On LawNext: Cofounder Jason Tashea on the First Year and Uncertain Future of Georgetown’s First-of-Its-Kind Judicial Innovation Fellowship
Eighteen months ago, the first-of-its-kind Judicial Innovation Fellowship launched with the mission of embedding experienced technologists and designers within state, local, and tribal courts to develop technology-based solutions…
Is Gen AI Creating A Divide Among Law Firms Of Haves and Have Nots?
On Friday, I spoke to a group of trial lawyers on the use of generative AI in litigation. Many in the room were that increasingly rare…
Every Lawyer In Texas Now Has Free Access to Smokeball’s Trust Accounting and Billing Software
Every lawyer in Texas is now eligible for free access to trust accounting and billing software, thanks to an exclusive partnership announced today between the State…
Startup LexIQ, An AI Copilot for Contracts Backed By Techstars and J.P. Morgan, Launches Waitlist Today
LexIQ, an early-stage startup focused on using artificial intelligence to draft and review contracts in Microsoft Word, is today launching its waitlist for corporate legal departments…
New President of Thomson Reuters Legal Segment Says Industry Needs Open Benchmarking on Gen AI
Raghu Ramanathan, who in February was named president of the Legal Professionals segment within Thomson Reuters, overseeing all its products for the legal profession, believes there…
Missed Legaltech Week Last Week? (I Know I Did.) No Worries, Here’s the Recording. Among the Topics: Harvey, DoNotPay, AAA and Musk
If you, like me, missed Legaltech Week last Friday, here is the recording. I was away, as were several of our other regulars, but panelists Victor Li,…
A Cool New Feature of This Blog, If I May Say So Myself
We have just added a new feature to LawSites that enables readers to explore more about the products and product-categories I cover here. Now, when you are…
A Slow Year for Legal Tech Funding? Over $400 Million Invested in the Last 30 Days Suggests Otherwise
Investments in legal tech got off to a slow start in 2024. A Crunchbase report just last week said that legal tech startups had raised only $356…
New Legal Ethics Opinion Cautions Lawyers: You ‘Must Be Proficient’ In the Use of Generative AI
A new legal ethics opinion on the use of generative AI in law practice makes one point very clear: lawyers are required to maintain competence across all…
New Gavel Feature Uses AI to Convert PDFs into Automated Document-Generation Workflows
If you are a lawyer whose practice involves regularly working with PDF forms, such as those from courts and government agencies, a new generative AI feature from…