Practice
Tech Startups are Attracting Law Grads
December 10, 2017
With the rise of the startup culture, law grads are looking for in-house opportunities. Hands-on action and innovation, as opposed the grunt work many young lawyers are doing at law firms, is appealing to grads looking to find purpose and to see tangible results in the workplace. This from Caroline Spiezio (@CarolineSpiezio), reporting for Corporate Counsel. Look at Samantha Von Hoene, who three years ago turned down a clerking position at a law firm to intern in-house at a finance firm.
December 10, 2017
With the rise of the startup culture, law grads are looking for in-house opportunities. Hands-on action and innovation, as opposed the grunt work many young lawyers are doing at law firms, is appealing to grads looking to find purpose and to see tangible results in the workplace. This from Caroline Spiezio (@CarolineSpiezio), reporting for Corporate Counsel. Look at Samantha Von Hoene, who three years ago turned down a clerking position at a law firm to intern in-house at a finance firm.
How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect The Practice of Law
December 5, 2017
Benjamin Alarie (Toronto), Anthony Niblett (Toronto) & Albert Yoon (Toronto), How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect the Practice of Law: Artificial intelligence is exerting an influence on all professions and industries. We have autonomous vehicles, instantaneous translation among the world’s leading languages, and search engines that rapidly locate information anywhere on the web in a way that is tailored to a user’s interests and past search history. Law is not immune from disruption...
December 5, 2017
Benjamin Alarie (Toronto), Anthony Niblett (Toronto) & Albert Yoon (Toronto), How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect the Practice of Law: Artificial intelligence is exerting an influence on all professions and industries. We have autonomous vehicles, instantaneous translation among the world’s leading languages, and search engines that rapidly locate information anywhere on the web in a way that is tailored to a user’s interests and past search history. Law is not immune from disruption...
First Impressions: Drafting Effective Mediation Statements
December 4, 2017
Donna Erez-Navot, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor at Cardozo School of Law and Interim Director of the Cardozo Mediation Clinic, and Brian Farkas, Attorney at Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP and Adjunct Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, have published a useful journal article titled “First Impressions: Drafting Effective Mediation Statements,” Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 22, Forthcoming; Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 529. In their paper, the authors offer guidance...
December 4, 2017
Donna Erez-Navot, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor at Cardozo School of Law and Interim Director of the Cardozo Mediation Clinic, and Brian Farkas, Attorney at Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP and Adjunct Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, have published a useful journal article titled “First Impressions: Drafting Effective Mediation Statements,” Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 22, Forthcoming; Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 529. In their paper, the authors offer guidance...
Vote Now For The Legal Tech Companies That Get To Be In Startup Alley at ABA Techshow
December 3, 2017
A bit delayed in posting this, but voting opened Monday to pick your favorite legal technology startup. Fifteen companies will be selected to participate in the ABA Techshow Startup Alley. They’ll get to go to ABA Techshow, where they’ll exhibit their products in a special portion of the exhibition hall and also participate in an opening night pitch competition. We’ve posted descriptions of the 25 semifinalists and links to product videos when available. Check them out and then vote for your...
December 3, 2017
A bit delayed in posting this, but voting opened Monday to pick your favorite legal technology startup. Fifteen companies will be selected to participate in the ABA Techshow Startup Alley. They’ll get to go to ABA Techshow, where they’ll exhibit their products in a special portion of the exhibition hall and also participate in an opening night pitch competition. We’ve posted descriptions of the 25 semifinalists and links to product videos when available. Check them out and then vote for your...
John Grisham Takes on Sleazy Law Schools
November 26, 2017
John Grisham Takes on Sleazy Law Schools Controversies over questionable for-profit law schools are moving from news reports to novels—probably not a good development for legal education. In his latest novel, The Rooster Bar, John Grisham writes about students at the “Foggy Bottom Law School” who realize that they are being scammed. So they present themselves to the public as lawyers and start practicing law without a license. Complications ensue. Here is a review from USA Today.
November 26, 2017
John Grisham Takes on Sleazy Law Schools Controversies over questionable for-profit law schools are moving from news reports to novels—probably not a good development for legal education. In his latest novel, The Rooster Bar, John Grisham writes about students at the “Foggy Bottom Law School” who realize that they are being scammed. So they present themselves to the public as lawyers and start practicing law without a license. Complications ensue. Here is a review from USA Today.
2017 ABA Tech Survey Shows All-Time High iPhone Use by Attorneys
November 25, 2017
New survey results indicate that a record number of attorneys are using an iPhone in their law practice — over 70% of all attorneys in the United States. These numbers come from the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center, which conducts a survey every year to gauge the use of legal technology by attorneys in private practice in the United States. The 2017 report (edited by Joshua Poje) was just released, and as always, I was particularly interested in Volume VI, titled Mobile Lawyers. No survey...
November 25, 2017
New survey results indicate that a record number of attorneys are using an iPhone in their law practice — over 70% of all attorneys in the United States. These numbers come from the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center, which conducts a survey every year to gauge the use of legal technology by attorneys in private practice in the United States. The 2017 report (edited by Joshua Poje) was just released, and as always, I was particularly interested in Volume VI, titled Mobile Lawyers. No survey...
LARA – An AI Legal Assistant That Will Help Clients Find The Right Lawyer
November 24, 2017
https://medium.com/@Legal.io/meet-lara-your-legal-assistant-a579dac68cfThe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in law practice is in its infancy. I received an email from Pieter Gunst, of Legal.io, who announced LARA, an AI legal assistant that can answer thousands of legal questions, direct consumer users to a lawyer who practices in the area, and is the beginning of a software system that hopes to be the place consumers will go to get competent answers and to solve legal problems. The interesting...
November 24, 2017
https://medium.com/@Legal.io/meet-lara-your-legal-assistant-a579dac68cfThe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in law practice is in its infancy. I received an email from Pieter Gunst, of Legal.io, who announced LARA, an AI legal assistant that can answer thousands of legal questions, direct consumer users to a lawyer who practices in the area, and is the beginning of a software system that hopes to be the place consumers will go to get competent answers and to solve legal problems. The interesting...
San Antonio Bar Association rallies pro bono volunteers to assist Sutherland Springs victims
November 23, 2017
In a message to members, San Antonio Bar Association President Beth Watkins said the need for legal services for those affected by the recent mass shooting at the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church will likely exceed what the legal community in that area can provide. The San Antonio Bar Association predicts there will be a need for pro bono legal services in the areas of family, probate, guardianship, employment, and real estate law as a result of the tragedy. SABA and its pro bono project,...
November 23, 2017
In a message to members, San Antonio Bar Association President Beth Watkins said the need for legal services for those affected by the recent mass shooting at the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church will likely exceed what the legal community in that area can provide. The San Antonio Bar Association predicts there will be a need for pro bono legal services in the areas of family, probate, guardianship, employment, and real estate law as a result of the tragedy. SABA and its pro bono project,...
Legal AI Co. ROSS Appoints AI Guru Randy Goebel As Advisor
November 22, 2017
Legal AI research company, ROSS Intelligence, has appointed AI pioneer and leading academic, Randy Goebel (pictured above) as an advisor. Goebel is currently Professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta; a founder and researcher with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute; and is involved with the development of the University of Alberta Google Deepmind relationship, the group behind AlphaGo.
November 22, 2017
Legal AI research company, ROSS Intelligence, has appointed AI pioneer and leading academic, Randy Goebel (pictured above) as an advisor. Goebel is currently Professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta; a founder and researcher with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute; and is involved with the development of the University of Alberta Google Deepmind relationship, the group behind AlphaGo.
Texas Firm Seeks Binding Arbitration for Fee Fight with Former Associate
November 21, 2017
Houston trial firm Caddell & Chapman is seeking a declaratory judgment that a fee dispute with former associate Craig Marchiando should be decided through the Houston Bar Association arbitration process. In a petition filed Nov. 8 in state district court in Harris County, Caddell & Chapman alleges that it offered Marchiando, who left the firm in 2015 and now lives in Virginia, five percent of the net attorneys fees received from the settlement of litigation filed against Sirius...
November 21, 2017
Houston trial firm Caddell & Chapman is seeking a declaratory judgment that a fee dispute with former associate Craig Marchiando should be decided through the Houston Bar Association arbitration process. In a petition filed Nov. 8 in state district court in Harris County, Caddell & Chapman alleges that it offered Marchiando, who left the firm in 2015 and now lives in Virginia, five percent of the net attorneys fees received from the settlement of litigation filed against Sirius...
