Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 4, 2024

Last September, two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage, announced their merger, with the promise of combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 7, 2023

A recent survey of the legal profession confirms what may already be obvious to many, which is that the use of ChatGPT and other large language models by lawyers continues to grow, even as many remain concerned about the rate at which it is being adopted.

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Legal Talk Network

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Former Orrick Chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter brings his lifetime of experience innovating law firms and advising legal technology companies at the highest level to the microphone on our Law Technology Now podcast. We are very excited to welcome him and look forward to new recordings on the way.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The 2024 American Legal Technology Awards. The post Honoring The People Who Make Legal Run Better appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 31, 2024

The legal technology company Clio, which started 16 years ago as a law practice management platform tailored to solos and small firms, said this week that it will now heighten its focus and investment on technology for mid-sized law firms of more than 20 employees. “In

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Stories are increasingly common of lawyers who leave law practice to start legal technology companies, but few achieve the level of success as an entrepreneur of Matt Spiegel. He was a criminal defense lawyer in 2009 when he founded MyCase , one of the earliest cloud-based law practice management companies.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 29, 2023

For nearly two decades, one person reigned supreme over the world of legal technology. Such was Monica Bay’s prominence and influence that, when she retired in 2015 after 17 years as editor of Law Technology News , Thomson Reuters honored her with her name and image emblazoned above Times Square.

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 3, 2023

Whether they work in law firms or corporate legal, academia or government, law librarians play a central role in testing, recommending and deploying legal technology, according to the American Association of Law Libraries’ 2023 State of the Profession report, an exhaustive 252-page survey of the legal information landscape.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 13, 2023

Nexl said its product is in use at more than 100 law firms in 37 countries, including such firms as Eversheds , Wiersholm , Dentons , Bartier Perry , Polsinelli , and Al Tamimi. Read more about Nexl in the LawNext Legal Technology directory.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2023

American Legal Technology Awards provides recognition for often thankless work. The post Awards Recognize The People Out Here Making Lawyering Suck Less appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 31, 2023

The post The Future Of Law: ILTACON 2023’s Legal Tech Innovations appeared first on Above the Law. Ready Or Not, Generative AI Is Here.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 25, 2024

The post Avoid A Reactionary, Band-Aid Approach To AI In Law appeared first on Above the Law. Lawyers’ reluctance to embrace AI, coupled with its ever-evolving and unpredictable nature, can leave many vulnerable to a fear-based, reactionary mindset that is untenable in the long term.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 27, 2024

In what it says is the first AI agent for law, the legal technology company Spellbook just released Spellbook Associate, an application that can plan and execute complex, multi-step workflows in transactional matters, much as an associate would.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 23, 2024

In a sign of the continued strength of the legal technology market, Clio hauls in $900 million from investors. The post Clio Earns $3 Billion Valuation In Largest Funding Raise Of Its Kind appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 18, 2023

The post How To Market Your Law Firm Like A Millennial appeared first on Above the Law. Because clients!

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 9, 2023

As the American Association of Law Libraries wrapped up its annual conference in Boston last month, I checked out of my hotel and made my way through the Prudential Center shopping mall that connects the Hynes Convention Center to the various hotels that hosted the conference’s attendees. That is a huge mistake.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Ever since Startup Alley first launched in 2017, the pitch competition has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups and become a seminal event of the American Bar Association’s annual TECHSHOW.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 7, 2023

The post Does Not Compute: Why Don’t Law Firms Leverage Data? appeared first on Above the Law. Most are late to the party.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 28, 2023

By embracing these technologies, you'll be better positioned to keep up with the rapidly evolving legal technology landscape. The post Attorney AI Assistants: GPT-Driven Tools And Browser Extensions To Streamline Your Work appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 14, 2023

The post Is Law Practice Management Software Still A Sound Investment? appeared first on Above the Law. How you can 'recession-proof' your firm with tech, on the latest Non-Eventcast.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Developing legal technology tools offers a revenue stream that doesn't require annoying clients or associates. Consider Getting Into Legal Tech. appeared first on Above the Law. The post Looking To Raise Associate Compensation?

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Law Technology Today

APRIL 13, 2023

Implications for the Future of the Legal Profession Automated data collection of online court records has enormous implications for the future of the legal profession, as the ability to easily access aggregated court data directly impacts law firm operations, the quality of legal services, and meaningful access to justice for consumers.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2024

When Avaneesh Marwaha stepped down as CEO of legal tech company Litera in 2022, becoming chairman of the company’s board of directors, it was a surprise to many in the legal technology community.

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2024

We had been the very first podcast on the Legal Talk Network and the longest continually running podcast in law, at that point having racked up 586 episodes. But, as I explained in a 2018 post , I wanted to start a podcast that focused on innovation in law and legal technology.

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Colin S. Levy

APRIL 30, 2024

On a Saturday morning in 2016, I found myself sitting in a brightly lit auditorium in my role as an advisor for the Campbell Law School Law Review unaware that my life would take an unexpected turn.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 2, 2023

4, 2023, descriptions of each of the 25 finalists will be posted on the ABA TECHSHOW blog, on this blog, and on Above the Law, and readers will be invited to vote for their favorites. Your company has never before exhibited at a national legal technology conference. Winners will be announced on Jan. Who Are the Judges?

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 30, 2023

In a first for an e-discovery technology company, Chicago-based Nextpoint is launching an Arizona law firm June 1 under that state’s liberalized law practice rules that allow non-lawyers to own law practices. Learn more about Nextpoint at the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 5, 2024

Ever wonder how much coffee gets consumed at a week-long legal tech conference? Well, with ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, set to convene this weekend in Nashville, organizers plan to serve some 1,500 gallons of the caffeinated brew.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 10, 2024

a provider of marketing automation technology and a subsidiary of Adobe Inc. Read more about DISCO in the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. “He is a seasoned technology veteran with a track record of scaling businesses, building best-in-class products and customer experiences, and developing and inspiring teams.”

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Law Technology Today

MARCH 28, 2023

It’s happening right now, and it’s changing the way you practice law. Legal tech startups are disrupting traditional law firms and offering new ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their services. Benefits of Legal Technology Organizations These companies offer many benefits to law firms.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 25, 2024

In the quest to integrate AI and legal technology into legal practice, use cases are not just important but indispensable. The post The Imperative Of Identifying Use Cases In Legal Tech: A Guiding Light For Innovation In The Age Of AI appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A new survey from the legal technology company Clio found that clients tend to be “more optimistic” about the use of generative AI than the lawyers that represent them, according to a write-up of Clio’s findings in the ABA Journal.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In July 2021, under Camara’s leadership, DISCO became one of just a handful of legal technology companies ever to go public, listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Now, we look forward to continuing our technology leadership by applying the latest advances in AI to legal problems. “Now,

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 6, 2024

For solo and small law firms, the current state of legal technology offers both promises and pitfalls. Its sources include Thomson Reuters’ State of US Law Firms Report, Clio’s Legal Trends Report, Wolters Kluwers’ Future Ready Lawyer report, and the American Bar Association’s annual tech report.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

ECFX was founded in 2019 by Dan O’Day , a lawyer and veteran legal tech executive who previously worked for American LegalNet and Thomson Reuters, and Nelson Quintero , a longtime patent attorney. Read more about ECFX on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

” With GPT-4 having passed the bar exam and legal tech companies launching AI-based legal assistants , it sometimes seems that the potential for AI in law is limitless. If you are a legal tech expert or user who would like to pitch an article idea for our resources center, you may do so here.) Why is that?

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 5, 2024

This has been a notable year for BriefCatch, a legal technology company devoted to helping legal professionals improve their legal writing. million seed round, continued with its roll outs of new products and features, and then to its formation of a legal writing […]

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