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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Attorney at Work

APRIL 30, 2021

Our practice management and technology experts have some tips. 10 things to know before you go looking for an attorney. You should also be reaching out to other attorneys and closely aligned referral sources for connections. Search for the profiles of attorneys you admire for inspiration. Our experts have recommendations.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sometimes those outside the IT department are pretty sharp technologically — and running shadow IT operations doesn’t intimidate them. What Is Shadow IT? The first problem with cautioning lawyers about the dangers of “shadow IT” is that most of them have no earthly idea what it is. So let’s start there. Just the Facts, Please.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Please give us three points to summarize you and your work in legal technology.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 21, 2022

That means you have a data breach – and potentially a number of legally required notifications. Ransomware has been a curse for quite a while. Law firms are one-stop shopping for cybercriminals, alluring because they hold the data of many people and businesses. More than 80% of attacks today exfiltrate or take your data.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Things Attorneys Look For In a Paralegal. Attention to Detail Problem-solving Technology Skills Proactive Mindset Professionalism Time Management Research Skills Strong Work Ethic Communication Skills Organization Skills. Do you want to know what things attorneys look for in a paralegal? Pro Tip from an Attorney.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are direct costs such as setup and monthly fees, as well as less obvious expenses for things like time spent on training users and managing the technology. The price per user may depend on the features you want and the training required, as well as the number of users in your firm. Is it worth it? What Is CRM?

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

No topic gains more attention than attorney compensation. Value-based Attorney Compensation. How to Create a Modern Attorney Compensation Plan. Continuing legal education credits are required for ethics compliance in many states, and certainly for substantive legal skill growth.

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LawSites

AUGUST 4, 2022

state to mandate that attorneys take continuing legal education courses in cybersecurity, privacy and data protection. states mandate technology training as part of a lawyer’s continuing education requirement, Florida and North Carolina. Related: 40 States Have Adopted the Duty of Technology Competence.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 12, 2022

If attorneys need non-legal information about anything, I’m sure to find an email asking me to find it, and yes, they’ve usually already tried a Google search. Research skills are one of the top 10 things attorneys look for in a paralegal. While that is often true, as paralegals we are in the information business.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 8, 2022

These are the qualifications that clients, attorneys, and other professionals see in day-to-day interactions with the paralegal. In addition, certified paralegals and paralegals who work in certain states are required to continually update their legal education. . Maximize Continuing Legal Education.

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Above The Law

MARCH 19, 2025

However, many attorneys struggle with keeping their accounts compliant. In a recent MyCase webinar , Florida attorney and legal performance coach Audrey Ehrhardt explored trust accounting best practices and provided actionable tips to enhance financial operations. After all, they went to law school to study law, not finances.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 17, 2021

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Jennifer Wondracek is the Director of the Law Library, Professor of Legal Research and Writing at Capital University Law School. Inquisitive. Good but busy!

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Rocket Matter

APRIL 30, 2025

Learn how big tech has changed the legal industry Free Guide The Small Firms Guide to Big Tech While any change in how you operate your law office can feel overwhelming, theres never been a better time to start migrating your office structures online. Legal tech trends aren't just short-lived fads. They've become a standard.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The legal field is known to be extremely competitive. For over 20 years, as a former senior legal officer for a Fortune 50 company, Sheila Murphy successfully developed, coached, and transformed talent in corporate America, and law firms. Did you want to be an attorney “when you grew up”? My heart sank.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. Since 2001, the ABA Legal Technology Survey Report has polled lawyers for their opinions about the legal technology options available to them.

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CARET Legal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Developing robust conflict check systems is crucial, as is leveraging modern tools like legal practice management software (LPMS) to effectively navigate challenging waters Insurance defense firms navigate a unique legal landscape, fraught with potential conflicts of interest. Langerman Law Offices, 24 P.3d 3d 593, 602 (Ariz.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 30, 2022

In our latest podcast episode, I interviewed Kim Barrett who started her career as a part-time law firm receptionist and is now the Director of Paralegals and Legal Professionals at a Global Law Firm. How did you get started in the legal industry? And knew the solo practitioner who was subleasing space from that law firm.

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LegalTalkNetwork

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Legal Talk Network hosts and listeners had an unforgettable time connecting, learning, and sharing big ideas at Clio’s Cloud Conference in Austin, TX October 7-9, 2024. Christopher Anderson sat down with Jonathan Watson to learn the ins and outs of this new tool and practical use-case scenarios for attorneys and law firm staff.

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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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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 11, 2023

Listen to this paralegal training below! Find out if you have the foundational technology skills to be successful in your paralegal career. 4 Pro Tips for Drafting Billable Time Entries How much do you love drafting billable time entries? Oh, don’t we all love trying to figure out how to describe what we just did?

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LawSites

MAY 25, 2022

Non-lawyers will be allowed to provide legal advice to low-income New Yorkers who face debt collection actions, under a preliminary injunction ordered yesterday by a federal judge in New York. In a 33-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Paul A. To prevent that, Upsolve filed suit for an injunction blocking the AG from suing for UPL.

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CosmoLex

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Legal-specific accounting helps safeguard your firm against common mistakes, and in an integrated system, data can flow seamlessly across all your financial activities. Integrated accounting means combining separate legal accounting and client processes into a single application to improve productivity and accuracy.

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MyCase

MAY 27, 2021

In the over 20 years I have been working with law firms, I have set up intake departments, developed the corresponding technological infrastructure needed to support the processes that make them work, hired and fired applicable employees, audited law firms’ intake systems, and worked with legal technology companies to develop intake software.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As Joe Green , the firm’s chief innovation officer, told me at the time , “Given our position as a firm that focuses exclusively on working with the most innovative companies and investors in the world, we thought it would be really worthwhile for us to get our hands dirty and actually get into the technology, see what we can do with it.”

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MyCase

MARCH 3, 2021

With that sudden and unexpected transition to remote work, lawyers began to increasingly rely on cloud-based technologies in order to ensure that they could continue to represent their clients no matter where they happened to be working on any given day. It’s been nearly a year since the start of the pandemic. The more complex the.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With such monumental growth, it’s no wonder the legal industry is getting in on the action. With such monumental growth, it’s no wonder the legal industry is getting in on the action. As luck would have it, the legal field is fertile ground for the benefits of AI technology. The Current State of AI Technology.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. Technology has been both a friend and foe to the legal industry.

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ALPS

JANUARY 11, 2022

In December 2021, Dave Ries, a frequent co-presenter with the authors, wrote an excellent summary of the cybersecurity portion of the ABA’s 2021 Legal Technology Survey Report. Quick Refresher on the Ethics Rules. What We Learned in 2021. You can find his summary here: [link]. What do these duties require?

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LawSites

MAY 30, 2023

In a first for an e-discovery technology company, Chicago-based Nextpoint is launching an Arizona law firm June 1 under that state’s liberalized law practice rules that allow non-lawyers to own law practices. Learn more about Nextpoint at the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. Its lawyers will not appear in court.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The firm I work for only offers attorneys training on the job. It’s hard because there really are no post-certificate training programs on estate planning and probate. I get asked by legal administrators all the time if we have an estate planning course. Prefer Audio Instead of Reading? It’s a shame.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“His experience, along with the Rocket Lawyer natively digital legal services platform will rapidly scale the availability, responsiveness and affordability of qualified legal practitioners everywhere,” the company said in announcing the hire. . Listen: On LawNext: Rocket Lawyer Founder Charley Moore.

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Everchron

JANUARY 12, 2025

[{"content":{"text":" When ChatGPT was released two years ago, attorneys and legal technology experts had one big question: Whatu2019s going to change? While the ethical and regulatory implications of the technology remain to be seen, its potential to transform the way attorneys get work done is undeniable.

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LawSites

JANUARY 25, 2023

to serve as a lawyer’s virtual legal assistant, able to help with researching legal issues, drafting emails and letters, summarizing documents, brainstorming blog ideas, and even just conversational chatting. Currently, it is able to perform eight types of functions: Research a legal issue. Legal research.

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MyCase

JANUARY 24, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is not a fleeting trend, but a critical tool reshaping the future of the legal profession. Embracing this technological revolution is imperative for lawyers and legal professionals who aim to remain competitive and relevant. MyCase IQ boasts groundbreaking legal AI software features.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. One resource specific to the legal profession is the ABA’s 2022 Legal Technology Survey Report. Law Office Technology.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. Cybersecurity is addressed most directly in the “Technology Basics & Security” volume of the 2021 Survey. and 5.3).

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