North Carolina has become the second state to mandate continuing education for lawyers in technology. Beginning in 2019, all lawyers will be required to complete one hour per year of CLE devoted to technology training.
In 2016, Florida became the first state to mandate technology training for lawyers, when it adopted a rule requiring…
Is the traditional form of contracting broken? Are static legal agreements irrelevant in a fast-moving global economy? Casey Kuhlman, CEO of the blockchain and smart contracts company Monax, believes we’re on the brink of a paradigm shift in how we form and execute legal agreements.
Kuhlman and Monax are the principal forces behind the…
In this special bonus episode of LawNext, listen to a panel discussion on savvy podcasting for lawyers.
Recently, at the 2018 Northeast Regional Conference of the Legal Marketing Association, I participated on a panel of legal marketing and media experts to discuss podcasting for lawyers and law firms. The panelists shared their tips and…
A legal analytics product being launched today by LexisNexis does something no other analytics product does: It analyzes the language of specific judges’ opinions to identify the cases and arguments each judge finds persuasive.
The new product, Context, also provides analytics on expert witnesses, and may be the most comprehensive product available for this…
Here are 27 additions to my list of legal startups. This brings the list to 704 entries. Send additions and updates to ambrogi-at-gmail.com. To read more about this list and why I created it, see this post.…
I’ve written several times here about the Sony Digital Paper, a unique tablet for taking digital notes and for reading and annotating documents. I am currently evaluating the new 10-inch version of this device, and I’d previously reviewed the 13-inch version. I hope to post a review of the 10-inch version soon.
In the…
There are some 113,000 general counsel in the United States, but a statistical analysis being released today suggests that they are surprisingly homogeneous. The typical GC is male, between 35 and 54 years old, probably attended Harvard Law, and is most likely based in California or New York. While GC compensation varies widely, the average, including…
Attention startups: The deadline to apply for a spot in the third-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW has been extended one week, to this Friday, Nov. 30.
This is your last chance to be one of 15 startups that will be selected to receive exhibit space in a special Startup Alley within the exhibit hall at TECHSHOW,…
In the latest episode of LawNext, we take you live to Russia, where I interview two of the leading experts on Russian legal technology to get their insights and perspectives on the state of innovation and development there. What they say may surprise you.
I recently visited Moscow as the keynote speaker at the…
Hate to ruin your Thanksgiving, but if you have not yet entered to compete for a spot in the third-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, this is your last chance — the deadline is Friday, Nov. 23.
The competition offers startups a shot at being one of 15 companies that will be selected to receive…
After 16 years, I guess I’m finally eligible to get my blogger learner’s permit.
It was 16 years ago this week, on Nov. 19, 2002, that I launched this blog. The original purpose was to “post news and reviews of Web sites of interest to the legal profession.”
Since then, I’ve expanded to cover…
I spent part of last week in Moscow, where I spoke at the Skolkovo LegalTech conference. I discovered that Russia has a vibrant emerging market of legal tech startups, several of them incubated within the Skolkovo Innovation Center, the massive, government-funded tech incubator where the conference was held.
But I also found that adoption of…
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