Monica Zent is a true pioneer in legal innovation and entrepreneurship. She is the founder of ZentLaw, an award-winning alternative legal services provider that broke the traditional law firm mold when she founded it in 2002. ZentLaw has since grown into a nationwide legal services provider, serving global brands and major corporations…
Gavel Says Its New AI Assistant, Gavel Exec, Performs At Senior-Level Capacity for Small Law Firms
Document automation company Gavel today released Gavel Exec, an AI assistant embedded in Microsoft Word that it says can perform at a senior-level capacity for small law firms.
Lawyers can use the AI assistant to perform a range of activities, including contract analysis and redlining, negotiation based on firm precedents, and running playbooks with…
At Its Momentum Conference in Dallas, Aderant Launches Next-Gen Cloud Financial Applications Aimed At Transforming Law Firm Operations
At its Momentum Global conference in Dallas today, legal technology company Aderant unveiled four new cloud-based financial management applications, marking a significant expansion of the company’s AI-powered offerings for law firms.
The new applications — Cloud Accounts Receivable (AR), Cloud General Ledger (GL), Stridyn Analytics, and askMADDI — were officially launched during this…
Lawyer Launches Site to Help Pro Se People In Arkansas Navigate Legal Issues
A legal information website launched this week is designed to help people in Arkansas handle legal problems on their own confidently and affordably.
Called ArkansasLegalNow (ALN), the site was developed by Brandon Haubert, a civil and family lawyer and the CEO of WH Law, a Little Rock law firm.
“We believe legal help…
Inviting You to Take this Important New Survey: Can AI Help Close the Justice Gap?
As many of you know, I’ve long followed and reported on the evolving intersection of law, technology, and access to justice.
That’s why I’m proud to partner with Everlaw for Good, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association, and Paladin on a new survey launched this week at the Equal…
Introducing A New LawNext AI Columnist, Jennifer Case, and Her Inaugural Column
I am thrilled to announce a new regular contributor to our site, Jennifer Case, and tell you about her inaugural column, which was published today. She will be writing each month about AI in legal practice, with a focus on solo and small-firm lawyers.
Jennifer is a California attorney, entrepreneur and AI strategist who helps…
AI Hallucinations Strike Again: Two More Cases Where Lawyers Face Judicial Wrath for Fake Citations
In what has become a distressingly familiar pattern in courtrooms across America, two more cases have emerged of lawyers submitting briefs containing non-existent legal citations generated by AI tools.
At this point, one wonders if the legal profession needs a mandatory continuing legal education course titled, “How to Avoid Becoming the Next AI Hallucination Headline.”…
Clio Names SaaS Veteran As New Chief Product Officer
John Foreman, who has served as chief product officer at two major SaaS companies, has joined law practice management company Clio as its new chief product officer, the company said today.
The company said he will lead its product strategy and delivery across its expanding platform of products, guiding the company’s long-term innovation…
Trellis Partners with Fisher Phillips to Deliver AI-Powered Case Strategy Reports through Automated Alerts
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Trellis, a legal technology company that provides state trial court data and insights, is partnering with the international labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips to integrate its AI-generated case strategy reports directly into the daily case alerts received by the firm’s attorneys whenever their clients are named in a…
Legal Research Service Decisis Makes Inroads Against Fastcase As It Expands to 20 Bar Associations
Decisis, the legal research service that LexisNexis parent RELX launched in 2021 to compete against Fastcase for a share of the bar association partnership business, has expanded over just the past year from 10 to 20 bar partnerships, including 14 state bar associations.
In fact, two of those state bars have yet to…
Aderant Renews Its Partnership with LawPay to Provide Cloud-Based E-Payments through Expert and Sierra
Aderant, a global provider of legal business management software, said today that it has signed a multi-year renewal of its partnership with LawPay to provide its users with integrated access to LawPay’s electronic payments solution.
The Aderant and LawPay integration fully automates and extends payment enablement options for customers of Aderant Expert and…