ahead, Schafer expects to expand ClearBrief’s features to assist paralegals along with corporate attorneys beyond litigation. But we’re limiting it to just the information that the court can actually consider.

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This can include preparing or handling legal papers and even assisting an attorney in court. What is a legal assistant vs. paralegal? The terms legal assistant and paralegal may be used interchangeably, but the jobs of the contemporary legal assistant and paralegal differ.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 29, 2023

Overview of Regulation Since 2007, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has regulated paralegals alongside lawyers. Pursuant to LSO regulation, paralegals can provide specified legal services independent of lawyers.(1) A paralegal diploma is a prerequisite to writing the licensing exam.

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CaseFox

JUNE 22, 2023

Paralegal vs Lawyer Who, What, How The legal world is wide and multifaceted. In this blog we will talk about paralegal vs lawyer and paralegal vs attorney. It will help you understand the role of lawyers, paralegals and attorneys and how they are different. The education requirements for lawyers and paralegal varies.

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Lawmatics

MARCH 28, 2023

They say behind every great lawyer is a great paralegal…. While not all lawyers have paralegals, also known as legal assistants, they are without a doubt a game-changer for lawyers juggling multiple cases and deadlines. And while they may not have a law degree, paralegals are often just as knowledgeable as their attorney counterparts.

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Clio

MARCH 6, 2024

At any time, personal injury paralegals might be juggling upwards of 100 personal injury files—all at different stages of the legal process. A good way to do so is by creating your own personal injury paralegal checklist, which can be an indispensable tool that significantly improves efficiency.

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Dewey B Strategic

JUNE 21, 2023

Today ECFX announced that they had raised $7M in funding to expand their court notice management platform. The system is designed to reduce risk of missed deadlines as well as repetitive administrative work associated with court notices. Research has shown that over 50% of law firms report missing court notices.

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Clio

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Book a demo of Clio Manage’s Court Rules feature and automate court deadline reminders with ease! For instance, it is most commonly used in both civil and criminal litigation for tracking court appearances, deadlines, and other time constraints. Ready to streamline your legal docketing process? What is legal docketing?

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Legal Tech Monitor

MAY 19, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) announced that it is accepting nominations for two awards: the Thomas L. This award honors Justice Kilbride, who was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in 2000 and chosen as Chief Justice by his colleagues in 2010. Colman Access to Justice Award.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 28, 2022

Location, professional atmosphere, private offices, paralegal support, networking opportunities. Paralegal support. Some centers offer paralegal staff who can assist with everything from basic administrative tasks to legal research. These are all important considerations when shopping for a legal shared office space.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 22, 2022

Paralegal support. Some centers offer paralegal staff who can assist with everything from basic administrative tasks to legal research. Paralegals and support staff, typically employed by the shared office provider, can also help line up court reporters, file paperwork and serve subpoenas. Professional deposition rooms.

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Clio

APRIL 1, 2024

Also, Court clerks are indispensable members of the judicial system. So, what exactly does it mean to be a court clerk? So, what exactly does it mean to be a court clerk? Court clerk duties and responsibilities First off, what does a courtroom clerk do on a daily basis? Where do court clerks work?

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Legal Talk Network

AUGUST 8, 2021

Himonas provides an overview of changes to paralegal licensing, limited practice for those with master’s of law, regulatory reform, Utah’s unique sandbox approach, and an upcoming overhaul of the civil small claims process. The three discuss the disconnect between public needs and the protectionist reaction from rank and file bar members.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 21, 2023

Today ECFX announced that they had raised $7M in funding to expand their court notice management platform. The system is designed to reduce risk of missed deadlines as well as repetitive administrative work associated with court notices. Research has shown that over 50% of law firms report missing court notices.

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Clio

MAY 2, 2024

Generally, stress in the firm and at court is more common than you might think. Hire a paralegal to help with your workload Hiring a paralegal , or even a freelance paralegal , can help take some of the research and other administrative work off of lawyers’ plates. Here’s how you can do this effectively.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Non-attorney employees, such as paralegals and legal assistants, might receive even less leave entitlement. Are Lawyers Going to Court Over Leave? Firms who do offer leave might offer different benefits depending on status within the firm. Further, as one observer noted , fewer and fewer lawyers are joining firms for life.

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Percipient

JANUARY 20, 2025

For litigation lawyers, it can predict how a case might play out in court, which makes it easier to decide if its worth settling or going all the way. Will AI replace paralegals? AI isnt likely to replace paralegals entirely. It helps with contract analysis, legal research, e-discovery, and compliance monitoring. Not really.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 1, 2024

These lawyers, paralegals, court clerks, legal assistants, trial court administrators, law school personnel, and other legal and court professionals are essential in the delivery of equitable, efficient, and effective justice in Illinois. Nikki received the 2023 Jeffrey D.

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Law Technology Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes providing education for both lawyers and paralegals. Despite the pandemic making an impact on firms and courts adopting technology, showing we could evaluate and act quickly when needed, I fear we may be hitting some technology fatigue. Providing Continuing Legal Education on legal technology is also a focus of my work.

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Trial Technology

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This means fewer trials in the courts, followed by fewer attorneys with trial experience. The Vanishing Civil Jury Trial - In case you’re the only one who hasn’t noticed, there seems to be a trend toward keeping litigation matters away from the eyes of a jury. Attorney Gary Gwilliam wrote about this in Plaintiff Magazine a few years ago.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. But DoNotPay — represented by real, not robot, lawyers — moved to dismiss the lawsuit, asserting that MillerKing lacked standing to sue it in federal court.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 6, 2023

Moore was most recently the director of vendor relations at Reynen Court, where he was responsible for the vendor-facing side of the Reynen Court platform. Earlier, she spent 12 years as a legal assistant and paralegal specialist for U.S. Gomez as strategy and growth specialist.

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LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2023

Docket Alarm , which is owned by Fastcase , is one of several products on the market that allow legal professionals to search and browse dockets of federal and state courts. “We’re not going out there to replace lawyers yet, but lawyers have to review dockets all the time, and paralegals do and docketing clerks do as well.

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LawSites

JANUARY 26, 2023

So the publicity stunt of the robot lawyer sneaking into court is no more, as Joshua Browder , founder and CEO of the self-help legal site DoNotPay , yesterday pulled the plug on the prank, saying he had received threats from bar officials of prosecution and even imprisonment. “That. “It just is.”

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Martindale-Avvo

JANUARY 1, 2024

You might want them to come in business casual dress or court-ready attire, depending on the shots you’re planning and the mood you want to set. This may be an opportunity for a paralegal or administrative assistant, if you’re the principal of the firm and find yourself low on time.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What is the difference between a court clerk and a court assistant? A court clerk generally engages in specialized legal tasks, such as assisting judges in managing court proceedings, maintaining records, and handling legal documents. What is the difference between a paralegal and a law clerk?

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Martindale-Avvo

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Before the internet and smart phones, and certainly before the pandemic, law offices were simpler places where a receptionist answered calls from prospective clients, and then lawyers or paralegals called them back. Yet a consumer may not know that you were in court all day or putting out fires for three different clients.

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Clio

MARCH 10, 2025

Whether youre a lawyer, a paralegal , or in academics, legal proofreading software can go above and beyond generic proofreading tools and apply the nuance law requires. Improve document drafting at your firm Did you know Clio Draft can cut your drafting time by 80% with auto-fill features, templates, and a library of court forms?

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Clio

JULY 9, 2024

Without a standard across states or nationally, each court has its own setup, and these systems often come with clunky, confusing interfaces. Here, we dive into the top five things you’ll need to know about e-filing court documents with Clio File and how this can improve processes, speed up timelines, and simplify your matter workload.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Anne worked as a patent paralegal at a Chicago IP firm before arriving at the CBA in 2017 as the Law Practice Management and Technology department’s trainer/coordinator. Remember how much you practiced your first moot court argument or your first “real court” argument? Most conferencing challenges are not that scary.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 3, 2023

For lawyers, paralegals and others using the platform, its dashboard provides a home base for monitoring case activity. For court calendaring, Clarra integrates with CalendarRules , which allows the user to set a trigger event and calculate all subsequent dates and deadlines.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Michael Sander , the founder of Docket Alarm , a product that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case analytics, has left the company, seven months after its acquisition by legal research company vLex in April. ” Daniel Ivtsan vLex has named Daniel Ivtsan as the new head of product for Docket Alarm.

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TechLaw Crossroads

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Before ESI became predominant, we often shipped the paper document ns out to a vendor for production or left them to paralegals. The bottom line is that too many lawyers think that e-discovery is not a legal issue at all. It’s just a production issue. So let’s do the same with ESI.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 19, 2021

“Top 6 Reasons to Hire a Paralegal Over a Lawyer” by Roy Ginsburg. “Five Tips for Online Court Appearances” by Joan Feldman (@AttnyatWork). . “ Shadow IT: A Serious Threat to Law Firms” by Sharon Nelson (@SharonNelsonEsq) and John Simek (@SenseiEnt).

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Legal Tech Monitor

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Professionalism Spotlight replaces our popular Lawyer Spotlight series, to recognize the inspiring work of lawyers, as well as paralegals, court clerks, legal assistants, trial court administrators, law school personnel, and other legal and court professionals across the state.

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 9, 2023

Utah and Arizona have active ALP programs, Oregon and Colorado have ALP programs approved by their state supreme courts with implementation beginning soon, and Minnesota and New Hampshire have active pilot projects to determine whether their states should implement permanent ALP programs.

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