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US law schools help communities during eviction crisis

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The White House and the Justice Department announced Friday that 99 law schools across 35 states and Puerto Rico answered the attorney general’s call for action to help communities during the housing and eviction crisis. In August 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a letter to the legal community calling for help.

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What Does Lawyer Development Mean in the Age of Generative AI? New Innovation Lab Will Seek Answers

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A legal innovation lab launching today seeks to answer the question of how to approach the training and development of new lawyers in an age of generative AI. Gillespie was formerly an executive with global legal services provider UnitedLex and, before that, global co-head of innovation at law firm Eversheds Sutherland.

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LTRC Roundtable Discussion: ChatGPT

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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. Several days later, it seemed to have learned about legal ethics and I got a different (and correct) answer citing legal ethics rules.

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What exactly will change with AI & Legal coming together?

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“ It may even be considered legal malpractice not to use AI one day,” says Tom Girardi , renowned civil litigator and the real-life inspiration for the lawyer in the film Erin Brockovich- Forbes. While the legal fraternity is adept at understanding and using legal terms and phrases, the commoners are left confused.

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Recording Social Justice at the Equal Justice Conference

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They enlightened me on how we talk about the access to justice topic, what it is, who is affected, and why this conversation is so important to the rule of law. Here is a picture of me with my best legal aid friend, Rusty from South Carolina Legal Services at the LTN table, totally excited, as you can tell!

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. It also improves access to justice for society as lawyers can handle more cases, as well as remove some bias from the legal system through fact-first drafting. What problem do you solve? Plan for growth: Declined to publicly disclose.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

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We help lawyers make evidence-based decisions about the venues they choose and the arguments they make by focusing on the jurisprudence of the judges and courts they interact with. How we’re unique: While other products are descriptive in nature, we are building the first truly prescriptive set of legal analytics products.