If the phrase “data wrangling” conjures images in your mind of Stetson-clad riders rounding up horses on the open plains, you probably need read no further in this post. But if you understand the phrase to describe organizing and enriching raw data, then you will be interested to learn of a new tool launched today…

The coronavirus crisis has created turmoil for legal education and bar admissions, as law schools have shut down their campuses and states have put off bar exams. One proposal, advocated by Jennifer L. Mnookin, dean of UCLA Law School, and Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley Law School, in

As the numbers of COVID-19 cases rose in the United States during March, the numbers of new legal matters coming to law firms dropped sharply — by more than 30% compared to the first five weeks of 2020 and by more than 40% from the year’s highest weekly averages — according to data compiled anonymously…

Top stories this week include sweeping proposed liberalization of lawyer regulation, a watershed Supreme Court victory for open-law advocates, a national COVID-19 pro bono portal born out of a unique collaboration among the ABA and legaltech companies, and the first public statements by Epiq Global’s CEO on its ransomware attack and layoffs.…

Here are the episodes of my LawNext podcast that got the most listens during April.

This reflects episode downloads only during April, not for all time.

1. Legal Futurist Richard Susskind on Coronavirus, Courts and the Legal Profession.

The annual meeting of the American Bar Association, which had been scheduled to take place July 29 to Aug. 4 in Chicago, will instead be virtual, held entirely online over those same days.

The ABA Board of Governors decided today that the safety of staff, members and affiliated organizations called for cancellation of the live…

A nationwide pulse survey finds that the coronavirus crisis has forced 87 percent of law offices to work entirely or partially remotely, as they struggle to maintain financial stability and keep up billable hours.

The survey was conducted by the practice management company MyCase, which published some of the results on its blog…

For countless numbers of low-income Americans, the COVID-19 crisis is causing significant and unanticipated legal consequences, including unlawful evictions, lost wages and benefits, and other legal issues. Launching today is a first-of-its-kind, nationwide Disaster Relief Pro Bono Portal to help connect those individuals to pro bono legal assistance. 

The portal was jointly developed…

Following a ransomware attack that took down the company’s servers for nearly a month and then layoffs resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the chief executive officer of Epiq Global said he is proud of how the company handled these incidents and that he expects the company to bounce back to where it was.

In…

Mark Cohen, CEO of Legal Mosaic, recently wrote an article for Forbes, “Covid-19 and the Reformation of Legal Culture.” In the article, Cohen asks a question of the legal industry:

“How can we create a more humane culture that prioritizes well-being, elevates decency, and restores the service component to our workforce…

How will the coronavirus crisis impact the legal profession over the longer term? I offer my thoughts in my column this week at Above the Law.

Read: 7 Ways The Pandemic Will Forever Change Law Practice.…

When Am Law 200 law firm Baker Donelson decided to implement the legal workflow application BigHand Now, it planned to roll it out gradually in stages, starting with its headquarters in Nashville.

Then came the coronavirus crisis.

As it became clear to the firm that the pandemic would require its attorneys and staff…