Above The Law

MAY 26, 2023

Notes to my (legal) self. The post Legal Research And Writing appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Read on for a strong addition to your research trail — while learning what a 'research trail' is. The post The Legal Tech-To-English Dictionary: Legal Research appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 11, 2023

The post Law School Dean Wants ChatGPT Taught In Legal Research & Writing Classes appeared first on Above the Law. It's the way of the future for lawyers.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

How speed and accuracy benchmarks misrepresent the real value of legal AI Welcome to the era of the AI superlative. For benchmarks to be valuable, they must test real-world problems that legal professionals face and measure what customers care about. For instance, which legal research system would you prefer?

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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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Above The Law

JANUARY 12, 2024

Notes to my (legal) self. The post ChatGPT Is NOT A Legal Research Tool appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

By embracing legal tech, firms are stepping into the future and preserving the integrity and success of their practices. forcing at-home work to extend even further, the legal industry continues to feel the disruption. The good news is that legal tech programs can prove valuable in helping you manage and protect your law practice.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Is better case law data fueling a legal research boom? Recently, Rebecca Fordon noticed a surge of new and innovative legal research tools. Fordon wondered what could be fueling this increase, and set off to find out more.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2024

Citators — tools that validate whether a case or statute is still good law — have always been an essential component of a full-featured legal research platform. Just two products have long dominated the legal research market as the gold […]

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Above The Law

JUNE 22, 2023

The post Do NOT, I Repeat, Do NOT Use ChatGPT For Legal Research appeared first on Above the Law. These chatbots are bald-faced liars that pull facts out of thin air.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 26, 2024

The future of legal research is AI. Read on to get the definitive guide to choosing a Gen AI legal research solution The post How To Choose The Right Legal Research Platform For Your AI Journey appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

eDiscovery Assistant , a legal research platform for e-discovery case law and resources, is today introducing AI-generated case law summaries. Its founder, Twigger, is the principal at ESI Attorneys, a law firm dedicated to e-discovery, and a nationally known e-discovery attorney, author, and speaker.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 16, 2025

AI-Assisted Research serves as a force multiplier for legal professionals. The post Precision Meets AI: Thomson Reuters’ New Era Of Legal Research appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JULY 23, 2024

The future of legal research is AI. The post The Definitive Guide To Choosing A Gen AI Legal Research Solution appeared first on Above the Law. Choose a platform that supports you on this journey, with the experience to guide you every step of the way.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Custom generative AI tools can enhance your legal research capabilities. The post From Books To Bytes: A Legal Research Showdown In The Age Of AI appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When the legal research companies vLex and Fastcase announced their merger in April , they promised the deal would fuel new opportunities for the development of generative AI for legal research. “The combined library is the crown jewel of LLMs and the ultimate training data set for legal AI.”

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LLRX

MAY 29, 2024

Law Librarians and tech experts par excellence, Rebecca Fordon , Sean Harrington and Christine Park plan to propose a typology of legal research tasks based on existing computer and information science scholarship and draft corresponding questions using the typology, with rubrics others can use to score the tools they use.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

While law firms struggle to keep a lid on AI security threats and otherwise control lawyers using AI out of turn , Linklaters has a forward-thinking solution that more firms should embrace. Transparency keeps everyone on the same page when it comes to when and where AI fits into a modern legal practice.

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LLRX

AUGUST 30, 2023

The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) in legal research signifies a transformative shift. This article by Sean Harrington critically evaluates the advent and fine-tuning of Law-Specific LLMs, such as those offered by Casetext, Westlaw, and Lexis.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Legal technologists and industry observers agree that generative AI will significantly enhance legal research capabilities, provided that these breakthrough tools are developed and used responsibly. Why is legal research a primary use case for generative AI?

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2023

Unique Global Breadth vLex has been unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage. It provides access to comprehensive primary and secondary law collections from more than 100 countries. case law and other materials. primary law. Lluís Faus will become global CEO.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 1, 2024

Choose from this buffet of essential lawyer skills to plan your ascent to the heights of the legal profession. The post Essential Lawyer Skills for a Successful Law Practice appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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JULY 14, 2021

Legal recruiting is an important business development tool for law firms looking to expand their client roster, build up their practice areas, and open offices in new locations. In this second article, let’s discuss how firms can use litigation data to make their legal recruiting a more successful and profitable endeavor.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Legal research startup Midpage has reached a critical threshold in its commercialization, its founder believes, as it achieves full data coverage of key U.S. case law and prepares to launch its own citator in the coming weeks.

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Above The Law

APRIL 2, 2025

They say time is moneyfor law firms, every billable minute counts toward profitability. In this post, well explore how passive time tracking is helping law firms maximize revenue, increase operational efficiency, and reduce administrative burdens. Image courtesy of AffiniPay. The solution? Automating time tracking through technology.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

SixFifty, a company that helps businesses automate employment law compliance and documentation, today released the first phase of its Employment Law Informatics Project (ELIP), an effort to catalog, summarize, and encode the logic of every employment law in the United States, to enhance both academic legal research and practical business use.

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CARET Legal

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Picture this: It’s Monday morning, and you’re walking into your law office. Enter modern law firm case management software. To truly transform your practice, you need to look for specific law firm case management software features that address the unique challenges of legal work. Sound familiar?

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LawSites

JUNE 22, 2023

A federal district judge has imposed monetary and other sanctions on the two lawyers who filed a brief laden with bogus cases they found when they relied on ChatGPT for legal research. Schwartz, as well as the law firm of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, to pay a penalty of $5,000.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

After that case, which resulted in a media frenzy and (somewhat mild) court sanctions, many attorneys are wary of using generative AI for legal research. And some legal tasks are less affected by hallucinations. But vendors are working to limit hallucinations and increase trust.

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Above The Law

MARCH 25, 2025

This is how many commercial offerings including some legal research services incorporate GenAI. Similarly, many professionals may find Deep Research to be a friend or an eventual enemy. Implications For Legal Professionals Let me suggest that its just a matter of time before Microsoft Copilot will have Deep Research integration.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In our forthcoming Spring 2025 publication, Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era, [1] we hypothesize that Generative AI (GenAI) technology will change forever how legal services are delivered and will force law firms to re-engineer their legacy economic model.

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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

JUNE 28, 2022

Spotlight: Practical Law enables attorneys to get up to speed quickly and more efficiently translate research into quality work product. Practical Law enables us to respond to our clients quickly and effectively, delivering increased efficiency and value.” – Scott M. You can rely on their breadth of legal knowledge.

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Above The Law

APRIL 15, 2024

Optimal litigation research integrates all relevant sources for efficient results. The post 5 Things Litigators Should Look For In A Legal Research Tool appeared first on Above the Law. Finding all materials for similar cases spanning different systems is difficult, time-consuming, and frustrating.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

Keeping up on the litigation landscape with AI-powered legal analytics can help cultivate productive and meaningful client relationships. “As As someone who had his own law firm, I learned very early on that without clients, you had no business,” says Cole Silver , Chief Client Officer at Blank Rome. Still, it bears repeating.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

How do AI-driven legal research platforms specifically those that provide direct answers to legal questions stack up against each other? 8 meeting of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, where a panel of three law librarians reported on their comparison of the AI answers delivered […]

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APRIL 9, 2024

Furthering its expansion beyond legal research and into other products aligned with legal professionals’ day-to-day workflows, Bloomberg Law has acquired Dashboard Legal , a project management and collaboration platform specifically designed for the legal market.

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