CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Change of ownership notices: Automatically draft and send out change of ownership notices 1 day after closing. Draft petition: Automatically draft probate petitions one day before the court hearing. Draft final notice: Automatically draft the final notice for petition of probate 1 day after hearing.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 24, 2023

At the time, I wrote about how one immigration lawyer had used it to dramatically shortcut the time-consuming process of drafting O-1 visa petitions. Users can generate a general summary or apply a summary template for specialized use cases, such as depositions or loan agreements.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It was March 1, 2023, that Casetext launched CoCounsel , a product developed in partnership with OpenAI that uses the GPT-4 large language model to assist lawyers with a variety of tasks. Now, as it expands into new markets, we get details on its adoption to date.

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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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CARET Legal

APRIL 8, 2024

The relentless pursuit of billable hours in the legal profession often leads to overwork and burnout, undermining lawyers’ well-being and job satisfaction. On one hand, it’s a measure of a lawyer’s productivity and a key revenue driver for law firms. It can lead to stress, burnout, and a work-life imbalance.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2021

India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports on recent steps taken in the Indian high court system to conduct physical proceedings again after a period of COVID-19 shutdown in favor of virtual appearances, stressing that reversion is critical for the survival of some young professionals and financially less well-off lawyers.

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LawSites

MARCH 14, 2023

Lawyers can use it to search a database, review documents, summarize documents, and review contracts for policy compliance. They can also use it to extract data from contracts, draft a legal research memo, and prepare for a deposition. Watch for LawNext interview next week with Casetext about this latest news.

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LawTechnologyToday

AUGUST 1, 2023

Here’s a quick overview of the metrices: Billing: Total billings of a financial year, year-on-year billing comparison, billing growth per year/quarter Cases per lawyer: The ratio of the number of cases per lawyer. They also help partners/lawyers spend quality time in managing their cases and in driving results for their clients.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 25, 2021

Paralegal case management can only be successful with an open line of communication with the lawyer or lawyers that you work for to develop a system where you’re automatically notified of upcoming deadlines and new pleadings that have been filed. Call ABC client for draft interrogatory responses to #’s 2, 3, 4. Smith Case.

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LettersBlogatory

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Swiss government has published a draft bill that, if enacted, would authorize Switzerland to modify its declarations under Article 15 to 17 of the Evidence Convention to give its permission generally for willing witnesses to be questioned in foreign proceedings by telephone or video conference.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Lawyer flat fee billing can be tricky. ANSWER: While most lawyers and clients are accustomed to the traditional billable hour, other pricing options do exist. Table of contents What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? These include fixed fees, alternative fee structures, and contingency fees, among others.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

First, maybe the lawyer doesn’t realize that you also have a billable hour requirement? We all think they must know this, but you would be surprised how many lawyers (especially young associates) don’t realize that paralegals in the firm also have a billable hour goal to meet. 1 to draft a deposition notice. Not anymore.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 3, 2023

For general information I’ve found it very helpful to create a first draft that helps organize my thoughts. I asked ChatGPT if lawyers were required to be competent with their technology and it replied (initially) that lawyers had no duty of technical competence under U.S. The site has been slammed.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 31, 2021

A person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.” ( American Bar Association ) This is an awesome definition of a Paralegal.

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LawSites

JUNE 7, 2022

Now, Casetext is formally launching that search tool under a new name, AllSearch , and with a focus on helping litigators search large sets of legal documents, including for e-discovery or to search internal databases and repositories, such as brief banks, litigation records, deposition transcripts, and expert reports. ” .

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 25, 2024

A document management system that organizes the electronic version of everything in the case, like the Microsoft Word documents that you’re drafting, memos, etc. Deposition software applications Trial Technology All of these are very specific to the employer type and the practice area. But it all has to come into that funnel.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 24, 2021

I was working as a busy junior lawyer in the Commercial Real Estate department of Pinsent Masons. I spent my days drafting lots of Leases, Licenses, and Rent Deposit Deeds manually. We miss team catch-ups in person though! How did you become involved in legal tech? We aim for this to be free to law students.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. Focused intelligence for focused lawyers. CiteRight is the only tool that allows lawyers to save case law and automatically cite it inside Microsoft Word.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 30, 2022

Attorney at Work’s new “Women in Law” series honors Women’s History Month with a focus on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. I attended depositions, drafted dispositive motions, prepared outlines for oral argument, and attended the hearings. Deputy General Counsel.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2023

Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings. Focused intelligence for focused lawyers. CiteRight is the only tool that allows lawyers to save case law and automatically cite it inside Microsoft Word.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 24, 2023

They have deadlines they are not going to risk missing just because the two of you set a time to meet so she could show you how to put together a deposition summary – and now she doesn’t have the time. Because for every one of them, there is a paralegal down the hall who WANTS you to succeed, but they have their own job to do. It’s up to you.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 24, 2023

They have deadlines they are not going to risk missing just because the two of you set a time to meet so she could show you how to put together a deposition summary – and now she doesn’t have the time. Because for every one of them, there is a paralegal down the hall who WANTS you to succeed, but they have their own job to do. It’s up to you.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

They have deadlines they are not going to risk missing just because the two of you set a time to meet so she could show you how to put together a deposition summary – and now she doesn’t have the time. Because for every one of them, there is a paralegal down the hall who WANTS you to succeed, but they have their own job to do. It’s up to you.

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The Cloud Court Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

Suppose you have a matter where you’re noticed for several depositions. Within a few months, every litigation attorney is having the app ride shotgun in every deposition – taking and defending. It speaks to bridging the gaps between tech innovators – who may be within a firm or a company – and lawyers. Start small and expand.

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LawActually

JANUARY 16, 2020

Smallbone Deceased is a whodunit written in 1950 by Michael Gilbert — who was a practising lawyer himself. It’s as good a place as any in which to hide a body (and it certainly beats hacking the body up in the lavatories and depositing segments of the cadaver into lever arch box files). What an image! In my case, most of the time.)

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 11, 2022

Edit with your lawyers and peers. OCR is also used by many attorneys when drafting appeals, where a specific section needs to be quoted and the possibility of typing is simply tedious. Online course and coaching program that gives you proven methods to increase your billable hours, draft better time entries, and be more productive.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

I started Clearbrief to help lawyers find the evidence that supports their arguments and wins the case. JS: The platform is designed for lawyers at firms of all sizes, as well as judges and clerks. How does Clearbrief work? JS: It’s like Grammarly, but for the substance of what you’re writing about.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 18, 2021

First, you want to be able to communicate easily with other lawyers and staff. Whether Office 365 or Google Calendar make sure meetings, hearings, depositions and trial dates are shared and don’t slip through the cracks. Draft New Office Policies. Or will GotoMeeting or Google Hangouts suffice?

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LawSites

JANUARY 3, 2023

LAWCLERK , an online marketplace where attorneys and law firms can hire freelance lawyers and virtual associates, is expanding its hiring options today with the launch of its Hourly Associate program, designed to allow law firms to hire freelancers on a more-flexible hourly basis rather than by a discrete project or longer-term subscription. .

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Cenza

MARCH 30, 2022

Among the leading outsourcing countries, India has the advantage of a large pool of English proficient lawyers trained in the common law. percent of law firms report that outsourcing work to contract lawyers have resulted in significant improvement in company performance.”

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

But there is no longer an aegis protecting lawyers from technology and how they will need to interact with the court now and in the future. Once a response to a lengthy e-mail is decided upon, it usually goes back to the law clerk or the secretary for drafting. Attorneys are even forced to adapt or function at a slight disadvantage.

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MyCase

APRIL 30, 2024

Paralegals and legal assistants are key members of a lawyer’s support team. Their work frees up lawyers to focus on case strategy. Performing client interviews and communication: Paralegals usually remain in close contact with clients, gathering information the lawyer needs or sharing case updates.

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LawSites

AUGUST 31, 2022

It has dramatically changed how lawyers and legal professionals work. Casetext’s AllSearch takes that beyond legal research to all types of legal documents, meaning it can be used for e-discovery collections, contract review, brief banks, litigation records, deposition transcripts, expert reports, or any other collection of documents.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 3, 2021

A description of your out-of-pocket expenses for which the client is responsible (for example, court costs, filing fees, deposition fee, and transcript fees), how those expenses will be deducted, and how expenses will be recalculated in the event there is zero or insufficient recovery of funds on behalf of the client. .

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LexForti

AUGUST 9, 2021

It gives strength to courts to order to deposit the fees in the court. Firstly, lawyers are expressly barred from funding litigation and being repaid after the favourable outcome of a dispute, primarily when a lawyer is representing the contesting party in a legal dispute. Inadequate Legal Framework.

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LawSites

MAY 30, 2023

In a first for an e-discovery technology company, Chicago-based Nextpoint is launching an Arizona law firm June 1 under that state’s liberalized law practice rules that allow non-lawyers to own law practices. Its lawyers will not appear in court. NLG’s lawyers will not go to court or take depositions, Greene said.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

I am obsessed with depositions and, in particular, their importance to the outcome of cases. That obsession extends to deposition data as well as to the psychology of the players involved: the attorneys taking and defending depositions; the witnesses being deposed; as well as the court reporters. Why on earth would we do this?

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