Since 2010, the nonprofit Free Law Project has been working to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive using technology, data and advocacy. It may be best known for CourtListener, its flagship project that houses an immense collection of court orders…
Solo and Small Firms Plan to Adopt AI More Quickly than Larger Firms, But Not Fast Enough for Clients, Clio Survey Finds
Solo and small firm lawyers intend to adopt artificial intelligence at a much faster pace than their larger-firm counterparts, but their clients are even more enthusiastic about the technology, believing it can result in more affordable and higher quality services from their lawyers.
So says the 2024 Legal Trends for Solo and Small Firms report,…
Nominations Open for 2024 American Legal Technology Awards, to be Presented at Gala Dinner in October
In what has become an annual tradition, nominations have now opened for the American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology.
You will be shocked to learn that a new award category has been added this year — the Artificial Intelligence Award, highlighting innovation in applying AI to…
A Review of Gavel, for Automating Legal Documents and Selling Online Legal Services
Document automation software is a key tool for any law firm looking to streamline its creation of legal documents and better manage client-intake data. But with a number of products to choose from, picking the right document automation software for your firm can be difficult.
In this review of Gavel, previously known as Documate,…
On LawNext: Epiq’s Global Legal Solutions Leader Roger Pilc on How AI Is Transforming Legal Services
In recent months, Epiq, a global company providing technology-enabled legal services, has announced new artificial intelligence and analytics features built using the AI capabilities of Amazon Web Services. These new features include a framework for building, training and deploying bespoke machine learning models as secure APIs for…
Steno Launches Transcript Genius, Aiming to ‘Revolutionize How Attorneys Interact with Transcripts’; Also Announces $46M In New Financing
A first-of-its-kind product launching today aims to “revolutionize how attorneys interact with transcripts” by using artificial intelligence to allow them to semantically search across libraries of transcripts and then dynamically interact with and interrogate individual transcripts to find relevant information.
Called Transcript Genius, it was developed by Steno, a tech-enabled provider of legal…
Today on Legaltech Week: It’s the Post-ILTA Evolve, Post-CLOC, and Post Jazz Fest Edition
After being away last Friday, we are back live today at 3 p.m. ET with our weekly Legaltech Week roundtable panel — where we offer our expert and sometimes irreverent takes on the week’s legal tech news.
If you haven’t already, you can sign up free here to attend. Register once and you are signed…
ABA Issues Ethics Opinion on 30-Year-Old Technology whose Use Is Waning. My Question: Why Now?
When the American Bar Association’s ethics panel finally got around to issuing an opinion on lawyer blogging in 2018 — a full two decades after lawyers had started blogging — it conjured for me the image of Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep in 1769 and awoke 20 years later, having slept through the Revolution.…
Aderant CEO Chris Cartrett on the Company’s Cloud-First Strategy and New Cloud Platform Stridyn
As this episode is released, Aderant, a technology company that provides business and practice management software for mid- to large-sized law firms worldwide, is in the midst of its Global Momentum user conference, taking place in Nashville. At the conference, the company made a major news announcement…
Advancing Its Cloud-First Strategy, Aderant Launches Stridyn, A Single Cloud Platform To Unify All Its Products; Hear Exclusive Interview with Its CEO
When Chris Cartrett took over two years ago as CEO of Aderant, a provider of business management software to larger law firms, he promised to “take aggressive steps to further the company’s cloud-first strategy throughout its broad suite of solutions.”
At Aderant’s Global Momentum user conference today in Nashville, he announced…
Harvey AI To Move Out Of Early Access Phase, Release More Affordable Versions Of Its Custom AI Models
It has been a whirlwind year for the Open AI-backed, generative AI legal tech startup Harvey, which went from a $5 million seed round in November 2022 to a $21 million Series A in April 2023 to an $80 million Series B in December 2023 at a valuation of $715 million.
It…
New LexPrize Award Honors Legal Innovation At A Law Firm or Legal Department; Applications Open Today
A new award announced today is intended to recognize and celebrate the visionary contributions shaping the future of knowledge management and innovation in the legal profession.
Called the LexPrize Innovation Award, it will be presented at the Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal (KM&I) conference taking place in New York City in October.
Conference…