LawSites

MARCH 14, 2024

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about two more cases of AI-hallucinated citations in court filings leading to sanctions , and now comes the case of a Florida lawyer suspended from practice after filing cases that were “completely fabricated.” ” On March 8, the U.S.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Things Attorneys Look For In a Paralegal. Do you want to know what things attorneys look for in a paralegal? The easiest way to find out what attributes and skills your attorney values the most is to ask them. The easiest way to find out what attributes and skills your attorney values the most is to ask them.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Circuit Court of Appeals is considering adoption of a rule change that would require lawyers and unrepresented litigants to provide a certification regarding their use of artificial intelligence in preparing court filings. Avianca , where two lawyers were sanctioned for filing a brief laden with bogus cases hallucinated by ChatGPT.

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LawSites

JANUARY 25, 2023

to serve as a lawyer’s virtual legal assistant, able to help with researching legal issues, drafting emails and letters, summarizing documents, brainstorming blog ideas, and even just conversational chatting. Draft an email. Draft email. Provide simple summary. Correct my grammar. Brainstorm blog ideas. Connecticut.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 2, 2021

Find The Right Bankruptcy Lawyer For You. Reprint from a great California bankruptcy attorney – Cathy Moran. Picking the right bankruptcy lawyer is a lot like picking the right head coach for a sports team. While price is the easiest selector, it is not a good basis for choosing a bankruptcy lawyer. Bankruptcy myths.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

Do you want to know what a path from paralegal to lawyer can look like? I started the process, then went to work for a law firm and a team of lawyers that had me sitting second chair at trials, and they paid me very well. After graduating from law school, Sarah worked as an attorney at Georgia Pacific.

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LawSites

MARCH 1, 2023

After all, this is the company that had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and that had pioneered products such as Compose , to help lawyers draft litigation briefs, and, in 2016 , CARA, the first product to use AI to analyze briefs. Successive governors have long claimed they are not.)

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ALPS

AUGUST 2, 2023

A lot of lawyers thought they had discovered a golden ticket when they discovered ChatGPT. They were enthused about how fast it was and how they could utilize it for legal research, drafting legal documents, case analysis, legal compliance, composing client communications and the list goes on.

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LawSites

JANUARY 25, 2024

A new intellectual property tool debuting today uses artificial intelligence to draft patents and office action answers in order to deliver — as its website puts it — “better patents in half of the time.” Lawyers can then edit the draft to suite their preferences.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Lawyers and legal professionals using the AI-powered document drafting tool Clearbrief to create a legal brief or document will now be able to seamlessly view any case law they cite thanks to a partnership with the legal research and intelligence company Fastcase , the companies announced today.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Lawyers must be able to be strong advocates for themselves, as well as their clients. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? Did you want to be an attorney “when you grew up”? And it worked.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

As society shifts and the need for lawyers to work faster and smarter grows, it becomes increasingly important that lawyers are able to nurture partnerships with freelance paralegals and legal assistants. For one, legal assistants focus solely on administrative work, clearing up time for lawyers to focus on other tasks.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Attorney and legal technologist Nicole Black cautions user that ChatGPT is a great start, but that’s all it is. No matter what you’re using ChatGPT for, whether for personal or professional reasons, you’ll need to have a full understanding of the topic at hand and thoroughly review, edit, and supplement the draft language it provides you.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Here’s how Lawyaw Legal Drafting can help. According to the Future Ready Lawyers Survey released by Wolters Kluwer, only 32% of respondents said their firm was prepared to use technology to be more productive, while 88% are actively implementing new technology to try and catch up. That’s one day of each week!

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LLRX

AUGUST 21, 2021

Imagine what a lawyer does on a given day: researching cases, drafting briefs, advising clients. And it is those complicated, personalized tasks that have led technologists to include lawyers in a broader category of jobs that are considered pretty safe from a future of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Because, if a lawyer had a business owner for a client, said lawyer would most stringently advise that business owner to draft a partnership agreement , if that business owner was to enter upon a partnership. So, why don’t more attorneys follow that sage advice? Which is kind of shocking, right?

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday became the first US appeals court to propose a new rule requiring lawyers to certify that they either did not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs, like Chat GPT, to draft filings or that humans reviewed AI-generated material.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. In particular, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers were trained in and outside of Afghanistan to better perform and run the judicial system of the country.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 8, 2021

Resist the knee-jerk reaction to hire another lawyer. Reasons Why It’s Better to Hire Paralegals Than Lawyers. Paralegals cost less than lawyers. Many firm owners seem to forget that paralegals can be as much of a profit center as the best grinder lawyer. Some can even do these tasks better than lawyers.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

One of the biggest issues attorneys have with developing effective content marketing profiles is that they can’t find the time to write or produce the content they ultimately need to distribute. So, you can ask ChatGPT to draft you a 250-word blog post, on a specific topic. That’s always been the sticking point.

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LawSites

AUGUST 18, 2021

An international working group of academics, vendors, lawyers and other legal professionals is today releasing the legal industry’s first comprehensive guide to best practices and workflows for creating effective legal documents in Microsoft Word. Seven Stages of Drafting. Research, support, analysis, and argument. On-screen review.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Yesterday in my patent prosecution course, students turned to AI tools to help them draft patent claims. More and more attorneys are turning to these same AI tools to help them be more productive and efficient while delivering a higher quality work product.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Is there a better way to train lawyers to draft and negotiate contracts? This former Tesla and BigLaw commercial contracts attorney is the founder of How to Contract , a learning platform that trains lawyers and professionals how to draft and negotiate contracts in the real world. Laura Frederick thinks so.

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MyCase

MAY 9, 2023

For lawyers, it’s crucial to understand these technologies, their benefits, applications, and risks when considering whether to use them in your practice. Why Lawyers Should Learn About AI and ChatGPT Generative AI is already being used in the legal profession despite having been launched only a few months ago at the end of 2022.

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CARET Legal

APRIL 24, 2024

The Legal Automation Bot Legal technology equipped with automation capabilities can perform repetitive tasks like drafting documents , handling client intake , and conducting compliance checks. Each tech innovation sparks the next, creating a ripple effect of progress that is reshaping the way attorneys practice law.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This article will explore the relationship between the theoretical knowledge gained in school and the practiced skills honed as a paralegal on the job through interactions with fellow paralegals, attorneys, and online resources. Receiving guidance from attorneys helped me develop strategies for efficient time management.

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MyCase

JUNE 22, 2022

At one point or another, most attorneys will need to set an hourly rate, whether for a complex criminal case or even for something as simple as drafting a contract. During this process, the first question typically asked is, “what is the average lawyer hourly rate?” . How Much Should a Lawyer’s Hourly Rate Be?

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Knackly

APRIL 26, 2023

Attorneys are integral to the modern world. In today’s world, attorneys must be prepared to face a pile of documents and are expected to sift through every aspect of their case, ensuring that they are always up-to-date on all relevant forms and accurate in all of their provided information.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 8, 2022

When it comes to reaching the partners, empathy, relationship-building and a customer-service mindset are key ingredients for young lawyers. This ingredient catches most young lawyers off guard. The mixed messages may just mean the partner forgot what they told you on the previous draft. Lead With Empathy. Build a Relationship.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 23, 2023

However, it is abundantly obvious that many legal technology solutions are already significantly improving the lives of attorneys. According to the Future Ready Lawyer 2021 report , 84% of legal departments have increased their technology budgets in the last year. Why do Law Firms Need to Invest in Technology?

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Attorneys who wait until the end of the day to record their time lose 10-15% of their billable hours , and those who wait until the end of the week lose 25%! The good news is, you don’t actually have to write the time down with pen and paper or even in Excel like the old days. Here’s a guide to how to get over that hump.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The attorneys who do not take advantage of these tools will have trouble keeping up. If you want an attorney who will win your case, you have to find attorneys with the technological edge. Let’s consider seven ways that an attorney who is tech-savvy increases your odds of winning the case. 2) Drafting Documents.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

| Avoid costly litigation with better drafting. Million Comma appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers. Get to the Point! | Put the modifier first! The post The $4.85

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MyCase

JUNE 22, 2022

At one point or another, most attorneys will need to set an hourly rate, whether for a complex criminal case or even for something as simple as drafting a contract. During this process, the first question typically asked is, “what is the average lawyer hourly rate?” . How Much Should a Lawyer’s Hourly Rate Be?

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

There is still a not insignificant subset of attorneys who still dictate communications. Some lawyers w ill dictate to staffpeople , while others use standalone technology, like Dragon Naturally Speaking , to manage the trick. If you’re using one of these major drafting softwares , it should be able to keep up.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 19, 2021

Rules against UPL specify that paralegals (or anyone who is not licensed to practice law) cannot provide attorney-client services to people, among other prohibitions. Essentially, by this definition, a person who is not licensed to practice law may not offer attorney services or get paid for them. Representing a Client.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Many lawyers dream of pursuing writing as a side hustle. As these three lawyers show, there’s more than one way to make it work. . Now, law firms and lawyers are moonlighting as business development consultants, app developers, coaches of all kinds, continuing education providers, and fiction and nonfiction authors.

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