Fully virtual again this year, the Clio Cloud Conference is Oct. 26-29, with a full line-up of programs on legal practice and technology, keynote speakers such as Arianna Huffington, founder of Thrive and The Huffington Post, and entertainment from Grammy Award winning musicians. On Friday, I saw down with George Psiharis, chief operating officer of Clio, to discuss the company's planning for the conversation and to learn more about what attendees should expect. What follows is a transcript of our conversation, which I have edited for clarity, concision and continuity. Also, Clio provided a promotional code for readers…

On this episode of How It Works: Woodpecker, AI-enabled legal document automation for solo and small firms. Joining me in the video below to introduce Woodpecker and demonstrate how it works is founder and CEO Alex Melehy.

Melehy and his team of engineers and attorneys say they believe that generating accurate legal documents should…

The pandemic has raised a number of ethical issues for lawyers and resulted in the issuance of several ethics opinions addressing those issues. While we once might have thought these issues were temporary, many legal professionals continue to operate virtually, and even when we are fully free of the pandemic, many of us are likely to continue to practice virtually, at least part of the time. Given this, I thought it would be useful to round up the ethics opinions from the last 18 months that address issues relating to the pandemic's impact on our practices and our clients. Invariably,…

On this episode of How It Works: PracticePanther, a leading cloud-based law practice management software solution that serves tens of thousands of legal professionals in 170 countries.

PracticePanther offers features in case management, time tracking, billing, client intake, payment processing, calendaring, e-signatures, and more, all designed to empower lawyers to automate their practices.

Joining…

Aderant, a global provider of business management software for law firms, is today unveiling a benchmarking tool for law firm billing that is the first product to emerge from the newly minted Aderant Intelligence group. 

The new tool, Aderant Intelligence:  Benchmarking, is designed to enable firms to benchmark their…

The legal analytics platform Lex Machina, which is owned by LexisNexis, has added a module for litigation involving claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as claims under related state laws. 

The collection consists of more than 90,000 cases involving violations of Titles II, III and V of the ADA, as well as…

There was a time when the central focus of law school publishing was the law review. But over the years, as more law school professors, staff and alumni launched blogs, they have become a more essential medium for keeping up with legal news, trends and critical thinking.

In a reflection of this development, McGeorge…



The ABA Journal dubbed Fred Rooney the father of legal incubators. He developed the first incubator in 2007 at City University of New York Law School, spawning the launch of some 70 incubators in the years since, many with Fred’s guidance or based on his model. While…

Aderant, a global provider of business management software for law firms, has named Raphael (Rafi) Shure to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. He was previously senior vice president and chief client officer.

In turn, Shure has promoted two others to global leadership roles in consulting and customer support:…

While some organizations wait until catastrophe strikes before adopting an email management system, success often lies in being proactive, not reactive. The right EMS not only improves your team’s productivity but can also enhance your client’s experience.

This week’s free featured resource on the Lawsites Resource Center,  The Definitive Guide To Email Management For…

The legal technology company Litera has named Ashley Miller as vice president sales, North America.

Miller was formerly at EY, where she was senior manager, legal function consulting. Earlier, she was with Thomson Reuters, where she served as director, legal managed services, and regional manager, strategic accounts.

Ashley Miller

A…

Last month, in a marriage of two contract management platforms, Conga acquired Contract Wrangler. For entrepreneur-turned-lawyer-turned-entrepreneur Neil Peretz, it was the conclusion of a journey that began five years earlier, when he founded Contract Wrangler with a vision of a contracts platform that would be more than just a repository, more than able to…