Finalists have been named for the 2024 American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology, and this year, there is a twist for me: I’m honored to say I’m one of them. 

The awards recognize achievement in various categories related to legal technology, such as by a law firm, an individual, or an enterprise.

This year, the awards add a new category, journalism, in which I am a nominee, along with Stephanie Wilkins, editor-in-chief of ALM’s Legaltech News, and Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal (and both of whom are regulars on my Friday Legaltech Week show).

Another new category this year recognizes achievements in artificial intelligence.

The awards will be presented on Oct. 6 at a gala dinner on the eve of the Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas. The dinner will be held in an off-site event venue, the Barr Mansion.

Here are this year’s finalists:

Award Category (in no particular order)
A2J Foster Power JusticeText Computer Assisted Learning Instruction (CALI)
Court Administrative Office of the Kentucky Courts Legal Accountability Project (LAP) eCourtDate
Education April Dawson Computer Assisted Learning Instruction (CALI) Skillburst Interactive
Enterprise ModeOne BigHand UniCourt
Individual Sateesh Nori Aliza Shatzman Vivian Nguyen
Journalism Bob Ambrogi Stephanie Wilkins Victor Li
Law Firm Ashley Picker Dubin BCLP Lyda Law Firm
Startup Descrybe ECourtDate Illuminote
Artificial Intelligence Charlie Hernandez Gen from Visalaw Descrybe

A lifetime achievement award will also be presented.

Tom Martin, cofounder of the awards (and CEO and cofounder of LawDroid), said that the awards panel received 232 submissions in 10 categories — its largest field to date.

If you are interested in attending, you can purchase tickets at the ALTA website.

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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.