How do we evaluate the quality and value of legal services? It is question law professor Dan Linna explores in a book chapter he recently authored, “Evaluating Legal Services: The Need for a Quality Movement and Standard Measures of Quality and Value,” the final version of which will be included in the…

Each week, we’re highlighting one of the resources from our recently launched LawSites Resource Center, a library of downloadable content such as ebooks, white papers, case studies and more from experts and vendors in the legal industry.

This week’s featured resource:

The Rocket Guide to Working Remotely as a Lawyer.

Description:

While it may…

As the practice of law evolves—and as modern technology becomes ever more prevalent in society—legal professionals have an ever-increasing responsibility to be technologically competent.

It’s vital—and, in the majority of U.S. states, it is now an ethical duty—for lawyers to understand the benefits and risks that technology poses for themselves, their…

The weekly Legaltech Week roundtable of legaltech journalists is back tomorrow for another live recording session.

Join us as we recap the week’s top legaltech stories, and shoot us your questions. It is free, but registration is required.

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Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. is out today with its second-annual Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report, and its findings underscore the increasing importance of technology in the legal industry, with 76% of legal professionals in the U.S. and Europe saying that is the top trend.

At the same time, however, only 28% of…

Stephen Allen, head of innovation and digital at the law firm Hogan Lovells, is moving July 1 to law company Elevate, where he will take on one of the best job titles ever: Vice President, Enterprise Solutions and Get Sh*t Done.

Allen was the inaugural recipient last year of the “Law Firm Legal…

Nicole Abboud-Shayan, the lawyer and legal marketer who founded and hosted the popular podcast, The Gen Y Lawyer, has joined editing-software company WordRake as business development associate, where she will be responsible for helping to drive the company’s growth and support its strategic initiatives.

“I’ve always been really intrigued by how people…

Join me tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET on Litera TV for a live interview with Daniel W. Linna Jr., director of Law and Technology Initiatives and senior lecturer at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and McCormick School of Engineering.

Dan also writes the blog LegalTech Lever, on leveraging legal innovation and technology…

Earlier today, I reported on a new product launched by LinkSquares, the Boston-based provider of AI-powered contract management and analysis technology for corporate legal departments. Called LinkSquares Finalize, it extends the company’s technology into the pre-signature stage, helping its customers create and approve contracts more quickly and efficiently.

This news comes just…

Here are the episodes of my LawNext podcast that got the most listens during May. This reflects episode downloads only during May, not for all time. (By the way, in the all-time tally, the Richard Susskind interview listed at number six below is now the third most-popular LawNext episode ever. First place has long been held by my September 2018 interview with Mark Britton, former Avvo CEO.) 1. The Innovation Advantage - A Panel Discussion with Leading Experts in Law Firm Innovation.

LinkSquares, a Boston-based company that provides an AI-based contract management and analysis platform for corporate legal departments, is today announcing the roll-out later this month of a product that extends its platform to the pre-signature, contract-generation process, to offer enterprises an end-to-end platform for drafting, reviewing and managing contracts.

The company says that the…

Last week, for my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV today, I interviewed Kathryn DeBord, chief innovation officer at the law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Our 30-minute interview covered a range of topics, including innovation at Bryan Cave and innovation in the midst of a pandemic.

The recording of that interview…