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Why we [LexisNexis] Acquired Ravel Law

Jeff Pfeifer, LegalITInsider
To be successful in today’s competitive legal environment, lawyers need to make faster, more informed...

Financial Times: Artificial Intelligence Closes In On The Work Of Junior Lawyers

Paul Caron, TaxProf Blog
“The 2020s will be the decade of disruption,” says Professor Richard Susskind, co-author of The Future...

Law Schools and Law Students Both Benefit from Hands-on Experiential Learning Programs

Christy Burke, LegalTech Lever
Don Philbin, a top-ranked mediator in Texas as well as adjunct faculty member and double alumnus at Pepperdine...

@United and @AmericanAir Prove #Apology Theory

Donald R. Philbin, Jr., ADRtoolbox.com and Picture it Settled
Researchers have recently studied the impact of apologies in averting and resolving disputes. But not even...

What Solo and Small Firms Should Know About Artificial Intelligence

Premonition
Here’s the good news: robot lawyers are not taking over, despite emerging applications for artificial...

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Negotiating the American Constitution (1787-1789) Coalitions, Process Rules, and Compromises
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, SSRN
This essay describes the multi-party, multi-issue negotiations of the American Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia...

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Re-engineering justice? Robot judges, computerised courts and (semi) automated legal decision-making
John Morison and Adam Harkens, Legal Studies
This paper takes a sceptical look at the possibility of advanced computer technology replacing judges. Looking first at the example...

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California’s Yolo Superior Court Launches New Online Dispute Resolution Program
Just Court ADR
California’s Yolo County Superior Court has launched a new online dispute resolution (ODR) program to resolve debt and money...

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Arbitration Jurisprudence Takes Strange Turn
F. Peter Phillips, Business Conflict Management
The twisted course of arbitration jurisprudence in New Jersey has taken yet another peculiar detour. In the most recent...

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