ABA Journal: Legal Rebels
Episodes
John Tredennick of Catalyst took the lead in the ‘80s to bring tech to his law firm
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Tredennick started a focus on legal technology in 1988—back when law firms saw it as something limited to fancy computers and adding machines. ...
From C-Suite-Type Post to Legal Service Founder, Mills Has Always Been a Leader.
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Mills has been helping law firms figure out their technological needs since before there was an internet. As one of the first of what are now ...
Susskind sees ‘rosy future’ for law—if it embraces technology
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For more than three decades, Richard Susskind has been one of the profession’s most prolific voices in support of implementing technology with legal...
Paul Lippe’s ‘new normal’ was always about innovation
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For years, Paul Lippe has been a leader in helping corporate law departments adopt the approaches used in the best and most innovative parts of their ...
Lisa Solomon found the time was right for her career in online legal research
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Plenty of lawyers hate to do legal research: It can be tedious and time-consuming, and one mistake can tank an entire case. For lawyers of a certain g...
Justia’s Stacy Stern finds real profit in making things free
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stacy Stern is in charge of revenues, among her other roles at a successful for-profit company, but she tends to talk more about giving away products ...
Catching up with Legal Rebel Stacy Stern of Justia
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Stacy Stern, president ...
Catching up with Legal Rebels Shantelle Argyle and Daniel Spencer of Open Legal Services
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Shantelle Argyle and D...
Catching up with Legal Rebel Sarah Glassmeyer of the ABA’s Center for Innovation
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sarah Glassmeyer. Glas...
Catching up with Legal Rebel Sam Glover of Lawyerist
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sam Glover, founder of ...
Catching up with Legal Rebel Nicole Black of MyCase
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Nicole Black. Black wa...
Catching up with Legal Rebels Ed Walters of Fastcase and Kevin O’Keefe of Lexblog
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this special ABA Techshow episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Ed Walters and Kevin O’...
CodeX co-founder caught the entrepreneurial bug at Stanford
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in Austria, Roland Vogl fell in love with California almost from the moment he arrived in 1999 as a student at Stanford Law School. In...
Lawyerist founder Sam Glover reports anecdata from the legal community
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The website Lawyerist focuses on getting attorneys information they want. Determining what that is isn't hard, says founder Sam Glover, because reader...
Judge Dixon stays on to keep bringing tech to courts
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At 69, Judge Herbert Dixon doesn’t fit that epigram about old dogs and new tricks. He’s still proselytizing about high tech in courthouses and cou...
Legal tech's future is in lawyers' mindset, Randi Mayes says
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When you ask Randi Mayes about the future of technology in law firms, she says its growth will stem from attorneys’ behavior rather than specific pr...
E-discovery expert Craig Ball: Tech is no harder to learn than driving
09 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Ball likes to say he got into law to stay out of prison. The Austin, Texas-based attorney, professor and electronic evidence expert has always b...
For Fastcase founders, the message is: Change, and do it faster!
12 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Legal technology has changed since 1999, when Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal founded the legal research service Fastcase—but not as much as they’d ...
Dewey B Strategic's Jean O'Grady leads lawyers through the tech maze
14 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Most people see librarians as the quiet personification of technical obsolescence. Jean O'Grady is out to change that. The senior director of research...
Jerome Goldman’s work gives a voice to SCOTUS arguments
10 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The license plates on Jerome Goldman’s Subaru Legacy reads “OYEZ,” in honor of his U.S. Supreme Court-focused multimedia archive. Now at age 71,...
Deborah Rhode is at war with complacency
20 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Stanford Law School Professor Deborah Rhode is the enemy of complacency. This Legal Rebels Trailblazer is one of the most cited scholars in legal ethi...
Rocket Lawyer's Charley Moore sees lawyer collaboration as the future
17 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"Working with tech startups, I realized that there is this vast unmet need for affordable legal services," lawyer Charley Moore says. "There's a real ...
Tech fails too, says Sensei's Sharon Nelson
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lawyers often think technology should always work. That's aspirational, says Sharon Nelson, president of the cybersecurity, information technology and...
John Suh sees LegalZoom's job as fixing a 'failed' legal system
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"We didn't start out to be disruptive," says John Suh, LegalZoom's chief executive officer. "We were set up to fix a problem. The legal system was bro...
Don't fear technology, Ernie Svenson urges; 'It's here; it's good; do it'
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ernie Svenson-a.k.a. well-known blogger Ernie the Attorney-was an early evangelist for what he calls The Paperless Chase. The basic premise: "Anything...
Technology is 'breathtakingly positive,' says lawyer and writer Monica Bay
14 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lawyer and longtime journalist Monica Bay didn't let sexism or a technology-averse legal establishment keep her from breaking new ground. "The ...