LawSites

JUNE 8, 2023

EvenUp , a company that uses AI to turn medical documents and case files into demand packages for personal injury lawyers, has raised $50.5 EvenUp , a company that uses AI to turn medical documents and case files into demand packages for personal injury lawyers, has raised $50.5

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Still less than a year since it launched, CoCounsel, the generative AI legal assistant originally developed by Casetext, has had quite a year. It was March 1, 2023, that Casetext launched CoCounsel , a product developed in partnership with OpenAI that uses the GPT-4 large language model to assist lawyers with a variety of tasks.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Three lawyers representing Russian dissident and critic Alexei Navalny were detained Friday following raids of their residences. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Segunin and Alexei Lipster have represented Navalny in his many legal struggles, with Kobzev acting for him since 2010. While detained, Navalny’s lawyers can no longer represent him.

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Rocket Matter

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Whether it’s software for managing legal documents or AI tools for legal document search, be sure to find what works perfectly for your firm. The Efficiency Imperative: Why Lawyers Need to Embrace Technology We are now in an era when clients demand fast turnaround times and value for money. That's the only way to succeed today!

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers his observations on a Taliban move to take direct regulatory control of defense lawyer licensing, shifting that from the country’s bar association.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It’s a battle as old as WordPerfect versus Word: Should lawyers type? Since lawyers have keyboarding skills, how many can be assigned to one admin assistant? All the extra stuff that you, the lawyer, get to do — or worse, pile up because you are too busy to handle it. The Shrinking Admin Assistant: How Did We Get Here?

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SimplyLawJobs

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I am a legal assistant working at a multi-claimant legal US firm specialising in commercial, employment and consumer class action litigation. Day in the life of a legal assistant. Day in the life of a legal assistant. Introducing, Alia Choudhury . Browse jobs. As with any. « Older Entries.

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MyCase

APRIL 30, 2024

ChatGPT and related AI tools can write, edit, and research—three tasks that weigh heavily on the daily agendas for paralegals and legal assistants. Let’s explore the merits of AI in the legal field and how they could affect the work paralegals and legal assistants do today. or drafting portions of them.

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LawSites

MARCH 1, 2023

After all, this is the company that had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and that 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.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

As every lawyer knows, time is money. Its especially crucial for corporate legal departments to maximize efficiency when there arent enough people to go around. And lawyers and paralegals can easily see their pending tasks that have been assigned to them by others on the team.

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MyCase

AUGUST 7, 2023

A lawyer’s day-to-day tasks outside of case work, from billing and invoicing to managing payments, are often time-consuming. As a result, many law firms seek out legal assistants to keep everything running smoothly and boost their productivity. What is a Legal Assistant?

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JURIST

MARCH 5, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – International concern grew Friday for Myanmar lawyers and law students arbitrarily detained in the wake of the February 1 military coup that deposed the civilian government and prompted mass pro-democracy street demonstrations that continue despite the killing of over 50 protestors by security forces in the last two weeks.

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A People's Choice

OCTOBER 24, 2020

If you are researching how to get divorced without hiring a lawyer, you are probably encountering a lot of legal terms for the first time. Sometimes one concept goes by more than one name, and sometimes very different concepts have confusingly similar names.

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DigitalParalegalServices

JULY 28, 2015

3 Common Reasons Solo Attorneys Call a Virtual Legal Assistant. Smart lawyers often learn from their peers by engaging in mentor relationships. Some take it a step further and retain professional services of a lawyer coach. These lawyers need help, but they are not sure how much.

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LLRX

AUGUST 21, 2021

Imagine what a lawyer does on a given day: researching cases, drafting briefs, advising clients. While technology has been nibbling around the edges of the legal profession for some time, it’s hard to imagine those complex tasks being done by a robot. As Professors Elizabeth C. All you need to do is automate part of it.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

Serbia’s Higher Court in Belgrade decided on Thursday to extradite Belarusian filmmaker Andrei Gnet to Belarus pursuant to the Law on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and the interstate agreement Serbia and Belarus made on January 3, 2019. Gnet and his lawyers believe that his case is politically motivated.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

As society shifts and the need for lawyers to work faster and smarter grows, it becomes increasingly important that lawyers are able to nurture partnerships with freelance paralegals and legal assistants. For one, legal assistants focus solely on administrative work, clearing up time for lawyers to focus on other tasks.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With this being the case, we focus on a variety of paralegal, legal assistant, and administrative assistant legal positions in our home country. Assistant Juridique (Legal Assistant): Legal assistants in France perform similar duties to that of legal assistants in the USA, but they don’t necessarily work for law firms.

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Blackstone Career Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

Blackstone Career Institute offers a clear pathway for people looking to become certified paralegals through the online Legal Assistant/Paralegal Program and NALA Certification Bundle available for purchase. Paralegals, also called legal assistants, help lawyers do their jobs by preparing for trials, hearings, and proceedings.

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The Robertson Reader

JANUARY 24, 2018

Whether you’d like to become a Legal Assistant, you’re currently in a program, or you’re a new Graduate looking for an edge over the competition, there are many good reasons to do some additional research on the subject above and beyond what you are shown in class.

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LawSites

MAY 21, 2021

The new site provides resources to help tenants understand their legal rights and connect with volunteer attorneys to obtain legal assistance. The new, mobile-friendly site provides tenants with access to: Plain-language guides for tenants and the general public.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. Paralegals and legal assistants held about 345,600 jobs in 2020. Federal Government 5%. The answer will lead you to the right path.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Every lawyer I’ve ever met wants to do everything on their own. In other words, every lawyer secretly desires to be a solo attorney. Of course, there comes a time when your business grow s to the point that you need some real help; and, since you can’t clone yourself, it’s necessary to hire.

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Above The Law

MARCH 17, 2025

Navigating state-level litigation without a lawyer was a trial by fire, sparking her realization that the system is fundamentally biased against the unrepresented. “Lawyers are trained in power,” Sonja noted. Leveling the playing field by equipping pro se litigants with tools and knowledge to navigate the legal process.

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The Paralegal Resource

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A legal assistant, or paralegal, is a non-lawyer who helps lawyers do legal work both in and out of the courtroom. The main task of a legal assistant is to prepare the documentation needed by the lawyer in case work and trials; they also work in the corporate settings.

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2023

” The statement is the culmination of years of international calls, starting in 2020, in which UN experts stated, “[T]he profession of human rights lawyer has been effectively criminalised in China.” .” First, the group calls upon China to end its crackdown on lawyers and human rights defenders.

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JURIST

APRIL 3, 2023

Lojka was also denied access to legal assistance during her detention, as both of her lawyers were disbarred in November 2022. The statement recounted one instance where she was forced to stay in a courtyard without outerwear for eight hours in conditions below ten degrees celsius.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 22, 2022

That changed as larger firms adopted standard-size offices, open floor plans and clustered workstations, and a growing cadre of lawyers — particularly solo practitioners — moved to shared offices. Prior to the pandemic, demand swelled for co-working spaces — including office centers designed specifically for the legal community.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2022

ICC defence staff members are young lawyers acting as legal assistants and case managers. Defence teams are made up of 2/3 support staff; over 30 lawyers are expected to be involved in this labour action. ICC defence teams also include lead counsel. The vast majority are women. .

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Diane Drain

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

in 1990, began providing pro bono legal assistance in bankruptcy cases in 1994 through the Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) for Community Legal Services (CLS). Rowe is an author and volunteer attorney in Flagstaff offering pro bono services for immigration cases with DNA-Peoples Legal Services since 2015.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 20, 2021

They don’t all have to do with the legal profession because paralegal career development doesn’t just mean gaining more knowledge and skills about your particular practice area. The World’s First AI Legal Assistant. And what’s really cool is ROSS AI gives this tool to legal aid lawyers for free!

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LawSites

APRIL 13, 2023

Is Coming for Lawyers.” ” With GPT-4 having passed the bar exam and legal tech companies launching AI-based legal assistants , it sometimes seems that the potential for AI in law is limitless. A few days ago, The New York Times declared, “ A.I.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 20, 2024

If you work for a lawyer, this applies to you, regardless of your title. In it they said that a lawyer has a duty to understand the benefits AND THE RISKS associated with the technology used to deliver legal services. That means you the paralegal or legal assistant who supports that attorney! Yes, thats you.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2024

A Thailand court imposed Thursday an additional four-year imprisonment on an activist and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa for defaming the Thai royal family and violating the Computer Crime Act through two social media posts made between January and April 2021. Of these, 272 individuals have been charged under Article 112 in over 300 cases.

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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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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 20, 2022

I’ve mentioned in previous articles that 43 years ago, the profession of “paralegals” and “legal assistants” didn’t really exist. Legal secretaries absorbed some of what is now considered paralegal responsibilities. From that point forward I instruct staff to always move the call off to the lawyer. Manage your cases.

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MyCase

AUGUST 17, 2021

Not surprisingly, the legal profession has not been immune, and lawyers and their firms have been impacted in many different ways. What follows are some of the more notable data points from this year’s Report relating to lawyer wage and demographic information. The median age for lawyers in 2020 was 47.1

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