LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

That makes the Technology Initiative Grants awarded annually by the Legal Services Corporation all the more significant, as they are among the few funding sources specifically targeting such technology. Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut will use a $150,593 grant to create a cloud-based pro bono portal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Maria Antonia Tigre also joins the Sabin Center as a Global Climate Litigation Fellow, where she will oversee the Non-US Climate Litigation Database , as well as conduct research into emerging trends, theories and developments in global climate change litigation.

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The Estrin Report

AUGUST 24, 2023

Aside from the lawyers associated with the disbanding Daugherty Lordan LLP who are actively seeking new positions, legal recruiters in the market suggest that attorneys from Lewis Brisbois are also actively exploring alternative opportunities to distance themselves from the situation. 23, 130 partners and 148 associates.

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Open Law Lab

JANUARY 8, 2021

We can break down two main research questions about measuring the quality of justice in different types of court formats: Do litigants in virtual vs. in-person hearings have more Procedural Justice? They didn’t make as full use of the law or legal services to protect themselves. Find the article here: [link].

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Paralegal-Edu.Org

APRIL 26, 2024

In the intricate scene of the legal sphere, attorneys are the ones who mostly grab all the attention due to famous trials and their outcomes, TV shows, movies, and let’s face it, their income. Yet, behind every successful attorney stands a diligent and indispensable ally: the paralegal.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In recent years, new technology, specialization, client demand, and the pandemic forced the legal industry to adopt more efficient practices, including embracing the use of virtual legal services. Enter Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs). billion segment of the legal market.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. Paralegals and legal assistants held about 345,600 jobs in 2020. Federal Government 5%. Local government, excluding education and hospitals 4%.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 12, 2023

A criminal lawyer's role is to provide legal services and defense for those accused of corruption, crime, or defendants in litigation.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 20, 2022

Abraham Lincoln, licensed to practice law in 1837 in Illinois, may be the archetypal general practice attorney. The Lincoln Legal Papers Project identified over 5,600 cases and nearly 100,000 documents related to Lincoln’s law practice. In legal services, specialization has been spurred by rapid change.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

In the legal industry, we have stenography, clearly the market leader in delivering a key service in litigation: court and deposition reporting. With only a slight delay, trained transcriptionists can provide extremely accurate, human-reviewed transcripts during the proceeding to benefit the delivery of legal services.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. “MK claims to advertise its services online, but it does not provide those services online.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 31, 2022

Advances in food technology are driving IP, regulatory work, transactions, and capital raising along with litigation. The rate of change in this arena rivals other technology markets — and brings a host of legal issues with it. They are big consumers of legal services and referral sources — offering double-edged growth.

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LawSites

MAY 12, 2021

The MDLAs will be able to provide services on behalf of debtors such as debt and settlements negotiations with creditor attorneys, assistance preparing answers and counterclaims, and pre-litigation support. But traditional legal services are not equipped to assist with this.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2022

Today, Fastcase is announcing the 2022 cohort of the Fastcase 50, and it includes a diverse array of legal tech founders, practicing lawyers, law firm professionals, judges, law professors, law librarians, bar association leaders, and investors — not to mention the attorney who is the NFL’s first Black woman team president.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

Simply put, it means that law firms are creating non-traditional service packages for clients at a more affordable, and often flat, rate that is lower than standard law firm pricing. An example would be a law firm that represents small businesses in litigation matters, selling a litigation risk audit for a flat fee.

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InHouseBlog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Attorneys in states such as NJ, NY, and CA that recognize PA as an approved jurisdiction will also receive credit. ABOUT OFFIT KURMAN Offit Kurman, a full-service AmLaw 200 law firm with offices throughout the East Coast and in Southern California, serves dynamic businesses, individuals and families.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 13, 2022

Artificial intelligence tools have become prevalent in legal practice, particularly in eDiscovery. That doesn’t mean, however, that law firms and litigation support teams have been quick to embrace them. Despite their benefits, many legal organizations have been hesitant to implement AI tools. AI Hesitation.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2023

Should Rules of Professional Conduct be relaxed to address the growing access to justice problem and other challenges affecting legal services delivery in our state? The supreme court of the fictional state of Centralia has under consideration similar proposals to modify its attorney Rules of Professional Conduct.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report is published in five volumes: Online Research, Technology Basics & Security , Law Office Technology , Marketing & Communication Technology, Litigation Technology & E-Discovery. Only 14% of small firms with 2-9 attorneys and 7% of firms with 10-49 attorneys have fixed fees.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 13, 2023

Fast forwarding to January 2023, the NAACP and ACLU scored a critical victory and a first step in their lawsuit, when Judge Mary Geiger Lewis denied a motion to dismiss brought by South Carolina, ruling that litigation to lift the categorical ban on automated data collection of online court records can proceed.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 24, 2020

What is legal project management? Legal project management is the application of project management principles and practices to enhance the delivery of legal services. Example for a Litigation Paralegal. the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project objectives. .

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LawSites

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Courtroom5 , a platform that helps self-represented litigants navigate complex civil litigation matters, licensed their tech to NCCU Law for classroom use and is in development on a new platform slated for release in spring 2024. descrybe.ai , a free generative-AI legal search engine, has summarized 1.8

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Cenza

MARCH 30, 2022

Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, LPO has grown considerably, and it is now a dominant business, with law firms in the Global South exporting legal services to typically white-shoe law offices in affluent countries at a much-reduced cost. Which legal services to outsource? Why Does LPO Matter?

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2023

“This has been an amazing year of change for legal tech, including at vLex and Fastcase,” said Ed Walters, Fastcase co-founder and the Chief Strategy Officer of vLex. This year’s list of honorees reflects a year of transformation for legal services. Linda Kruschke , Director of Legal Publications, Oregon State Bar.

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LegalTalkNetwork

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

On a related note, we also caught up with the American Bar Association’s Marty Balough who brought along CNN’s Joey Jackson and Sidley Austin ’s John Levi as well as concert performers Robert Sims and Nancy Hays to talk about their support of the Legal Services Corporation and the type of work it funds. .

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Calloquy Platform Calloquy is dedicated to making remote legal proceedings safe, secure, and efficient, both to reduce cost and risk for corporate litigants and to expand access to justice for underserved communities. Learn more about this company at the LawNext Legal Tech Directory. Read this startup’s detailed application.

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LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2023

“There’s an estimate that within the next 10 years, 90% of legal services are going to be delivered online,” founder and CEO Dorna Moini told me ahead of today’s announcement. “Attorneys are able to scale their practices beyond what they ever would have been able to if they were doing one-to-one services.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

The ABA Task Force on Legal Needs Arising out of the 2020 Pandemic identified practice areas experiencing rapid growth in demand since 2020, including family law, insurance, data privacy, cybersecurity, labor and health law. Subscribe to Attorney at Work. The post Clients Are Spending More on Legal Tech: Can Smaller Firms Keep Up?

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MyCase

APRIL 29, 2024

However, it’s critical to recognize that AI isn’t a replacement for human expertise but rather a tool to enhance legal workflows and services. Understanding where AI can augment legal services and where it falls short is essential for navigating this evolving landscape. Can AI Replace Lawyers?

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While calling the rating of attorneys “ludicrous,” U.S. Legal Tech Look-Back is a continuing series of posts that turn back the calendar on legal tech news.). To the extent that their lawsuit has focused a spotlight on how ludicrous the rating of attorneys (and judges) has become, more power to them.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While calling the rating of attorneys “ludicrous,” U.S. Legal Tech Look-Back is a continuing series of posts that turn back the calendar on legal tech news.). To the extent that their lawsuit has focused a spotlight on how ludicrous the rating of attorneys (and judges) has become, more power to them.

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MyCase

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Not surprisingly, the number of lawyers working remotely has increased year over year as attorneys became more comfortable using the technologies that permitted them to work from anywhere. When it comes to working from home, understanding how lawyers conduct legal research remotely and which tools they use is a great place to start.

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InHouseBlog

AUGUST 6, 2023

The CEO explained that he does not see a need for or have a return on investment justification for a General Counsel, as he is not contemplating going public for some time, he does not have litigation, his intellectual property needs are minimal and he has a non-lawyer handling contracts. Not every company needs a GC.

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Supported and hosted by civic-minded attorneys across the country, this event was designed to raise awareness and address for the “justice gap” defined by the Legal Services Corporation as the difference between the civil legal needs of low-income Americans and the resources available to meet those needs.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Contract attorneys have made it possible for legal organizations to level up their teams’ expertise without increasing headcount. . In many cases, this meant that they, like their law firm counterparts, hired contract attorneys to fill in gaps, provide niche expertise and keep costs in check. Data privacy litigation?

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LegalTalkNetwork

APRIL 30, 2021

Legal-adjacent careers on the rise. Because of a paradigm shift in the delivery of legal services, many traditional paths to legal careers are on shaky ground. During this change, a new set of legal career options is emerging. Speaking of legal-adjacent, how about becoming an influencer?

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