Blogging takes time. There’s no two ways about it. It takes time to come up with ideas for posts, to research the ideas, and to write the posts. For busy legal professionals, time may be the single-greatest obstacle to blogging, or at least to blogging regularly.
A new application aims to make it easier for…
Recently, I wrote about a new report from the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (both on this blog and on Above the Law) that recommends loosening rules on attorneys’ participation in for-profit referral services such as Avvo Legal Services.
Now, in the latest episode of our legal-affairs podcast…
Most judges in a survey say that they see lawyers miss relevant precedent in their legal research and that those missing cases have impacted the outcome of a motion or proceeding.
The legal research company Casetext surveyed 66 federal and 43 state judges to learn whether missing precedent over affects the outcome of a…
The annual Connecticut Legal Conference takes place Monday, June 11.
I will be speaking on The Ethical Duty of Technology Competence: What It Means to Your Practice. My program is 1:45- 2:45 p.m. ET.
If you are attending, I hope to see you there.…
This past month, we’ve made a few improvements to help you accomplish your daily tasks as efficiently as possible. We’re proud to bring you key updates to the way you view contacts in Clio, and to Clio’s Outlook Add-in for Office 365.
We’ve also got two new app integration partners to…
The legal research company Casemaker has quietly changed its leadership, as long-time CEO David Harriman retired in January and two legal publishing veterans were named to oversee the company.
Taking over as chief operating officer is Sarah Gorman, who has worked in legal publishing for more than 30 years. Gorman, who was named COO…
Over the nearly 16 years of this blog’s existence, it had just two homes. When I launched it in 2002, I published it on an early version of Google’s Blogger that supported hosting on non-Google servers. But in 2010, after Blogger decided to discontinue support for externally hosted blogs, I moved the blog to Justia,…
Thomson Reuters today announced the appointment of co-chief operating officers to lead its legal and tax and accounting businesses and the departure of Susan Taylor Martin as president of the legal business.
Brian Peccarelli
Effective July 1, Brian Peccarelli, president of Tax & Accounting, will become co-COO with responsibility for customer markets.…
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission this week published for comment its report that recommends loosening rules on attorneys’ participation in for-profit referral services such as Avvo Legal Services.
Loosening of the rules would help Illinois address the unmet legal needs of poor and moderate-income individuals in the state, the study…
Tomorrow, I will be at the ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility in Louisville, Ky., where I will be moderating the plenary session, “Ethics Issues in Lawyers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence.”
Here is the program description:
…If machine capabilities allow us to diminish, or even remove, human participation from some tasks traditionally involved in
The Mississippi Bar today announced that it is switching the research service it offers as a free benefit to its members from Casemaker to Fastcase. The switch will take effect for its more than 9,000 members on June 1.
“This new partnership allows us to support our members by providing free access…
Although law firms often talk about innovation, fewer than a third have actually tasked someone within the firm with the responsibility for driving innovation.
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That is among the findings of a new survey, the 2018 Aderant Business of Law and Legal…
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