How lawyers can use generative AI to get a leg up in communicating with clients
10 Sep 2025
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Querious utilizes the power of generative AI to listen into a conversation and deliver real-time ins...
How the NCBE will move the NextGen bar exam to personal computers
13 Aug 2025
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For decades, the Uniform Bar Examination has been old school, with bar candidates using paper-and-pe...
How agentic artificial intelligence could shake up the legal industry
16 Jul 2025
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For lawyers, artificial intelligence agents could completely change the way that they do their jobs...
How ethics reforms in Arizona led to LegalZoom's law firm
11 Jun 2025
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When Arizona changed its ethics rules in 2020 opening the door for alternative business structures a...
To buy or not to buy? For Cleary Gottlieb, acquiring an AI company was a no-brainer
14 May 2025
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Law firms acquire or merge with one another all the time. But when it comes to technology companies,...
Generative AI can help overworked immigration lawyers navigate these tumultuous times
16 Apr 2025
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"May you live in interesting times." For immigration lawyers, that old proverb is now a reality. Eve...
This year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than ever
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the bi...
Should we expect new regulations on data privacy and consumer protection?
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a well-worn saying that the law always lags behind technology. It makes sense. We all remembe...
What's the forecast for generative AI in 2025?
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If last year was when generative artificial intelligence went mainstream, could this year be the one...
2024 in Review: Generative AI dominated legal tech
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More money is flowing into legal tech than ever before, as several gigantic deals dominated the head...
What generative AI means for the future of predictive analytics
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lawyers, especially litigators, like to say they never ask a question that they don’t already know...
What Filevine's new AI tool could mean for the future of depositions
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The generative artificial intelligence tool is not just designed to transcribe depositions. It looks...
What does the future hold for licensed paraprofessionals?
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Much has been made of the gigantic access-to-justice gap in this country. One possible way to help b...
Tests into and out of law schools—what's changing and why
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The LSAT is facing competition from the JD-Next exam, and many states are reconsidering their licens...
How generative AI can help you market your legal practice
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a lot of talk and concern about generative AI tools and how they are changing the leg...
Can generative AI tools make it easier for lawyers to offer pro bono services?
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A commonly cited solution to helping bridge the access-to-justice canyon is for lawyers to provide m...
Will generative AI (finally) spell the end of the billable hour?
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like every time that there’s a major disruption or event that threatens to upend the lega...
The future of DEI programs in the legal industry
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The lack of diversity when it comes to race, gender, sexuality, disability and social class within t...
Could automated transcription tools replace human court reporters?
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Transcription technology has existed for a while now, but its accuracy has never been that high. Now...
Fall in love with legal technology at this year's ABA Techshow
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than with your favorite lawyers, legal professionals, tec...
Want to clear a criminal record? This lawyer has an app for that
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The impact for people clearing their criminal records can be life-changing, leading to long-term em...
What were the top legal tech stories of 2023?
13 Dec 2023
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As 2023 draws to a close, the Legal Rebels Podcast looks at the top stories in legal technology fo...
How this lawyer uses TikTok to skewer law firm culture
15 Nov 2023
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Legal professionals are not immune to the pull of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Sh...
How generative AI is already changing contract review
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the areas that has already felt the effects of ChatGPT and other large language models is con...
What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home and communicating and collaborating via real-time...
Changing the culture at law firms to promote wellness and mental well-being
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, lawyers who worked in BigLaw could expect some version of the following: Work long hour...
How GPT and other large language models could change e-discovery
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When technologically assisted review first started gaining traction in e-discovery in the 2010s, man...
What could AI regulation in the US look like?
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the United States, there has been very little movement toward establishing a regulatory framework...
Pre/Dicta takes a radically different approach to predictive analytics than others
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are plenty of judicial analytics and litigation prediction tools on the market. They may have ...
What the Silicon Valley Bank failure means for our financial institutions
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us still get a chill running down our spines when we hear about bank failures and bailouts. ...
How Casetext utilized the latest GPT technology to create an AI legal assistant
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In November, when OpenAI unleashed the newest, most advanced version of its chatbot, ChatGPT, it imm...
What to expect from ABA Techshow 2023
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest and longest-running legal technology shows in the country, the ABA Techshow, is r...
Should lawyers embrace or fear ChatGPT?
18 Jan 2023
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For some academics, researching, writing, editing and publishing a scholarly piece of work can take ...
Why this BigLaw firm recently started a legal ops division
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Legal operations handle a lot of the business and technological stuff that many lawyers either aren’...
It's a long road ahead for driverless cars, says Fastcase executive
09 Nov 2022
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There hasn’t been much progress when it comes to driverless cars. Most major car manufacturers hav...
How lawyers can unlock the potential of the metaverse
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The metaverse is all the rage these days. Users can enter a virtual world where they can interact wi...
Legal Chatbots: What can and can't they do?
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Programmed to communicate as if they were living, breathing people, AI chatbots function by asking y...
Why this BigLaw Firm Adopted a Permanent Work-from-Anywhere Policy for its Lawyers and Staff
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to nearly two-years of COVID-19-related shutdowns and sheltering-in-place orders, working fro...
How technology can improve immigration policy and practice
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Immigration is an area of law that lends itself well to technological innovations. It is in that int...
Taking on unauthorized practice of law regulations to expand access to justice
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you struggling with debt? Do you have collectors breathing down your neck, threatening to reposs...
EmotionTrac analyzes facial expressions in real time to help lawyers pick juries, market themselves
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Facial recognition software is becoming a greater part of our everyday lives. But the technology is ...
TurnSignl app seeks to provide real-time legal assistance and de-escalation of tension during traffic stops
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like many Americans, Jazz Hampton and two of his friends, Andre Creighton and Mychal Frelix, watched...
With alternative dispute rising in popularity, this platform aims to help mediators and arbitrators
23 Mar 2022
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As a young personal injury litigator in Georgia, Gino Brogdon Jr. says he was accustomed to using di...
How a social justice innovation lab is developing new types of legal services
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Innovation for Justice lab launched at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of ...
How this contracts platform uses AI to help users manage and analyze key documents
19 Jan 2022
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Evisort co-founder Jake Sussman says when the company began developing its contract management and a...
How an e-discovery platform has evolved to meet the new challenges facing clients
15 Dec 2021
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AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of e-discovery platform Everlaw, likes to say his company’s techno...
How a law prof is training paraprofessionals to represent immigrants in legal proceedings
17 Nov 2021
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Law prof Michele Pistone says there aren’t enough immigration lawyers and pro bono attorneys to me...
Why this BigLaw firm is embracing an ‘augmented automation solution’ for clients
13 Oct 2021
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced last month that it had teamed up with Workiva Inc. to cre...
Why an online legal marketplace has added tech companies and other alternative providers
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Priori is an online platform known for using data and technology to connect in-house legal teams wit...
This online platform aims to help pro se litigants with complex civil cases
18 Aug 2021
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Sonja Ebron and her wife, Debra Slone, saw firsthand how difficult it can be to represent yourself i...
How one bankruptcy software company had a banner year despite filings hitting a low
21 Jul 2021
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NextChapter’s success last year came in its first full year after being acquired by legal research...
A new evidence management tool aims to help public defenders process video and audio
16 Jun 2021
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Two University of Chicago alums and technologists have developed a technology platform known as Just...
New AI-powered legal writing tool aims to help lawyers craft winning briefs
19 May 2021
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A former assistant attorney general has created an AI-powered legal writing tool to help other lawye...
How one firm is trying to convince technology clients to embrace subscription pricing
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When two women discussed starting their own law firm two years ago, the experienced in-house lawyers...
Experienced cloud-based law firm thrives during COVID-19, firm co-founder says
17 Mar 2021
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“You make a lot more money when you come work for us than you do at a traditional firm,” says Ke...
Virtual onboarding has provided some unexpected benefits, firm shareholder says
10 Feb 2021
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John Van Amsterdam says his law firm has prioritized frequent virtual contacts with new attorneys an...
Law firms should not rush lateral hiring, due diligence expert says
13 Jan 2021
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Michael Ellenhorn, the founder and CEO of Decipher, says law firms would be wise not to quicken the ...
Deloitte is monitoring regulatory reforms but is focused on growing new practice
16 Dec 2020
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For now, Don Fancher says Deloitte is focused in the United States on growing the legal business ser...
Constant communication has been key amid COVID-19, law school dean says
18 Nov 2020
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L. Song Richardson, the dean at the University of California at Irvine School of Law, discusses with...
Firms of the future: COVID-19 prompts more law firms to pursue real estate downsizing
14 Oct 2020
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In recent years, a growing number of law firms reduced their brick-and-mortar office space as a way ...
This Louisiana judge continues to innovate during the COVID-19 crisis
16 Sep 2020
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Judge Scott Schlegel talks about his initial tactics into delivering justice online and delve into h...
Bench trial by video? This lawyer says it went better than expected
19 Aug 2020
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Chicago lawyer Kathy Ehrhart and her firm represented two of the three defendants in a civil case fo...
Legal reform advocates need to more actively engage the public
15 Jul 2020
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Supporters of broad reforms to how the legal profession is regulated must do a better job drawing th...
BigLaw firm’s legal tech subsidiary has launched a steady stream of COVID-19 tools
17 Jun 2020
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When the novel coronavirus began rapidly spreading across the United States earlier this year, Kimba...
How hosting a national pandemic summit aided Nebraska courts with its COVID-19 response
13 May 2020
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Michael G. Heavican, the chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, talks about the National Pande...
Online estate planning sees surge during coronavirus crisis
15 Apr 2020
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The online estate-planning platform Trust & Will saw at least a 100% increase in business in March a...
President of the Legal Services Corp. reflects on his tenure
18 Mar 2020
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Asked to reflect on his nine-year tenure as president of the Legal Services Corp., Jim Sandman says ...
How 2 Texas lawyers are marketing their practice through song
12 Feb 2020
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Thanks to social media and the internet, it’s never been easier—or more affordable—for lawyers...
Reinventing the staid field of legal academic writing
15 Jan 2020
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Legal academic publishing isn't synonymous with innovation. The mere mention of it can, for some, br...
How one lawyer built a practice by defending a notorious accused hacker
12 Dec 2019
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Leaving BigLaw to start his own firm in 2011, Tor Ekeland quickly learned that his legal education w...
Diversity in the legal tech community
13 Nov 2019
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The year 2017 was hailed as the "Year of Women in Legal Tech" based on a few high-profile acquisitio...
Criminal justice experts hope tech can more easily help people expunge prior convictions and arrests
16 Oct 2019
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In the United States, an estimated 70 million people have a criminal record. Being tagged with this ...
Exploring new frontiers in research for the legal industry
18 Sep 2019
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In the latest episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, ABA Journal Legal Affairs Writer Jason Tashea tal...
How experiential learning became the norm
14 Aug 2019
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Ten years ago, Rodney Smolla was featured as a Legal Rebel for leading an innovative plan at Washing...
What's your brand? Max Miller has some thoughts
17 Jul 2019
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It's good to be seen as a "thought leader," but don't call yourself that in marketing materials, say...
Avvo founder Mark Britton unwinds as he thinks about next step
12 Jun 2019
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Mark Britton, who founded and sold the online attorney ratings site Avvo, is taking a break. This he...
David Van Zandt has made a career out of touching third rails in higher ed
15 May 2019
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When David Van Zandt became dean of what is now Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law in ...
Nonprofit law pioneer applauds 'low bono' growth
17 Apr 2019
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Before they were buzzwords, Luz Herrera was a pioneer in the world of "low bono" practice, nonprofit...
Jeff Carr continues his fight against billable hours
13 Mar 2019
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Jeff Carr has been on a 40-year path of improving lawyer efficiency and effectiveness. "There's an o...
Leading advocate for diversity in legal industry hasn't seen much progress in 10 years
13 Feb 2019
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In the 10 years since Emery K. Harlan, co-founder of the National Association of Minority & Women Ow...
Beating the drum for change
16 Jan 2019
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When Ralph Baxter joined the inaugural class of Legal Rebels in 2009, he was the CEO and chairman of...
Young lawyers can be technophobes too
12 Dec 2018
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Many lawyers are reluctant to new adopt legal technology, says Monica Goyal, who developed platforms...
Make room for chatbots at your firm, LawDroid founder says
14 Nov 2018
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Chatbots have a place in a law office because they can handle busy work that eats up precious time i...
Could 80 percent of cases be resolved through online dispute resolution?
17 Oct 2018
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Perhaps in five to seven years, as Colin Rule sees it, half of U.S. citizens who file court cases wi...
Legal writing pro is helping teach AI to draft contracts
12 Sep 2018
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Ken Adams has brought his contract expertise to LegalSifter, a Pittsburgh artificial intelligence st...
Legal services innovator moves on to app development
15 Aug 2018
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It’s too easy for attorneys to be aware that something isn’t perfect in their practices and acce...
Entrepreneur Amy Porter’s theme is finding what lawyers need
18 Jul 2018
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When Amy Porter founded the online payment platform AffiniPay, she drew on her experience as a colle...
Tech is not the only answer to legal aid issues, Joyce Raby says
13 Jun 2018
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Since the late 1990s, Joyce Raby has spent a career bringing technology to legal aid. While a booste...
From paper to digital documents, Judge Andrew Peck traveled (and set) the discovery trail
16 May 2018
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As electronic data became more prevalent in the 1990s, Judge Andrew Peck, an ABA Journal Legal Rebel...
Outgoing Adobe GC witnessed changes that digitization, globalization wrought
04 Apr 2018
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Mike Dillon has seen a lot change over his career as general counsel to some of the nation’s large...
Longtime legal tech leader Richard Granat finds a new challenge
14 Mar 2018
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Richard Granat–the creator of MyLawyer.com, SmartLegalForms and the People’s Law Library of Mary...
Mary Juetten hopes legal software can help improve access-to-justice problems
14 Feb 2018
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What will be a big legal trend for 2018? Mary E. Juetten is putting her hopes on legal technology im...
Robert Litt has been out front on online threats for decades
10 Jan 2018
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Robert Litt has confronted cybersecurity and encryption issues for two presidential administrations....
Trailblazer with a nonlawyer past brings the present and future to law firms
13 Dec 2017
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Adriana Linares considers it a badge of honor to work in the legal profession without being a lawyer...
Robert Ambrogi’s blog points lawyers to tech’s opportunities
08 Nov 2017
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Legal journalist and blogger Bob Ambrogi recounts his unorthodox path towards legal journalism, as w...
Bruce MacEwen diagnoses and prescribes for law practice ills
11 Oct 2017
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Bruce MacEwen is both a doctor and an epidemiologist in the world of BigLaw firms. A Legal Rebels Tr...
John Tredennick of Catalyst took the lead in the ‘80s to bring tech to his law firm
13 Sep 2017
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John Tredennick started a focus on legal technology in 1988—back when law firms saw it as somethin...
From C-Suite-Type Post to Legal Service Founder, Mills Has Always Been a Leader.
16 Aug 2017
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Michael Mills has been helping law firms figure out their technological needs since before there was...
Susskind sees ‘rosy future’ for law—if it embraces technology
12 Jul 2017
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For more than three decades, Richard Susskind has been one of the profession’s most prolific voice...
Paul Lippe’s ‘new normal’ was always about innovation
14 Jun 2017
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For years, Paul Lippe has been a leader in helping corporate law departments adopt the approaches us...