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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
APRIL 1, 2020
Legal research options abound, more so than ever before. This is in line with the general proliferation of law firm technology, buoyed by the rapid advancement of cloud technology for use in business. But, no law firm has an unlimited budget. If you want to talk legal research, we’re down.
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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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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)
Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency
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
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
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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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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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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LawSites
OCTOBER 15, 2024
descrybe.ai, a free legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide enhanced access to the law, today rolled out a major upgrade that includes a redesign of its platform, more nuanced and accurate search results, summaries of judicial opinions in Spanish as well as English, and simplified, plain-language summaries in both English (..)
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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?
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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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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
LawSites
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.
The Estrin Report
AUGUST 26, 2021
Virtual assistants specialize in various industries such as marketing, real estate, accounting, law or financial services. You can become a generalist or specialize in a legal specialty such as bankruptcy, litigation, real estate, estate planning or corporate. In January 2008, I began researching the world of virtual assistants.
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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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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. GET ACCESS 3.
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LawSites
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Aah legal tech. Today I am introducing Legal Tech Look-Back , a recurring series of posts that will turn back the calendar on legal tech news. What was the news in legal tech five or 10 or 15 years ago this week? How far we’ve come. How far we haven’t. That is what this series will focus on. Lexis Advances.
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Above The Law
MARCH 1, 2024
The post Cheat Code: How Will AI Affect Legal Research & Writing? appeared first on Above the Law. We’ve got all the angles covered in this episode of the Non-Eventcast podcast.
Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 28, 2022
I have been in the legal field for over 30 years and a paralegal going on eight years. So, what are the things we do that get YOU thinking this could be the best career decision you make as a Criminal Law Paralegal? Keeping open communication with the client is of utmost importance for the Criminal Law Paralegal. Memorandums.
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LawTechnologyToday
JANUARY 13, 2021
The Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) is pleased to make its seventh annual announcement of its Women of Legal Tech honorees. LTRC’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Rebecca Benavides | Director Legal Business and Strategy at Microsoft.
The Estrin Report
MARCH 25, 2024
Estrin I had lunch last week with a friend who is the Director of Administration at a top, major law firm. When I first received their search, the hiring requirements included 5-10 years of litigation paralegal experience, actual trial experience, ability to handle legal research, drafting and a whole host of other higher-level assignments.
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CARET Legal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
According to the 2025 In-House Legal Budgeting Report from Axiom and Wakefield Research, 96% of general councils said they expect “AI will meaningfully reduce costs within their legal department.” In 2025, these technologies will revolutionize legal research, document review, and case predictions.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In a year dominated by discussion of generative AI and its potential impact on the legal profession, Thomson Reuters has played a leading role. Then, in November, Thomson Reuters made good on its promise to integrate generative AI within its flagship legal research platform, introducing AI Assisted Research in Westlaw Precision.
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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. Legal Research.
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Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Using legal data for strategic law firm planning is no longer reserved for BigLaw. For law firms, it’s critical to gather intelligence about real-time trends that are creating sharp and sudden changes as well as longer-term trends affecting the overall health of your markets. Long-Term Trends.
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Blackstone Career Institute
JULY 17, 2024
A Certificate in Legal Research to Advance in Your Paralegal Career Legal research is a fundamental skill for any paralegal, enabling them to support attorneys, draft documents, and ensure that all legal proceedings are well-informed and accurate.
LawSites
JUNE 7, 2021
A first-of-its-kind tool introduced last year to automate the drafting of litigation briefs has been named new product of the year for 2021 by the American Association of Law Libraries. It later expanded to add employment law briefs and product liability briefs. Casetext says it can cut brief-writing time by 76%. Second Product Award.
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LawSites
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed the claim by now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence that Thomson Reuters violated federal antitrust law by unlawfully tying its search tool to its public law database in order to maintain its dominance in the overall market for legal search platforms.
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LawSites
JUNE 4, 2024
Last September, two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage, announced their merger, with the promise of combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.
LawSites
JULY 12, 2021
the premium legal research platform that LexisNexis launched last year , will now have access to breaking legal news headlines across 76 practice areas with the introduction today of the Legal News Hub. Users can view general legal news stories or stories specific to any of the included practice areas or legal topics.
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LawSites
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
In an interview Tuesday, Ovbiagele said the idea for the company originated from Jeffrey Gettleman , a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis who is now Bench IQ’s cofounder and vice president of legal services. ” He distinguished Bench IQ from legal analytics companies such as Lex Machina or Pre/Dicta.
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LawSites
APRIL 11, 2024
While the last few years have brought an abundance of new and innovative legal tech products to market, the fact of the matter is that not every new product will succeed. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Owning a laptop computer and Instagram account might help combat boredom—but doesn’t necessarily translate to technical proficiency in a legal setting. However, this inherent familiarity with (and normalization of) technology still leaves a gap of real-world proficiency within the software tools law firms rely on every day.
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My Shingle
APRIL 12, 2024
First up – a summary comparison of five gen AI platforms and their legal research… The post Some GenAI to Help Your New Law Firm appeared first on My Shingle. Here are two resources that won’t take more than ten minutes of your time.
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