Above The Law

JUNE 7, 2023

The post Free Speech Hypocrisy, Hot Bench Troubles, And ChatGPT Legal Research appeared first on Above the Law. Maybe the woman who called the cops on a Black birdwatcher should try using ChatGPT to make up some fake caselaw for her appeal because the real ones aren't helping.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Thomson Reuters has launched Westlaw Precision, its most dramatic update to the Westlaw research platform since Westlaw Edge in 2018. For this new version, Westlaw tackled the underlying issues that slow down legal research — namely lack of precision in search results, which leads to extra hours reviewing cases that aren’t relevant.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

The legal research company Casetext has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $64.3 First, the capital will help Casetext continue to create and improve products that help lawyers search the law and their own documents as well as to efficiently draft legal documents like briefs.

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2022

Recently, I reported here on the “quiet” launch of a new legal research service, Decisis , targeting bar associations and 1-2 lawyer law firms. as well as president of the company that created Decisis, Legal InQuery Solutions. million lawyers in the country. and the U.S.,

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Just four years after launching Westlaw Edge as its next-generation legal research platform, Thomson Reuters today unveiled the next-next generation. It means search results that better match not just the legal issue, but also the outcome, fact pattern, cause of action, motion type and outcome, party type, and area of law.

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MyCase

APRIL 29, 2024

For centuries, lawyers have been trusted advisors in navigating the legal system. However, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), a question looms: Will AI replace lawyers? AI is changing how legal professionals operate, and there’s good reason to leverage its potential. What Is the Role of AI in Law Today?

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The Researching Paralegal

APRIL 26, 2020

Legal Research Demystified, by Eric Voight, Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Faulkner University. I have a new favorite legal research textbook and reference guide for law and paralegal students — Legal Research Demystified. link] (table of contents and a sample chapter).

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Above The Law

MAY 8, 2024

CNN ] * Columbia Law School still feels good about its graduates despite clerkship boycott from 13 conservative judges. Hey, as long as Columbia grads understand how to perform basic legal research they're still a leg up on the judges themselves. American Lawyer ] * The history of the ahistorical.

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LegalTalkNetwork

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Practice tips: How negotiation steers healthy relationships & how to save $$ on legal research. Alexandra Carter, a negotiation trainer and clinical law professor, tells Lawyerist Podcast host Sarah Briggs how to best frame negotiation and how for lawyers to use to improve and develop professional relationships.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Justia’s mission is to make the law and legal resources free for all. In keeping with this mission, the Justia Portal offers free access to statutes from all 50 states, cases from federal courts and the highest state courts, legal guides, and more! law schools and the law school admissions process.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

The legal research company Casetext has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $64.3 First, the capital will help Casetext continue to create and improve products that help lawyers search the law and their own documents as well as to efficiently draft legal documents like briefs.

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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. In order to meet the problems of escalating workflow and productivity demands on a constrained budget, law firms are eager to invest in legal technology services.

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ALPS

MARCH 29, 2023

Spare Yourself Headaches I n Your Law Practice by Following these Helpful Communication Tips: Hard to believe that around this time 20 years ago I was finishing up law school at Mercer University School of Law and would soon be prepping for the Georgia bar exam. 

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In a few of my recent posts I shared data on lawyer demographics, diversity , stressors, and future plans obtained from the recently released ABA Profile of the Profession 2021. The Report also includes a lot of interesting data about lawyers’ use of technology. Online legal resources.

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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

MAY 30, 2023

It was bound to happen sooner or later: Two lawyers face sanctions for filing a brief laden with bogus cases hallucinated by ChatGPT. But is this a story about the failings of AI or is it about the failings of the lawyers? But, to me, the cautionary tale here is not about technology, but about lawyer competence.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In a time of wild claims and counterclaims, the subject of the Law of Armed Conflict, (LOAC), often referred to as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) or the Law of War (LOW), is a topical subject. Researching LOAC can challenge U.S. researchers and lawyers. researchers. researchers.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Every lawyer in the United States is licensed to practice in some state, but very few lawyers are licensed to practice in every state. As a result, the question often arises -- is attorney X licensed to practice in state Y?

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Once upon a time, in a magical city called San Francisco, three former lawyers came together to develop an innovative legal research platform, as an alternative to traditional legal research services such as Thomson Reuters Westlaw and LexisNexis. They called their new company Casetext.

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MyCase

JANUARY 26, 2021

It’s unclear when the pandemic will abate, and as a result charting a course for your law firm for the upcoming year is no easy task. As a result, you’re probably considering adding new software and hardware to your law firm’s technology arsenal. Automating Legal Services: Justice through Technology.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Legal Research and Writing In my first year of studying Paralegal Studies, my school provided us with Westlaw/LexisNexis (legal research software) that we used for legal research purposes. which provided me with a comprehensive understanding of the legal system and procedures.

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LawSites

JUNE 21, 2023

A new generative AI product for immigration lawyers announced today is designed to help them conduct research, draft and summarize complex legal documents, and engage with potential clients through a chat interface. “Immigration law is an incredibly complex, high-stakes area of law. Called Visalaw.ai

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MyCase

MAY 9, 2023

The legal sector is no exception. For lawyers, it’s crucial to understand these technologies, their benefits, applications, and risks when considering whether to use them in your practice. Key advantages provided by AI-powered tools include efficiency, improved legal writing, enhanced workflows, and cost-effectiveness.

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LawSites

JUNE 15, 2023

In fact, as I described in my very first post about Casetext , its original vision was a crowdsourced case law library that its users would edit and annotate and then have other users upvote or downvote the annotations. Think a marriage of Wikipedia and Digg, but for law. 2014 Two Sites Offer Platforms for Crowdsourced Legal Research.

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LawTechnologyToday

AUGUST 1, 2023

In an evolving legal environment with market competition at an all-time high, the technical competence of law firms and legal departments of large organizations have to be top notch. Outsource non-core processes: Outsourcing of non-core processes by law firms have a proven track record of resulting in cost reduction.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The e-discovery company DISCO said today it has entered into a long-term license with the international legal research company vLex to obtain access to its U.S. primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions. legal research materials.

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MyCase

AUGUST 10, 2022

There are even reports that this sentient system may have requested legal representation. . So, how does AI fit into law? How lawyers can use legal AI . The benefits of using AI in law firms. The best legal tools. Can Lawyers Use AI? Is AI Law Ethical? Three Benefits of Legal AI.

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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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InHouseBlog

JANUARY 23, 2023

The potential for disruption and disintermediation of the practice of law is already evident, but so are the powerful use cases that many are already trying to implement. So should lawyers welcome this technology? ” Source: Should lawyers embrace or fear ChatGPT? at Legal Rebels Released Nov.

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LawSites

MAY 16, 2023

The majority of law firms use just five or fewer unique software products, according to a legal industry study published today by the law practice management company Smokeball. In firms of 2-10 lawyers, 86% use five or fewer products. Even in firms of 26 or more lawyers, half use just five or fewer products.

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LawTechnologyToday

JUNE 9, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way the legal sector operates. While AI adoption in law is still new, lawyers today have a wide variety of intelligent tools at their disposal. billion by 2026 , and it has significant implications for the legal sector. Streamlining Legal Research.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Seven times since 2016, Thomson Reuters has conducted a survey on the state of small law firms in the U.S., and every time, it found that small firms had made virtually no progress on one of their greatest challenges, which is that they spend too much time on administrative tasks to the exclusion of practicing law.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The 2021 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report is now available for purchase! The ABA Legal Technology Survey Report is the most comprehensive study available of lawyers’ actual technology use, spanning a vast range of topics from security and basic office software to technology budgets, marketing tools, and much more.

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LLRX

MAY 24, 2023

In the next few years, legally trained generative AI will replace lawyer labour on a scale we’ve never seen before. An enormous amount of lawyer activity consists of researching, analyzing, writing, developing arguments, critiquing counter-claims, and drafting responses.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Even for geniuses, it is unrealistic for lawyers to maintain a complete catalog of everything they will ever need to know in their heads at all times. For example, a London law firm used data on the outcomes of 600 cases over 12 months to create a model for the viability of personal injury cases. That is where AI comes in.

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ALPS

JUNE 8, 2023

Many are by now aware of the fact that AI tools such as ChatGPT have been able to pass exams from prestigious law schools and business schools. The chatbot tool was able to pass four exams at the law school of the University of Minnesota and one exam at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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MyCase

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Every year I write a post that highlights the mobile lawyering statistics from the latest ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. 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.

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