This is a summer of legal hackathons here in the Boston area. As I’ve previously mentioned here, The the ABA Journal and Suffolk University Law School will be cosponsoring a hackathon around the theme of access to justice in conjunction with the ABA annual meeting in Boston. Hackcess…
ABA Seeks Ideas for Boston-based Access-to-Justice Hackathon
The American Bar Association annual meeting is coming to Boston Aug. 7-12, and in conjunction with that, the ABA Journal and Suffolk University Law School are making plans to host a hackathon around the theme of access to justice.
A hackathon, Wikipedia tells us, is an event in which computer…
With the Mission of Turning Contracts into Data, TermScout Raises $5M in Seed Funding
Last year, I wrote about the launch of TermScout, a unique legal technology startup devoted to reviewing, rating and comparing contracts. Well, not only has the company’s scope grown since then, so has its budget, as it today announces a raise of $5 million in seed funding and the launch of a new…
Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022
We need your vote! Here is your chance to help pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2022. Fifteen companies will be selected to face off in a live pitch competition that will be the opening event of this year’s TECHSHOW, as well as…
How An Idea Borrowed from Football Is Driving Law Firm Diversity, with Lisa Kirby of Diversity Lab
New findings show that law firms that piloted the Mansfield Rule have grown the racial and ethnic diversity of their leadership by more than 30 times the rate of other firms. These firms have also exceeded the norm in the rates at which racially diverse lawyers progressed into partnership and at which women lawyers…
TermScout Launches with Customer-Favorability Ratings on 150 Top Software Vendors’ Contracts
TermScout is a unique legal technology startup devoted to reviewing, rating and comparing the software contracts of leading business-to-business companies so that software buyers can better and more easily understand what they are being asked to sign.
Today it marked its official launch with the release of the first major set of its customer-favorability…
Time to Vote: Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2021
We need your vote! You can help pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the fifth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2021. Fifteen companies will be selected to face off in a virtual pitch competition that will be the opening event of this year’s TECHSHOW.
In November, we issued a…
Unique Deal Gives Kentucky Lawyers Access to Two Research Services Plus AI Tool
In what appears to be a first-of-its kind member benefit, the Kentucky Bar Association has entered into an affiliation with two legal research companies, Casemaker and vLex, to offer its members free access to both platforms, plus access to vLex’s artificial intelligence research assistant, Vincent.
While virtually every state bar offers its…
The Decade in Legal Tech: The 10 Most Significant Developments
In legal technology, it was a decade of tumult and upheaval, bringing changes that will forever transform the practice of law and the delivery of legal services.
Feisty startups took on established behemoths. The cloud dropped rain on legacy products. Mobile tech untethered lawyers. Clients demanded efficiency and transparency. Robots arrived to take over our…
Annual ‘Fastcase 50’ Named, Honoring Law’s Innovators and Visionaries
Annually since 2011, legal research company Fastcase has named the Fastcase 50, an award that honors “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” Today, Fastcase named its 2019 honorees, a list that includes practicing lawyers, legal academics, law librarians, corporate counsel, journalists, company executives, bar leaders, and government officials.
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See You in Boston for #LITCon2019? Registration Closes April 1
Suffolk Law School’s second-annual legal innovation and tech conference, LIT Con 2019, takes place on Monday, April 8. If you plan to attend, now is the time to cough up the exorbitant $25 registration fee, because registration closes April 1.
The one-day, one-track conference features a great line-up of speakers who will offer…
Casemaker Offers Its Members Access to Vincent, AI Tool from vLex
The legal research platform Casemaker is announcing today an expansion of its partnership with the global legal research company vLex by which its members will get access to Vincent, vLex’s artificial intelligence legal research assistant.
Subscribers who receive access to Casemaker through bar association affinity plans are entitled to a one-week free…