Articles Posted in 2014

A year ago, I wrote here about Orion, the practice-management system designed for mid-sized law firms, and its app for iPad and iPhone, iOrion. At LegalTech New York in February, Orion announcing the forthcoming release of version 2.0 of its…

Let’s face it, business development is all about relationships. If you are courting a potential business client, there is no better way to get in the door than by knowing someone on the inside — ideally someone high up the chain of command. Some lawyers consider developing these relationships to be…

A third-year student at The University of Michigan Law School has created an iPad app, BriefCase, that automates the creation of case briefs.

The student, David Lutz, found it cumbersome to have to print out PDFs of cases, annotate them, and then type all the annotated information into a brief. The…

How does your state rate in supporting access to justice for those who face economic, language or physical barriers? A new website, The Justice Index, provides a state-by-state scorecard of resources and initiatives designed to ensure that everyone has equal access to the legal system.

The site…

As you begin to type a search, matching results are shown.

The cloud-based practice management platform Rocket Matter this week announced what it called “a complete overhaul” of its search functionality. Dubbed “Galactic Interdimensional Search,” it is Rocket Matter’s first major upgrade of its search feature since the product’s launch six years…

I attended yesterday’s Harvard Law School conference, Disruptive Innovation in the Market for Legal Services, which featured a keynote by none other than the man who coined the concept of disruptive innovation, Harvard Business School Prof. Clayton M. Christensen, author of the seminal 1997 book, The Innovator’s Dilemma.

The conference was moderated by…

A new legal company that emerged out of Stanford Law School, LawGives, has introduced a platform designed to enable lawyers to offer unbundled legal services over the Internet as standardized, set-priced products, or “packages.” The company will also help lawyers create and price custom packages tailored to their own practices.

The platform became available…

Law.com rolled out its revamped website today, with reorganized navigational elements and the all-new Contributor Network of more than 160 outside writers.

News from across the ALM network of print and web publications is now accessible through a single subscription. Stories are organized not by publications but by practice areas,…

Here is a great opportunity for someone with an interest in legal technology. Law Technology News is looking to hire  a staff reporter. The reporter will write for both the LTN website and the print magazine. They are looking for someone with training in journalism and at least two years of journalism…

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As an increasing number of states legalize marijuana, it is easy to forget that federal law still outlaws it. Where does this leave citizens, local government, and attorneys who work in the cannabis industry? In the latest episode of the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss this…

It’s been all of two days since I’ve written about the launch of an online network for lawyers, and already here’s another. Making its debut today is Foxwordy, which calls itself “the first private social network for lawyers.”

Uh-oh, here we go again. Regular…

My latest “Ambrogi on Tech” column for the ABA Journal looks at PacerPro, a better way to search the federal courts’ Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Started by a lawyer who wanted an easier way to get through PACER’s archaic interface, the service not only improves on…