In a legal technology year marked by near-obsessive discussion of artificial intelligence, robot lawyers and other cutting-edge technologies, readers of this blog favored more practical tools.

When I looked at the numbers for my most-popular posts of the years, the leader by a wide margin was a keyboard designed for lawyers, followed by a voice app for keeping time and a new legal research service.

As I did in 2016 and 2015, I hereby offer my most popular posts of 2017. Note that I have two lists. First I list the 10 most popular posts of 2017, listing only posts first published during 2017. After that, I list the most popular posts of the year, without regard to the year the post was originally published. In both cases, the rankings are based only on 2017 traffic, not all-time traffic.

Top 10 Posts of 2017 (First Published in 2017)

  1. Debuting Tomorrow: A Keyboard Designed Just for Lawyers (Jan. 4, 2017).
  2. Now Lawyers Can Say, ‘Alexa, Track My Time’ (May 9, 2017).
  3. After Five Years in Stealth Mode, Judicata Reveals Its Legal Research Service (May 3, 2017).
  4. ABA Issues Major Ruling on Ethics of Email and Electronic Communications (May 12, 2017).
  5. This App May Forever Change How You Read Legal Documents (March 14, 2017).
  6. ROSS AI Plus Wexis Outperforms Either Westlaw or LexisNexis Alone, Study Finds (Jan. 17, 2017).
  7. The 10 Technologies That Most Drive Law Firm Effectiveness, According to New Survey (Aug. 3, 2017).
  8. New Index Measures Law Schools on Innovation and Technology Programs (Nov. 2, 2017).
  9. Free Law Project Has Now Made Every PACER Opinion Searchable (Aug. 22, 2017).
  10. Breaking: LexisNexis Acquires Ravel Law (June 8, 2017).

Top 10 Posts of 2017 — First Published in Any Year

  1. Debuting Tomorrow: A Keyboard Designed Just for Lawyers (Jan. 4, 2017).
  2. What Do You Pay for Westlaw or LexisNexis? (July 13, 2011).
  3. How to Find if an Attorney Has Been Disciplined (July 7, 2010).
  4. Now Lawyers Can Say, ‘Alexa, Track My Time’ (May 9,2017).
  5. After Five Years in Stealth Mode, Judicata Reveals Its Legal Research Service (May 3, 2017).
  6. The 10 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2016 (Dec. 20, 2016).
  7. 13 15 17 18 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 States Have Adopted Ethical Duty of Technology Competence (March 16, 2015, with multiple updates).
  8. ABA Issues Major Ruling on Ethics of Email and Electronic Communications (May 12, 2017).
  9. This App May Forever Change How You Read Legal Documents (March 14, 2017).
  10. ROSS AI Plus Wexis Outperforms Either Westlaw or LexisNexis Alone, Study Finds (Jan. 17, 2017).
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Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.