Centerbase

MARCH 3, 2025

As tax season approaches, law firms face a familiar set of challenges organizing records, compiling deductions, and ensuring compliance with complex tax rules. This guide highlights key deductions, important deadlines, and strategies to help law firms successfully navigate tax season.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

After that case, which resulted in a media frenzy and (somewhat mild) court sanctions, many attorneys are wary of using generative AI for legal research. And some legal tasks are less affected by hallucinations. But vendors are working to limit hallucinations and increase trust.

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Trial Technology

MAY 31, 2023

Competent representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation. Research assistance: ChatGPT can provide quick access to legal information and precedents, making it a valuable tool for lawyers conducting legal research.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 5, 2025

Brett Trout The legal profession is undergoing a digital transformation, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing an increasingly prominent role in legal research and document drafting. Some states even require attorneys to stay abreast of technological advancements, such as AI, in the legal field.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Stephanie Farne , Legal Information Librarian and Lecturer in Law at Boston College Law School, raises increasingly important issues respective to the bias inherent in artificial intelligence powered search algorithms, both on the Internet and in commercial databases.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

[Note: Please welcome guest bloggers Jennifer Wondracek , Director of the Law Library, Professor of Legal Research & Writing at Capital University Law School, and Rebecca Rich , Assistant Dean for the Law Library and Technology Services, and Assistant Teaching Professor at Drexel University Thomas R.

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Legal assistants are important contributors to a law firm’s success and are integral to its day-to-day operations. Their roles include preparing legal documents, managing case files, and ensuring everything stays organized behind the curtain. But they are not the same.

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CaseFox

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Lawyers’ education is a continuous process. They have to keep taking up new courses and learn about new laws and compliances. Working in a complex and ever-changing legal environment requires lawyers to stay updated with legal technology , compliances, court rulings, and other industry advancements. What is CLE?

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LLRX

AUGUST 22, 2024

This spring the Michigan State University College of Law and the MSU Center for Law, Technology & Innovation introduced the “LegalRnD AI Studio,” a groundbreaking mini-course series designed to elevate law students' AI literacy, focusing on practical skills in generative AI.

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LLRX

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In this essay, James Jordan and Joy Ruiz, second year law students at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, explore the growing influence of generative AI in politics, particularly focusing on deepfakes and their potential impact on elections.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Justia’s mission is to make the law and legal resources free for all. In keeping with this mission, the Justia Portal offers free access to statutes from all 50 states, cases from federal courts and the highest state courts, legal guides, and more! law schools and the law school admissions process.

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LLRX

APRIL 24, 2024

Sarah Gotschall describes this deep dive into how AI is used to write law review articles, with illustrations that detail the complexity and limitations of the effort.

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MatterSuite

JULY 2, 2023

How ChatGPT Can Revolutionize Your Legal Practice Improved Efficiency: In the legal profession, time is a valuable resource. Lawyers often spend hours conducting legal research, drafting documents, and answering client queries. ChatGPT can swiftly analyze and interpret legal documents.

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CaseFox

JULY 2, 2023

But tools like ChatGPT can help lawyers in making the legal process easier. How ChatGPT For Law Firms & Lawyers Can Be Useful ? Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have taken the legal profession by storm. Below are some ways in which ChatGPT for attorneys, lawyers and law firms can be a helpful tool.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 14, 2022

Ask a Law Librarian. A visit to a law library is an ideal way to start. As a newbie to the topic, computer legal research can present too large a universe. Investigate Continuing Legal Education and Specialty Bar Groups. Educate yourself by seeking out relevant continuing legal education programs.

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Wisblawg

AUGUST 23, 2024

Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. 769 (2024) by CHRISTOPHER LAU , UW Law School Against the backdrop of declining crime rates, gun violence and gun-related homicides have only risen over the last three years.

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Ever wondered how the legal profession, an age-old institution steeped in tradition, is adapting to the rapidly evolving technology? In an era where digital innovation touches every facet of our lives, the legal world is no exception. Competition among Law Firms: The legal market is experiencing heightened competition.

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Wisblawg

JANUARY 31, 2024

Last week, the University of Wisconsin Law School was recognized by Bloomberg Law in the 2023-24 Law School Innovation Program. The UW Law School was recognized in the “Beyond the Law” category for the Law Library’s Advanced Legal Research and Legal Technology Experiential Coursework and Certifications.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Venturing on a journey as a law clerk opens the door to the heart of the legal world. This blog unpacks what it means to be a law clerk, sharing the ins and outs of the job and offering a roadmap for anyone eyeing this path. What is a law clerk? What is the difference between a paralegal and a law clerk?

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The pace of generative AI development (and hype) over the past year has been intense, and difficult even for us experienced librarians, masters of information that we are, to follow.

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Introduction Have you ever wondered how law school can prepare you for the real world of practicing law? Are you curious about hands-on legal experience? Imagine stepping out of the classroom and into a world where you work on actual legal cases. That’s what legal clinics offer.

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Starting a law firm gives lawyers the unique opportunity to take control of their careers, allowing them to choose clients, focus on preferred legal areas, and run their practice the way they want. However, without access to startup capital, many wonder: is it possible to start a law firm with no money?

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Lambert highlighted Levy juggling this book and writing his own solo book on legal tech stories from the front lines. The guests offered advice to law students and lawyers looking to learn about and leverage legal tech. So I practiced law for many years, almost a decade. Can you share that story with our listeners?

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MatterSuite

JUNE 15, 2023

Stay updated on the latest trends, and gain inspiration for legal rebels who are shaping the future of the legal industry. The Law Entrepreneur: Are you considering starting your own law firm or venturing into legal entrepreneurship? Look no further than “ The Law Entrepreneur ” podcast.

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MatterSuite

JUNE 15, 2023

Stay updated on the latest trends, and gain inspiration for legal rebels who are shaping the future of the legal industry. The Law Entrepreneur: Are you considering starting your own law firm or venturing into legal entrepreneurship? Look no further than “ The Law Entrepreneur ” podcast.

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CaseFox

JULY 25, 2023

It has also revolutionized the way lawyers practice law and interact with clients. Legal Research and Data Analytics: Gone are the days of poring over endless law books and case files in dusty libraries. Technology has revolutionized legal research, making it faster and more efficient.

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Wisblawg

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

One of these events, organized by the UW Law School and the Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA), was a flag ceremony in which thirteen Native Nations with ancestral ties to Wisconsin presented their flags. The program was part of the excellent Integrating Doctrine and Diversity series from Roger Williams School of Law.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

We sat down and talked with ⁠ Jeff Reihl ⁠ , the Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer at LexisNexis, and discussed the current state of AI and its relevance to the legal and research sector. Bing, Bard, and others is causing even the big players in the legal industry to quickly adjust to the demands of the market.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 30, 2023

It is probably best not to use ChatGPT for legal research, but if you do, treat any result with great skepticism, even more than you would with a new law student or paralegal you have just hired, because those employees won’t make things up. It is particularly dangerous when you are relying heavily on those cases.

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CaseFox

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Legal clinics play a pivotal role in the educational journey of aspiring lawyers. Law clinics offer these aspiring lawyers the chance to transform theoretical knowledge into practical experience. These legal clinics serve as a bridge in connecting classroom education with real world experience.

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CloudNine

AUGUST 21, 2024

This session, moderated by Maribel Rivera, VP, Strategy and Client Engagement, ACEDS, featured insights from industry leaders such as Julie Brown, Director of Practice Technology at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP; Cat Casey, Chief Growth Officer at Reveal; and David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director at Relativity.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

They are releasing a new book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better later this year. Benjamin Alarie is a tax law professor at the University of Toronto and has been in the tax law profession since 2004.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutes I had the opportunity a couple of months ago to talk to a group about the impact of artificial intelligence on legal research. Tasks not recommended: Legal research : AI tools are a poor way of conducting research to find new information you cannot verify independently. taught in law school.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Cindy Guyer , Senior Law Librarian and Adjunct Assistant Professor Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, has been experimenting with incorporating infographics in her teaching to present information and knowledge visually, using graphs, flowcharts, timelines, and diagrams, which are components of instructional design.

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LLRX

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, good law librarian that she is, she created a new form of plan for those who are learning to draft a prompt. Jennifer (Greig) Wondracek identified that her AI results are much better when she stops and thinks them through, providing a high level of detail and a good explanation of what she want the AI system to produce.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The new exam will focus more on testing foundational lawyering skills found in real-world practice rather than the memorization of legal concepts, according to the NCBE. Conflict of laws, trusts and estates, and secured transactions are included in the UBE, but will be omitted on the NextGen bar exam.

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Clio

JANUARY 24, 2024

In document-intensive and high-communication professions like the law, it’s likely that many lawyers regularly spend hours a day on email. Disorganized email also impacts productivity with law firm collaboration. Where appropriate, delegate email tasks to law firm support staff promptly. This is where folders and labels come in.

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