In 2013, the Legal Services Corporation published the landmark study, Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Justice. The report forcefully made the case that technology could be a powerful – indeed, essential – tool in narrowing the justice gap, and its recommendations helped shape the last…
At the Legal Services Corporation’s Innovation Conference, Talk of ‘Radical Collaboration,’ Cutting-Edge AI, and Doing More with What You Have
In video remarks that opened the second day of the Legal Services Corporation’s annual Innovations in Technology Conference in San Antonio last week, Bridget Mary McCormack, president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association and former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, urged attendees to engage in “radical collaboration.”
“AI alone won’t…
With Two Weeks Left to Vote, Here Are the Standings for ABA Techshow’s Startup Alley
With just two weeks left to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the 10th-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, below are the standings so far, ranked by total votes received.
Remember, your votes determine the 15 companies that get the opportunity to face off in a live pitch competition on…
Guest Post: In the Second of His Three-Part Series, Ken Crutchfield Looks At Whether UPL Will Hit the Breaking Point in 2026
Where does all the pressure building in legal tech concentrate? On unauthorized practice of law (UPL), says Ken Crutchfield — and something’s got to give.
In Part 1 of his series on “The New Physics of Legal Tech,” Crutchfield examined the macro forces shaping the industry. Now, in Part 2, he zeroes in on…
LawNext: From Customer to Acquirer: Filevine’s Ryan Anderson and Pincites’ Sona Sulakian on Building AI Contract Intelligence
In this episode of LawNext, we talk with Ryan Anderson, co-founder and CEO of Filevine, and Sona Sulakian, former CEO and co-founder of Pincites, about Filevine’s acquisition of the AI-powered contract redlining company. The deal, which closed in December, marks Filevine’s second major AI acquisition of the year. Even more notably for this traditionally litigation-focused…
AI Video Tools Depict Lawyers and Judges As Women At Far Lower Rates than Real Life, New Study Finds
A new study examining bias in AI-generated video reveals that the leading AI video creation tools significantly underrepresent women in the legal profession, depicting female lawyers at rates far below their actual numbers in the workforce.
AI videos also underrepresent lawyers of color, although by a lesser percentage.
According to research published by Kapwing,…
EvenUp Launches AI Communication Agents to Handle Routine Tasks in PI Cases; Also Enhances Its AI Drafting
EvenUp, a company that specializes in AI tools for personal injury law practices, today launched Communication Agents, AI-powered voice and text assistants designed to automate routine communications in PI case management. The company also announced enhancements to its AI drafting capabilities.
The company announced the new features during a keynote by cofounder Saam…
Can AI Agents Settle PI Cases? Mighty Says They Can and Have, As It Launches Free, Direct-to-Consumer Platform To Resolve Accident Claims
Joshua Schwadron is fed up with personal injury lawyers’ failure to pass on to their clients the savings they realize from technology.
He is so fed up, in fact, that he is pivoting his legal technology company Mighty – which he originally launched to serve PI lawyers – to bypass those lawyers and…
Aiming To Make AI More Easily Accessible for Smaller Law Firms, Legal AI Company August Launches Self-Service Platform and Free Educational Library
Aiming to remove the sales-cycle obstacles that have kept generative AI tools out of reach for many solo and smaller-firm lawyers, August today launched immediate self-service access to its legal AI platform, including a two-week free trial, alongside a comprehensive library of over 100 video tutorials.
For the first time, the company says, smaller…
Zebraworks Launches DataQ AI to Help Law Firms Accelerate Cash Flow Through AI-Driven Revenue Analytics
Zebraworks today announced the launch of DataQ AI, an artificial intelligence-powered analytics platform designed to help law firms identify and address revenue cycle issues before they impact cash flow.
The new product, part of the company’s Invoices-to-Cash suite, analyzes billing and collections activity, accounts receivable, trust and retainer balances, and client payment patterns to…
Litera Expands Kira’s AI Capabilities with Hybrid Gen AI/Proprietary Approach to Contract Review
Litera is significantly enhancing Kira, its AI-powered contract review platform, with new capabilities designed to address the growing demands for speed, accuracy and trusted generative AI in contract review work, the company announced today.
The enhanced version of Kira combines gen AI with proprietary AI models trained on over one million legal contracts to…
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