Bob Ambrogi

On Aug.1, Hari M. Osofsky took office as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, after four years as dean of Penn State Law School and nearly two decades of teaching law. Having herself established a reputation for driving innovation, and coming into a school that is already recognized as innovative, her mission…

A week away from the first hybrid version of ILTACON, the annual convention of the International Legal Technology Association, and with mounting fears around the surge in the Delta variant of the virus, a major vendor, iManage, has informed its customers that it will not send staff to the conference in Las Vegas.

“We let…

One project has swept the inaugural American Association of Law Libraries’ Innovation Showcase, winning in all three categories of government, law firm and law school.

More surprisingly, the project was able to achieve its sweep despite some minor involvement by yours truly. More on that later.

The showcase, introduced by AALL last June, is…

Innovation for Justice, a legal innovation lab focused on social justice, launched at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2018, has expanded its operations to form a collaboration with the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, making it the first cross-discipline, cross-institution, cross-jurisdiction legal innovation lab in…

Kira Systems, a 10-year-old Toronto company that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence in contract analysis, is to be acquired by the global legal technology company Litera, its 12th acquisition over the span of two years.

Kira’s CEO, Noah Waisberg, a former corporate lawyer with Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York,…

Zach Posner cofounded The Legaltech Fund in 2020 as the first venture capital firm laser-focused on law and legal technology. But even with that industry focus, he takes a broad view when it comes to what he considers legal tech, looking for startups that…

Aiming to create a community that brings together developers, investors and buyers of legal technology products in order to expand opportunities for all three groups, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) will launch the ILTA Innovation Hub Aug. 22 during its annual ILTACON in Las Vegas.

“ILTA sits at the center of the legal…

Lightning Law Technologies, a Seattle startup developing software for remote testimony and legal proceedings, has raised a $1 million seed, which the company will use to accelerate development of its platform.

Founded by Seattle trial lawyer Alisa Brodkowitz, the startup is developing an end-to-end platform for remote testimony, mediations and legal proceedings. The…

Does the billable hour get a bum rap? Nicholas d’Adhemar, founder and CEO of the London-based spend management company Apperio, believes so. The real culprit for out-of-control legal costs is something else altogether, he believes. By identifying it, d’Adhemar says, both clients…

Two well-known writers on legal technology have launched a weekly podcast, In the News, discussing the latest news involving the use of iPhones and iPads by legal professionals.

Every Friday, Jeff Richardson, New Orleans lawyer and author of the blog iPhone J.D., and Brett Burney, technology consultant and author of the blog

I recently had the great honor to be interviewed by Ivy B. Grey, vice president, strategy & business development, at WordRake, about lessons learned in journalism that can be applied in law.

The interview is now posted at WordRake, where we discuss what journalism can teach legal professionals about effective writing, interviewing, working…

Yesterday, I reported that law practice management company Clio  acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules. This was Clio’s second acquisition, after its 2018 acquisition of Lexicata, which it developed into its CRM platform Clio Grow.

Yesterday, I discussed the acquisition with Jack Newton, cofounder and CEO of Clio, and Scott…