There is broad agreement that if law schools are to adequately train students for careers in law, then technology is a critical part of the curriculum. Despite this, many law schools get a failing grade when it comes to teaching tech. So how, exactly, should law schools teach tech? And what topics should such…
No-Code Legal Automation Startup Josef Raises $2.5M
Josef, an Australia-based, no-code software platform that enables legal professionals to automate common tasks, has raised $2.5 million.
The funding round was led by Australian venture firm Carthona Capital, with participation from U.S. investors, including The LegalTech Fund.
Added to the startup’s $1 million seed round in 2019, this brings its total…
Spots Coming Available To Sponsor LawNext Podcast
Since launching my LawNext podcast in 2018, I am honored to have been able to interview many of the leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the legal field, from my very first guest, Nicole Bradick, just six months after she had founded the legal tech development company Theory and Principle, to this…
Legaltech Week Live: Today’s Topics – And A Special Guest Panelist
Join us today live at 3 ET for our regular Legaltech Week journalists’ roundtable, where our panel of journalists and bloggers discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation.
We have a guest panelist sitting in with us today; Jeffrey Brandt, editor of the PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest and chief…
Featured Resource: How To Build A Virtual Law Firm (And Why You Should)
As more and more legal professionals do their work from home and on the road, the high overhead and inflexibility of traditional office models become less and less appealing.
Enter the virtual law firm: an alternative practice model that opens up new possibilities for law firms and their clients.
On LawSites Resources, this week’s…
Survey: 92% Of Firms Say They Were Prepared For Full-Scale Remote Work
Ninety-two percent of law firms worldwide say they were completely or somewhat prepared for full-scale remote work at the pandemic’s onset, a survey released this morning finds.
Even so, most firms plan to increase their budgets for technology and process software and adopt more cloud-based technologies, the survey reports.
Published for the fourth consecutive year…
A ‘Next-Generation’ Product for Researching Corporate Counsel
For lawyers looking to build their books of business, there is gold to be found in the biographies of corporate counsel. A shared law school or employment connection from the past can mean a foot in the door today.
Lawyers’ ability to find and act on those connections just got a significant boost with today’s…
Utah Sandbox OKs Two Programs Enabling Non-Lawyers To Give Legal Advice On Medical Debt
Two non-profit pilot programs won approval this week under Utah’s regulatory sandbox to provide non-lawyer legal assistance to individuals with medical debt.
These are only the second and third non-profit projects to be approved to participate in the sandbox and the first in the nation to empower non-lawyers go give limited-scope legal advice about medical…
Exclusive: Bill4Time Launches Fully Integrated Electronic Payments
The pandemic has made it more essential than ever before for law firms to accept electronic payments. Clients who now pay everything else online have no appetite for lawyers who require paper payments. Plus, law firms that accept e-payments get paid faster and increase their collections, studies suggest.
Against this backdrop, the practice management…
Supreme Court Justice Ann Timmer on Arizona’s Sweeping Regulatory Reforms
Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. In ordering that change, as well as a package of additional reforms, the Arizona Supreme Court acted on the recommendations of a task force that had called for fundamental changes in the regulation of…
Here Are the Topics for Today’s Legaltech Week Journalists’ Roundtable
Our regular Legaltech Week journalists’ roundtable is today at 3 p.m. ET. Join us as our panelist of journalists and bloggers discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation.
We were off last week, so we have two weeks to catch up on. Here are some of the stories we’re planning to discuss:…
Arizona Licenses First Three Alternative Business Structures for Delivering Legal Services
The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under the liberalized licensing rules the court approved last August.
On March 17, 2021, the court entered orders approving two ABS entities:…
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