I’ve written any number of posts about the duty of technology competence under ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8, and I’ve been tracking its adoption by the states. But one aspect of this duty that does not get as much attention is how lawyers can get and remain technologically competent.

There have been several…

NextChapter, the cloud-based bankruptcy platform for lawyers, has launched a new product, an online bankruptcy questionnaire and debtor portal called MyChapter.

The portal allows a bankruptcy client to input all of his or her personal and financial information in advance of meeting with the attorney. The attorney can then review and…

Dashboard shows details of a matter

In September, I reported that practice management provider Clio, at its annual Clio Cloud Conference, had unveiled “the new Clio experience” — a top-to-bottom re-engineering and redesign of its practice management platform, which it dubbed Project Apollo, after the Greek god of healing…

Tim Baran, chief marketing officer at Good2BSocial, a digital marketing agency serving the legal industry, recently hosted me as a guest on his legal marketing podcast. Our discussion ranges over legal technology, blogging and social media.

You can listen to it via the Good2BSocial blog or using the embedded player above.…

I often hear lawyers say that they would like to learn to code. I also hear lawyers who have learned to code urge others to follow suit. Some say learning to code can make you a better lawyer or even that it is an essential skill for lawyers in the 21st Century. It might…

A few weeks ago, in a post here about Fastcase’s addition of blog commentary from the LexBlog Network, I wrote that for any legal research company aiming to compete in the big leagues against the likes of Westlaw and LexisNexis, “secondary content is the Holy Grail.”

Well, in its own quest…

How well are law schools preparing students to deliver legal services in the 21st Century? A new Law School Innovation Index, launched today, aims to provide a measure of that, and finds that Chicago-Kent College of Law and Michigan State University College of Law are at the top of the…

Legal professionals can now earn an online certificate in legal innovation and technology, thanks to a program being launched by Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

A series of six courses will focus on teaching lawyers and other legal professionals how to deliver their services more effectively and efficiently. Those who…

Although blockchain is emerging as one of the technologies that will most change the practice of law, many legal professionals still know little about it. In this episode of Law Technology Now, I have a conversation with David Fisher, CEO of Integra Ledger, a blockchain for the legal industry, about blockchain and its applications…

Today (Oct. 26) at 12:30 Eastern time, I will be moderating a webinar, Five Reasons Information Governance is Critical for Legal Practitioners, produced by Above the Law and sponsored by Box. The webinar will address the complexities of information governance for legal practitioners, particularly with the explosive growth of cloud-based content.

Among the…

The Oct. 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded. In the wake of that terrible tragedy, victims and their families have been left to deal with a host of very real legal issues, ranging from probate matters to insurance…

A reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for legal technology startups to apply for one of 15 spots in the second-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW. Winners get a spot in a special Startup Alley in the TECHSHOW exhibition hall and participate in an opening night startup pitch competition judged by conference attendees.

Startups…