Legal Talk Network
JUNE 28, 2022
Law firm pricing is one of the most important aspects of running a legal practice, and is one of the most important factors to potential clients. So why don’t lawyers address this in their marketing? Pricing not only affects how your clients view the value they receive from your services, but it also affects whether or not clients will hire your firm at all.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 26, 2022
Here’s how to conduct a thorough LinkedIn profile update — because when your business is running on virtual connections, a stale profile isn’t going to cut it. Dismissing LinkedIn as the “boring” social media network, many professionals are content to slap an outdated photo on their profiles, dash out a nondescriptive tagline, and call it a day (then, promptly forget about the platform for another 16 months).
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Trial Technology
JUNE 27, 2022
Order "The Online Courtroom" NOTE: This series will cover what happened, how we've adjusted, where we are now, and where we're headed. We will also offer numerous tips, tricks, and best practices for hybrid and remote trials. Looking back at our trial calendar, I added a note on March 9, 2020: COVID-19 BUSINESS STOP. I was at home in Southern California's South Bay (I also have a home office in the East Bay Area in Northern California), and the next important note I see is on March 27, 2020: BEA
Rocket Matter
JUNE 27, 2022
Some lawyers may be tempted to go full Perry Mason and try to save the day on their own, but that doesn’t usually end like the TV show. In fact, your law firm suffers if people refuse to work together. To keep your clients coming back again and again, the members of your firm need… Read More » 5 Tips for Better Law Firm Collaboration.
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Legal Talk Network
JUNE 30, 2022
If you can spare a minute, you can immediately make more money practicing law. If that sounds too good to be true, allow me a moment to curry favor… Inspired by their annual Legal Trends Report , we’ve partnered up with Clio to produce short podcast segments chock-full of digestible bites designed to turbo-charge your law practice instantly. In a minute or less, we delve into what factors separate profitable practices from those struggling to survive.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 28, 2022
When lawyers start talking about stress and depression, they are usually talking about the effect their law practice has on their sense of well-being, self-value and self-esteem. In a recent ALM Mental Health and Substance Abuse Survey , 31.2% of lawyers surveyed felt they were depressed — that is four times the depression rate of the general population.
Legal Tech Connection brings together the best content for legal and legal tech professionals from the widest variety of thought leaders.
CloudNine
JUNE 29, 2022
By: Joshua Tucker. It’s safe to say Microsoft isn’t going out of business anytime soon. Last year alone they grew 18 percent, reaching 168 billion dollars*. They are continuously making updates to their software, improving their products and functionality, and purchasing emerging software. They want to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more*, but the power you obtain from the software is up to you.
Legal Talk Network
JUNE 29, 2022
After two years of riding high on a post-pandemic wave of stunning financial growth, some in the legal industry are now bracing for a recession. And while a recession might be a worrying prospect, it also presents some great opportunities for law firms and their business. Making good decisions ahead of time and taking actions now can help ensure that your law firm not only survives during tough economic times, but thrives.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 29, 2022
Is Wikipedia an authoritative source? Wikipedia is often ridiculed because anyone can post pretty much anything. And yet, many people, including 3 billion Americans in April 2022, head there for information. Professors report finding large sections of text in their students’ submissions plagiarized from Wikipedia. Seems like lots of people would say: Yes, Wikipedia is an authoritative source.
LLRX
JUNE 30, 2022
Articles and Columns for June 2022 2022 Link Guide to Healthcare Resources – The pandemic and long COVID health issues have created heightened awareness and a growing need for factual online health information. This guide by Marcus P. Zillman identifies sources providing access to vetted health related research, tools for tracking and monitoring emerging issues.
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?
LawSites
JULY 1, 2022
Intaker , a marketing automation platform for law firms, now integrates with the practice management platform MyCase , so that every lead that comes in to a firm through an Intaker chat is automatically added to MyCase. Intaker offers a unique chat application that begins and ends each chat session with a video greeting from a lawyer at the firm. (You can see how it works at Intaker’s website.
Legal Talk Network
JUNE 28, 2022
Give Yourself Permission to Be Geeky. “Data seems overwhelming.” Jared Correia, host of Legal Toolkit , acknowledged in the December 22, 2020 episode. It can be really hard for lawyers, who are not trained in numerical analysis, to embrace data. But, like the efficiencies revealed in the book and movie Moneyball , he encourages lawyers to be more analytical.
Attorney at Work
JULY 1, 2022
Two-factor authentication is required for online security, but it’s not enough. You will need multi-layer security to keep your law firm’s valuables safe from cyber-bandits. . Raise your hand and keep it up if you use two-factor authentication to safeguard the confidential client information and work product stored on the computers in your law office.
LLRX
JUNE 30, 2022
Librarian and tech expert Karen Coyle provides insight into the evolving conflict that caused OCLC to file suit against the company Clarivate which owns Proquest and ExLibris. The suit focuses on a metadata service proposed by Ex Libris called "MetaDoor." MetaDoor isn't a bibliographic database à la WorldCat, it is a peer-to-peer service that allows its users to find quality records in the catalog systems of other libraries.
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!
LawSites
JUNE 29, 2022
The hardest stories I have to report are the ones about legal tech startups that are forced to shut down. Today brings news that Gavelytics , a seven-year-old litigation analytics company, is closing its doors effective tomorrow. I first wrote about Gavelytics on the day that its product publicly launched , Sept. 26, 2017, and later had the opportunity to visit its Los Angeles headquarters and record an interview for my LawNext podcast with founder and CEO Rick Merrill and Justin Brownstone , th
Legal Talk Network
JUNE 28, 2022
Choosing which legal software systems to use in your law practice is a big decision. New innovations in legal tech have become the great equalizer for many law firms, helping them output that’s competitive with other, larger law firms. To make sure that you’re investing in technology that drives your law firm forward, start by answering a few questions about your practice: What are your firm’s overall strategy and business objectives?
Attorney at Work
JUNE 28, 2022
Spotlight: Practical Law enables attorneys to get up to speed quickly and more efficiently translate research into quality work product. “Practical Law enables us to respond to our clients quickly and effectively, delivering increased efficiency and value.” – Scott M. Coffey, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs. Practical Law ® is the source of trusted, readily available standard documents, practice notes, checklists, legal updates, how-to guides, and more.
LLRX
JUNE 26, 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.
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.
Relativity
JULY 1, 2022
What is a CIO? A CSO? A CISO? Why can’t just one title and role do the job of cybersecurity? In this episode of Security Sandbox, a mini-panel of C-something-Os digs deep into these questions.
LawSites
JULY 1, 2022
Every Friday at 3 E.T., the Legaltech Week panel of legal tech journalists and bloggers convenes live to unpack the week’s top stories in tech and innovation. Here are the stories we plan to discuss today (but others can always come up): Litigation analytics company Gavelytics shuts down. (Coverage by LawSites , Dewey B Strategic.). LexisNexis Parent RELX Quietly Launches Legal Research Service for Bar Associations and Small Firms.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 30, 2022
A surprisingly large number of lawyers, judged from my anecdotal experience, are interested in teaching a law school class. I just wrapped up my whirlwind of a first semester as an adjunct law professor teaching Contract Drafting at the University of Richmond School of Law. Here are some key lessons I learned, which I hope will help inform your decision on whether to pursue an adjunct position.
Rocket Matter
JUNE 28, 2022
Some lawyers may be tempted to go full Perry Mason and try to save the day on their own, but that doesn’t usually end like the TV show. In fact, your law firm suffers if people refuse to work together. To keep your clients coming back again and again, the members of your firm need to collaborate efficiently. But that can be easier said than done.
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!
Relativity
JUNE 28, 2022
Kelly Clay advocates for the use of AI as an important way for lawyers to act on their obligations to find ethical, expedient ways of working in a quickly evolving business world.
LawSites
JUNE 30, 2022
The AI-driven contract analytics startup Della and the London-based international law firm Mishcon de Reya have entered into a commercial agreement by which Della’s platform will be available to selected legal teams throughout the firm. The deal comes after the two-year-old startup graduated in February from Mishcon’s MDR Lab , a 12-week program designed to give legal startups the opportunity to work within their target market and to pilot and improve their products.
LawNext podcast
JUNE 27, 2022
Sang Lee believes that algorithm-based assessments can help law firms make better, more ethical and less-biased decisions when hiring associates and laterals. The SaaS company she founded in 2019, Thine , leverages custom hiring algorithms and industrial and organizational (IO) psychology to create assessments that it says can reduce inconsistencies in how law firms evaluate candidates, promote equity, and create pathways to greater diversity.
LLRX
JUNE 30, 2022
The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – handed down on June 24, 2022 – has far-reaching consequences. Nicole Huberfeld and Linda C. McClain , health law and constitutional law experts at Boston University, explain what just happened, and what happens next.
Advertiser: Trellis
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
Debevoise Data Blog
JUNE 25, 2022
With the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and other complex algorithms across industries, many business decisions that used to be made by humans are now being made (either solely or primarily) by algorithms or models. Examples of automated decision-making (“ADM”) include determining: Who gets an interview, a job, a promotion, or employment discipline; Which ads get displayed for a user on a website or a social media feed; Whether someone’s credit application should be appro
LawSites
JUNE 28, 2022
Sang Lee believes that algorithm-based assessments can help law firms make better, more ethical and less-biased decisions when hiring associates and laterals. The SaaS company she founded in 2019, Thine , leverages custom hiring algorithms and industrial and organizational (IO) psychology to create assessments that it says can reduce inconsistencies in how law firms evaluate candidates, promote equity, and create pathways to greater diversity.
LawSites
JUNE 28, 2022
A new legal research service has quietly launched, targeting bar associations and 1-2 lawyer law firms, but what is not obvious from the service’s website is that the company behind it was formed as a subsidiary of RELX, the parent company of LexisNexis. Search through the website of the new service, which is called Decisis , and you will find no mention of either RELX or LexisNexis — only of the company that directly created the service, Legal InQuery Solutions Inc.
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