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LegalAnalyticsCourse.com — Now Online (but still in beta)
March 6, 2015
This intro class is designed to train students to efficiently manage, collect, explore, analyze, and communicate in a legal profession that is increasingly being driven by data. Our goal is to imbue our students with the capability to understand the process of extracting actionable knowledge from data, to distinguish themselves in legal proceedings involving data or analysis, and assist in firm and in-house management, including billing, case forecasting, process improvement, resource management,...
March 6, 2015
This intro class is designed to train students to efficiently manage, collect, explore, analyze, and communicate in a legal profession that is increasingly being driven by data. Our goal is to imbue our students with the capability to understand the process of extracting actionable knowledge from data, to distinguish themselves in legal proceedings involving data or analysis, and assist in firm and in-house management, including billing, case forecasting, process improvement, resource management,...
Everything You Know About Lawyer Selection is Wrong
March 6, 2015
Big data uncovers surprising facts about litigation. How do attorneys and law firms compare? Do some lawyers drag out cases? Are partners really better than associates ? Do you get what you pay for in law? Artificial Intelligence takes a revealing look at a hidden profession. The Brad Pitt film, Moneyball, portrays Billy Beane baseball team manager of the Oakland A’s struggling against accepted dogma in player selection. Beane’s insight was to use already available player data to pick athletes....
March 6, 2015
Big data uncovers surprising facts about litigation. How do attorneys and law firms compare? Do some lawyers drag out cases? Are partners really better than associates ? Do you get what you pay for in law? Artificial Intelligence takes a revealing look at a hidden profession. The Brad Pitt film, Moneyball, portrays Billy Beane baseball team manager of the Oakland A’s struggling against accepted dogma in player selection. Beane’s insight was to use already available player data to pick athletes....
Chen: Modeling Citation and Download Data in Legal Scholarship
March 4, 2015
James Ming Chen of Michigan State University has posted a newly revised version of Modeling Citation and Download Data in Legal Scholarship. This revised version of the paper covers data through 2014. Here is the abstract: Impact factors among law reviews provide a measure of influence among these journals and the schools that publish them. Downloads from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) serve a similar function. Bibliometrics is rapidly emerging as a preferred alternative to more...
March 4, 2015
James Ming Chen of Michigan State University has posted a newly revised version of Modeling Citation and Download Data in Legal Scholarship. This revised version of the paper covers data through 2014. Here is the abstract: Impact factors among law reviews provide a measure of influence among these journals and the schools that publish them. Downloads from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) serve a similar function. Bibliometrics is rapidly emerging as a preferred alternative to more...
Legal Analytics – Introduction to the Course – Katz + Bommarito
March 2, 2015
Here is an introductory slide deck from “Legal Analytics” which is a course that Mike Bommarito and I are teaching this semester. Relevant legal applications include predictive coding in e-discovery (i.e. classification), early case assessment and overall case prediction, pricing and staff forecasting, prediction of judicial behavior, etc. As I have written in my recent article in Emory Law Journal – we are moving into an era of data driven law practice. This course is a direct response...
March 2, 2015
Here is an introductory slide deck from “Legal Analytics” which is a course that Mike Bommarito and I are teaching this semester. Relevant legal applications include predictive coding in e-discovery (i.e. classification), early case assessment and overall case prediction, pricing and staff forecasting, prediction of judicial behavior, etc. As I have written in my recent article in Emory Law Journal – we are moving into an era of data driven law practice. This course is a direct response...
How Long Does a Divorce Last in Orlando?
March 2, 2015
Premonition recently completed a study of 24,507 divorce cases, the results are very interesting, the answer is in the choice...
March 2, 2015
Premonition recently completed a study of 24,507 divorce cases, the results are very interesting, the answer is in the choice...
Why We Judge Algorithmic Mistakes More Harshly Than Human Mistakes (via NPR)
March 1, 2015
In many areas, algorithms make fewer mistakes than humans. But new research suggests that we distrust algorithms when they make mistakes, in ways we do not distrust humans who make mistakes. This feels like a time - doesn't it? - when we might want to consider how much computers direct our lives. Computer programs, or algorithms, decide so much for us already. An algorithm is basically this set of instructions for a computer, kind of like the one in your thermostat. If the temperature falls below,...
March 1, 2015
In many areas, algorithms make fewer mistakes than humans. But new research suggests that we distrust algorithms when they make mistakes, in ways we do not distrust humans who make mistakes. This feels like a time - doesn't it? - when we might want to consider how much computers direct our lives. Computer programs, or algorithms, decide so much for us already. An algorithm is basically this set of instructions for a computer, kind of like the one in your thermostat. If the temperature falls below,...
Google Maps is Only 10!
February 28, 2015
For 10 years Google Maps has made it easier to navigate and explore your world. If you hopped in your DeLorean for a trip back to before 2005, you’d remember the days when we were all dependent on paper maps, print-outs, post-its and sometimes even a compass for directions! Getting from point A to B is something we do all day, every day—from finding the fastest way to get to work, to dropping the kids off on a carpool route, to meeting friends for drinks at a new spot—so it should be as easy...
February 28, 2015
For 10 years Google Maps has made it easier to navigate and explore your world. If you hopped in your DeLorean for a trip back to before 2005, you’d remember the days when we were all dependent on paper maps, print-outs, post-its and sometimes even a compass for directions! Getting from point A to B is something we do all day, every day—from finding the fastest way to get to work, to dropping the kids off on a carpool route, to meeting friends for drinks at a new spot—so it should be as easy...
Online Workspaces Are Changing Litigation and Arbitration
February 28, 2015
As litigation becomes more global and attorneys’ relationships with clients become more value-driven, technology becomes an increasingly important part of law firm strategy. Law firms have already been transformed by the adoption of technologies that automate repetitive tasks like document assembly and help legal teams respond to the new world of big data and electronic discovery. Little attention, however, has been paid to technology that helps attorneys “lawyer” better. Just as doctors...
February 28, 2015
As litigation becomes more global and attorneys’ relationships with clients become more value-driven, technology becomes an increasingly important part of law firm strategy. Law firms have already been transformed by the adoption of technologies that automate repetitive tasks like document assembly and help legal teams respond to the new world of big data and electronic discovery. Little attention, however, has been paid to technology that helps attorneys “lawyer” better. Just as doctors...
The Early Days of Legal Analytics
February 25, 2015
There is an interesting story in Forbes on Lex Machina, a legal start-up that provides analytics for use in LexMachina-logo1patent...
February 25, 2015
There is an interesting story in Forbes on Lex Machina, a legal start-up that provides analytics for use in LexMachina-logo1patent...
40 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers (Part 1)
February 25, 2015
In courtrooms and depositions across the country, the iPad is replacing the legal pad as an essential accoutrement of trial...
February 25, 2015
In courtrooms and depositions across the country, the iPad is replacing the legal pad as an essential accoutrement of trial...
