Computational Legal Studies

APRIL 8, 2022

Scenes from Yesterday’s #FutureLaw2022 at Stanford CodeX — it was great to get back in person with many folks who I have not seen in years!

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Ward Blawg

APRIL 3, 2022

An unlikely source of inspiration for improving efficiencies and overall performance for your firm can be found in the British Cycling team. With their success routed in continuous optimisation and a focus on improving every aspect of their team by just 1%, the team became champions.

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LLRX

APRIL 2, 2022

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 7, 2022

Video for law firms has become a popular digital marketing strategy. Video content is more engaging than traditional long-form articles, and the afforded expression of emotion can help law firms convert leads into clients. To produce quality videos for your law firm, you need to understand what types of videos you should be making, how to film the content, where to distribute it and how to evaluate success.

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Advertiser: Trellis

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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Computational Legal Studies

APRIL 6, 2022

Thanks to the members of the CodeX Insurance Initiative for letting me sit in on this session!

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2022

Major financing news today, as LinkSquares , the Boston-based company that provides an AI-powered contract management and analysis platform, said it has raised $100 million in Series C financing, less than a year after raising a $40 million Series B round, and bringing its total raise to $161.5 million at a current valuation of $800 million. This latest round was led by G Squared, a global venture capital firm focused on growth-stage technology companies, with participation from new investor G2

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 5, 2022

A lawyer sets clients at ease by effectively communicating, which means client email that is prompt, informed, easy to read and proactive. For most lawyers fresh out of law school, it’s going to be a bit before they’re arguing in a courtroom or negotiating in a boardroom on behalf of a client. But sooner rather than later, you will be communicating with clients.

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Legal Tech Innovation Wales

APRIL 8, 2022

When stepping into uncharted territories, there are always challenges, however, the experience one gains through the journey makes it worthwhile. That was the case for the participants of the Global Legal Hackathon 2022 - at least the one hosted in Manchester University - where we put our agile development and team-working skills to the test over the weekend of the 25th of March.

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LawSites

APRIL 7, 2022

Centerbase , a Dallas-based company providing cloud legal practice management software for mid-sized law firms, has has acquired Legalfit , a Kansas City company that provides web marketing and content management technology tailored specifically for small and mid-sized law firms. Centerbase says the acquisition enables it to expand its practice management product — which already offers a broad set of billing, accounting and practice management tools — to enable mid-sized law firms to manage the

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

As more businesses adopt artificial intelligence (AI), directors on many corporate boards are starting to consider their oversight obligations. Part of this interest is related to directors’ increasing focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. There is a growing recognition that, for all its promise, AI can present serious risks to society, including invasion of privacy, carbon emissions and perpetuation of discrimination.

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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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Attorney at Work

APRIL 8, 2022

Life is complicated, but your relationships with your clients don’t have to be. Following these simple tips will help make clients happy to work with you. If you want to keep a business client happy, don’t waste their time — and try not to make working with you a chore. Here are five tips for communicating with clients, based on decades as a small business owner. 1.

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Law, Technology and Access to Justice

APRIL 4, 2022

Pretty well all legal service organisations will have made use of video communication over the Covid period. Some have used it for community outreach work as well as internal communication between staff and external with clients.

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LawSites

APRIL 7, 2022

A soon-to-launch product will make it easier for law firms and legal organizations to manage their pro bono matters, providing an administrative platform for assigning matters to lawyers, monitoring case statuses, documenting outcomes, and providing training materials and forms. Called Virtual Law Clinic, it is the second product to come out of Theory and Principle , the legal technology design and development company that more typically develops products for others.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 3, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of the core business operations at many companies. This widespread adoption of AI has led to a proliferation of corporate “ethical AI” principles and programs, as companies seek to ensure that they are using AI fairly and responsibly, and in a manner consistent with the growing expectations of customers, employees, investors, regulators, and the public.

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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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Attorney at Work

APRIL 4, 2022

A joint letter is part of the best practices for leaving your firm, but there are more issues to consider. Find them here. Question: After four years at my current firm, I’ve accepted an offer to lateral to another firm. I’ll be continuing in the same practice area and locale, so I hope to keep some of my clients, current and past. While I’ve watched my colleagues make similar moves, I’m concerned about meeting my obligations to my clients and leaving the firm on a positive (and ethical) note.

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NSLT

APRIL 6, 2022

Password Protect Workbooks and Worksheets Your Excel workbook or worksheets contain sensitive strategic data, so you want to require others to enter a password to open them. Or you can share the data freely with anyone without requiring a password, but require a password to make changes. Take this short course to find out more.

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LawSites

APRIL 6, 2022

LEAP Legal Software , an international provider of cloud-based practice management software for smaller law firms, has acquired WealthCounsel , a leading provider of software, training and support for estate planning lawyers, and its related company ElderCounsel. Founded in 1997, Utah-based WealthCounsel provides software and templates for drafting estate planning and business documents.

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LawNext podcast

APRIL 4, 2022

In his day job, Jonathan Pyle is the contract performance officer at Philadelphia Legal Assistance, where he is responsible for compliance, reporting, and implementing new uses of technology to analyze, streamline, and expand service delivery. But in the legal tech world, Pyle is better known as the developer of Docassemble , a free and open source document assembly application that has been widely adapted for a range of applications.

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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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Attorney at Work

APRIL 6, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer in your particular niche? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices. In this column, we zero in on their top tips. This week, we feature healthcare advocate Harry Nelson, founder of Nelson Hardiman. Harry Nelson. Founder. Nelson Hardiman.

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LawSites

APRIL 6, 2022

The product listings continue to grow in the LawNext Legal Technology Directory , which we launched in February. Periodically here, I am featuring the latest products to have been added to the directory. Here are this week’s 10 most recent additions: Lawcus. “Lawcus is a modern user-friendly all-in-one legal software with practice management, client intake, billing, case management, trust accounting, a built-in CRM and advanced complex automation capabilities designed to manage and grow

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LawSites

APRIL 5, 2022

In his day job, Jonathan Pyle is the contract performance officer at Philadelphia Legal Assistance, where he is responsible for compliance, reporting, and implementing new uses of technology to analyze, streamline, and expand service delivery. But in the legal tech world, Pyle is better known as the developer of Docassemble , a free and open source document assembly application that has been widely adapted for a range of applications. .

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2022

Atul Dubey has been named senior vice president and general manager of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. , effective April 1, where he will oversee a range of information and expert products for legal and business compliance professionals. Dubey steps into the position previously held by Dean Sonderegger , who moved March 1 to become SVP and general manager of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Canada and Research & Learning U.S.

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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!

LawSites

APRIL 5, 2022

At its Momentum customer conference today, DocuSign introduced CLM Essentials , a contract lifecycle management product built specifically for small and medium-sized organizations to centralize and automate the creation, negotiation and storage of their contracts. DocuSign said the product is designed to “democratize CLM” by reducing the complexity of contracting technology and making it more accessible for businesses of any size, particularly in a time of hybrid work, or what DocuSi

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