November, 2023

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10 legal writing tools and software that will simplify your life

NSLT

Do you need legal writing tools for day-to-day working life? The truth is, if you’re in the legal profession, you’re probably already a pretty good writer. Our jobs are so word-intensive that you really can’t make it all that far in the law if you aren’t a natural wordsmith. That said, we can all use a helping hand from time to time. The good news is, in this day and age — there’s an app for that!

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OMG, China Has ACTUAL Legal Robots And All The Legal Tech Patents

Above the Law - Technology

All of these examples are actual examples of the technology that has been live in the Chinese justice system for at least five years. The post OMG, China Has ACTUAL Legal Robots And All The Legal Tech Patents appeared first on Above the Law.

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Don’t Believe the Hype? A More Practical View of Using AI in Legal (Stephen Embry – TechLaw Crossroads)

Technically Legal

This episode is conversation with attorney and legal tech aficionado Stephen Embry. He is also the man behind the TechLaw Crossroads blog which is a great resource for practical and real world insight about legal tech and how technology is impacting the practice of law. Stephen discusses his journey from practicing law to becoming a technology advisor for legal professionals and firms.

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Addleshaw Goddard selects CoCounsel, Spellbook, Microsoft Copilot and its own AGPT platform after gen AI trials

Legal IT Insiders

Having conducted trials or proof of concepts with five generative AI vendors in the drafting, review, legal review and productivity space – as we first revealed in June this year … Addleshaw Goddard selects CoCounsel, Spellbook, Microsoft Copilot and its own AGPT platform after gen AI trials Read More » The post Addleshaw Goddard selects CoCounsel, Spellbook, Microsoft Copilot and its own AGPT platform after gen AI trials appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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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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From London to California, Legal Innovators Are Go!

Artificial Lawyer

Three things: first, thanks to everyone who took part in Legal Innovators in London last week and made it such a great success! Next, Artificial Lawyer returns to regular publication in April.

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Celebrating 20 Years of my blog, “Real Lawyers Have Blogs:” Some Perspective

Kevin O'Keefe

Twenty years ago, on November 22, 2003, I embarked into the world of blogging. With a simple picture of Perry Mason saying “Hmm… I should have a blog,” “Real Lawyers Have Blogs” was born. Post-LexisNexis, armed with lessons from my first company, Prairielaw.com, and driven by a passion to help lawyers harness the internet for building a name and building a business , I stumbled upon blogging.

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In First for A U.S. Appeals Court, 5th U.S. Circuit Court Considers Rule Requiring Lawyers to Certify they Did Not Rely on AI to Create Filings

Above the Law - Technology

In what it appears would be a first for a federal circuit court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering adoption of a rule change that would require lawyers and unrepresented litigants to provide a certification regarding their use of artificial intelligence in preparing court filings. Lawyers and other filers would be required to certify either that they had not used AI in drafting the document or that, if they did, “a human” had reviewed the document for accuracy.

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Google Unveils November 2023 Broad Core Algorithm Update

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Google recently launched its November 2023 core update, the second substantial adjustment to its search algorithm in the past month and the fourth this year. As usual, Google expects to complete the full implementation of this update over the next two weeks. Today we released the November 2023 core update. We'll update our ranking release history page when the rollout is complete: [link] Related to this, we’ve posted a Q&A on Google Search updates as a refresher about how updates work:

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Legal IT Win: Leading African law firm selects Virtual Pricing Director

Legal IT Insiders

Africa’s largest law firm, ENSafrica, will shortly deploy Virtual Pricing Director, the legal SaaS pricing platform conceived and built over five years by international legal pricing experts Validatum, we can … Legal IT Win: Leading African law firm selects Virtual Pricing Director Read More » The post Legal IT Win: Leading African law firm selects Virtual Pricing Director appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal Innovators Starts on Wednesday, Nov 8!

Artificial Lawyer

It’s finally here. The Legal Innovators conference in London starts on Wednesday, November 8th and continues on Thursday 9th – and we have a little.

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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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Exploring AI’s Role in Legal Blogging: Insights from Yale’s New Seminar, “Writing Essays With AI”

Kevin O'Keefe

More commentary of use to legal bloggers and legal marketing professionals on the AI in legal blogging front. Rather than telling students to stay clear of AI in their writing, Yale offers a new English seminar, “Writing Essays with AI,” taught by Yale’s Ben Glaser , an associate professor of English. While there are ethical concerns about AI compromising students’ academic integrity, there is also growing awareness of the ways in which AI tools might actually support and influence students in t

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Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice: A First Look at the State Bar of California's New Guidelines

Internet for Lawyers

Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice: A First Look at the State Bar of California's New Guidelines By Mark Rosch As the legal profession grapples with the continually-shifting landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the State Bar of California has taken a first-of-its-kind step forward to help lawyers use the technology in.

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Elon Musk’s ‘Thermonuclear Lawsuit’ Is Here And It’s… Positively Tepid.

Above the Law - Technology

After promising a bombshell of a lawsuit against Media Matters, Elon Musk delivers a dud. The post Elon Musk’s ‘Thermonuclear Lawsuit’ Is Here And It’s… Positively Tepid. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Justia Legal Resources: 50-State Surveys

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

While federal law governs people and businesses across the U.S., each state has developed its own set of laws in many areas. These range from employment and family law to personal injury and criminal law. State laws may resemble one another in some situations, but they may vary greatly in others. Taking these variations into account, the team at Justia has compiled 50-state surveys on legal issues that often arise for ordinary people or that might be of general interest.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

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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Tradespace raises $4.2m to build out LLM-based IP management platform

Legal IT Insiders

San Francisco-headquartered IP management vendor Tradespace Inc. today (15 November) announced that it has raised $4.2m in seed funding and released an AI-powered IP management platform. The new capital will … Tradespace raises $4.2m to build out LLM-based IP management platform Read More » The post Tradespace raises $4.2m to build out LLM-based IP management platform appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal Innovators Conference Guide, See You Wed + Thurs!

Artificial Lawyer

Hi everyone! The Legal Innovators conference in London starts tomorrow (Wednesday) and continues on Thursday. Here’s a few handy tips for making the most of.

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Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella Remains Bullish On OpenAI: Emily Chang Video Interview

Kevin O'Keefe

Incredible interview of Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella by Emily Chang of Bloomberg. What a crazy story hearing that Satya had no inclination there was a rift between Sam and the OpenAI board – and to this day he has not talked to anyone on the board as to why they fired Sam. Yet Satya is happy to support Sam’s return to OpenAI, if that’s what comes of things – so long as there is a change in governance allowing Microsoft to protect itself.

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How to Make a Legal GPT Legally using Open AI’s Chat GPT-4 Builder

Ward Blawg

In what will hopefully be an extension of our AI for Law Firms series, at the weekend I tried to set up a few legal GPTs and it got me thinking that not only is there limited information on how to make a GPT, let alone a legal sector one, but there is also little […] Author information WardBlawg Legal Blogger at WardBlawg Law | Digital | Legal Technology | Innovation Twitter

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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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Generative AI, Having Already Passed the Bar Exam, Now Passes the Legal Ethics Exam

Above the Law - Technology

Well, it’s happened again: Generative AI has passed a critical test used to measure candidate’s fitness to be licensed as a lawyer. Back in March, OpenAI’s GPT-4 took the bar exam and passed with flying colors , scoring around the top 10% of test takers. Now, two of the leading large language models (LLMs) have passed a simulation of the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), a test required in all but two U.S. jurisdictions to measure prospective lawyers

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Justia Lawyer Directory by the Numbers: Third Quarter 2023

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Many people turn to Google when looking for information. The hunt for a lawyer is no exception! Millions of users each year browse the Justia Lawyer Directory , searching for the right attorney to help them with their legal matters. Lawyers who claim their free profile in our directory are better able to connect with these potential clients. Want to know more about the lawyers represented in our directory?

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REPORT: Cloud Technology and Governance: A Legal Sector In Transition

Legal IT Insiders

In this report, produced in partnership with Litera, we canvassed the views of legal IT leaders across the globe as to where they are in their cloud journey. Huge leaps … REPORT: Cloud Technology and Governance: A Legal Sector In Transition Read More » The post REPORT: Cloud Technology and Governance: A Legal Sector In Transition appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Generative AI at the Legal Innovators Conference, Nov 8 + 9

Artificial Lawyer

Probably every speaker and audience member at the Legal Innovators conference in London, on Nov 8 + 9, will have a view on generative AI, but here are a few companies and individuals you especially…

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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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When Successful, Art Exceeds Its Creator’s Plans – Especially In the Days of AI

Kevin O'Keefe

When successful, art exceeds its creator’s plans. So true in these days of AI. No one could have envisioned the “travelings” of a book, an article or a legal blog post. To the “Books3 database” for Meta’s AI? Ian Bogost , a contributing writer for The Atlantic, takes a contra – and refreshing – view to that of most authors, reporters and publishers when it comes to the scraping of their work for the training of AI large language models such as ChatGPT.

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Onit Introduces Generative AI-Powered Contract Management Software

Legal IT Professionals

Onit, the leading provider of legal workflow solutions, today announced Onit Catalyst for Contracts, a ground-breaking software application that intelligently transforms the contract lifecycle using Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance pre-signature and post-signature contract activities.

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Elon Musk Threatens ‘Thermonuclear Lawsuit’ Prompting Thermonuclear Terrible Legal Takes

Above the Law - Technology

Elon Musk wants to sue Media Matters for. something. The post Elon Musk Threatens ‘Thermonuclear Lawsuit’ Prompting Thermonuclear Terrible Legal Takes appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law Firm Associates: Set Yourself Up for Greater Success in the Post-Pandemic World

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Law school typically focuses on the theory of the law, but building a successful legal career generally requires more than legal knowledge. As the legal landscape and profession continue to evolve following the COVID-19 pandemic, law firm associates must also develop habits and skills designed to build a strong reputation and meaningful relationships that lead to individually aligned professional opportunities.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

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Joe Cohen joins Charles Russell Speechlys as director of innovation

Legal IT Insiders

Former Dentons UKIME innovation head Joe Cohen has joined UK top 40 law firm Charles Russell Speechlys as its new director of innovation. Cohen, who has previously held senior innovation … Joe Cohen joins Charles Russell Speechlys as director of innovation Read More » The post Joe Cohen joins Charles Russell Speechlys as director of innovation appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal Innovators Speaker Profiles: Shilpa Bhandarkar, Linklaters

Artificial Lawyer

Previously we looked at what Linklaters is doing with generative AI, today we hear from Shilpa Bhandarkar, who is co-head of the Client Solutions and.

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Exploring the Ethics of AI in Legal Writing and Blogging

Kevin O'Keefe

Lukasz Ostrowski has a great piece over on Medium about the ethics of writing with AI. I’m in the law, where I’d guess the majority of blogging and digital publishing lawyers have thrown ethics out the window already by paying others to write content for them and publishing the content in their own name. For the lawyers who write their own blog posts, here’s some excellent points from Ostrowski – with my commentary – when it comes to using AI in writing.

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IBB Law selects Intapp Documents for matter-centric document management

Legal IT Professionals

Intapp, a leading provider of cloud software for the global professional and financial services industry, today announced that IBB Law LLP has selected Intapp Documents to transform Microsoft SharePoint into a purpose-built document management system.

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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