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How A Startup Evolves: As Casetext Marks 10th Year Anniversary, Here’s Its History Through 50 Blog Posts

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Well before launching CoCounsel this year, it had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and 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, which spawned a generation of copycat products.

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Guest Post: How Santa Clara Law Graduates Students with a ‘Tech Edge’

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In this guest post, Laura Lee Norris , director of the program, and Mark Michels , lecturer in law, describe the program and how it prepares students for careers as tech lawyers in Silicon Valley. Santa Clara University School of Law graduated its first Tech Edge JD cohort in May 2021. Mentor interaction is flexible and student-driven.

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NY Announces Temporary Authorization Program for Recent Law Grads

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In this week that NY law grads were originally scheduled to be taking the bar exam, the New York State Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) has announced a revision of its rules to temporarily authorize qualifying graduates of ABA-accredited law schools to practice law in New York under supervision pending their admission to the bar.

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Women of Legal Tech: Amanda Brown

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Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021. After the bar exam, I spent time as a disaster recovery fellow with my local legal aid program and supported the development of the ABA’s Flood Proof project. I have absolutely zero formal training in computer science.

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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

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Law schools also have an ethical obligation to train technology competency skills and offer basic technology training in required first-year legal practice courses and upper-level legal technology courses. He agrees that attorneys should dedicate time to getting technology training.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: So Many Legal Ethics Headlines, Engaging In Democracy, Ethics Jobs & More

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The move allows KPMG to greatly expand its legal offerings, for example, into services such as drafting and updating contracts and reconciling legal materials in merger-and-acquisition deals. 10 A Tale of Two Bar Exams California Bar Hunts for Applicants Who Cheated on Flawed Exam; South Dakota Opens Practice-Based Alternative For Bar Exam.

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