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46,218 news transcripts show ideologically extreme politicians get more airtime

LLRX

Professors Joshua Darr , Jeremey Padgett and Johanna Dunaway research how changes in the media have shifted the incentives of elected officials and the considerations of voters, and what that means for American democracy. In recent work, they showed that extremely conservative and extremely liberal legislators receive far more airtime on cable and broadcast news than their moderate counterparts.

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Microsoft Word Tools to Utilize as a Lawyer

NSLT

Microsoft Word Tools to Utilize as a Lawyer There are multiple tools that are beneficial to use as a lawyer. One of the most common and easily accessible tools is Microsoft Word. We’re going to dive into a few of the best functions and options you can utilize as a lawyer within Microsoft Word. Comparing Two Documents If you need to compare two documents to find the difference between them, good news for you.

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Partnership with ELSA

ELTA

The European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) is excited to announce its partnership with the European Law Student’s Association (ELSA) as a General International Focus Programme Partner. ELTA’s and ELSA’s goals are very well aligned, and we understand the importance of including students into the effort to bring change to the legal industry. ELSA has fantastic programs in place to facilitate these efforts, and ELTA will support these programs with its resources and network of dedicated peopl

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Ep 111: Varun Mehta On His Momentous First Year Leading ALSP Factor

LawNext podcast

In January 2020, Axiom Managed Services, one of two companies spun off in 2019 from alternative legal services provider Axiom, rebranded as Factor , a move the company characterized as a relaunch, and named a new CEO , Varun Mehta , a veteran of the legal tech industry who had previously helped found the e-discovery managed services firm The Clutch Group.

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Black and Hispanic people more ‘engaged’ with books than most Americans are: New report from Panorama Project

LLRX

David H. Rothman , cofounder of LibraryEndowment.org , discusses the new Panorama Project report that covers a variety of topics, ranging from piracy to synergies between books and other media. Specifically significant to Rothman is the report's data indicating that avid book engagers (4+ books/month) are more ethnically diverse and younger than the general survey population.

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Microsoft Word Tools to Utilize as a Lawyer

NSLT

Microsoft Word Tools to Utilize as a Lawyer There are multiple tools that are beneficial to use as a lawyer. One of the most common and easily accessible tools is Microsoft Word. We’re going to dive into a few of the best functions and options you can utilize as a lawyer within Microsoft Word. Comparing Two Documents If you need to compare two documents to find the difference between them, good news for you.

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How solo and small firms can avoid banking headaches

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CI, is it ethical?

LLRX

Caren Zentner Luckie clarifies a question that can arise about CI research. As Lukie describes, CI does involve digging into an organization, or an individual, to find information about them. But it does not mean taking and using proprietary/private information.

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Migrating Document Management to the Cloud

NSLT

Migrating Document Management to the Cloud Technology has revolutionized the way today’s attorneys practice law, and few things have made as big an impact as the evolution of the cloud. Cloud solutions have broad applications across the legal field, thanks to their ability to offer lawyers access to their data anytime, anywhere. One of the biggest areas where cloud technology has changed the legal landscape is document management.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 20, 2021

LLRX

Privacy and security 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 security, often without our situational awareness.

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Migrating Document Management to the Cloud

NSLT

Migrating Document Management to the Cloud Technology has revolutionized the way today’s attorneys practice law, and few things have made as big an impact as the evolution of the cloud. Cloud solutions have broad applications across the legal field, thanks to their ability to offer lawyers access to their data anytime, anywhere. One of the biggest areas where cloud technology has changed the legal landscape is document management.

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Legal Data Analytics

NSLT

Legal Data Analytics Can Benefit Any Type of Legal Practice No matter where an attorney works, the practice of law is no longer just about the law. It’s also about competing as a business, whether that’s in a corporate setting or at a law firm. Legal analytics—using historical performance data to make decisions about individual cases or legal operations—are one of the fastest ways to build a business case for legal practice.

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Legal Data Analytics

NSLT

Legal Data Analytics Can Benefit Any Type of Legal Practice No matter where an attorney works, the practice of law is no longer just about the law. It’s also about competing as a business, whether that’s in a corporate setting or at a law firm. Legal analytics—using historical performance data to make decisions about individual cases or legal operations—are one of the fastest ways to build a business case for legal practice.

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We are STENO. This is why we are still here.

LLRX

The February 2021 Senate impeachment trail of Donald Trump was a significant example of the critical work done by America's stenographers. Ana Fatima Costa broadens our awareness about her profession whose members have been providing immediate transcription of the spoken word via cutting-edge CAT technology known as "realtime" (from shorthand to English) since the 1960s.

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