What’s the forecast for generative AI in 2025?
Welcome to 2025! The ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast is not usually in the business of making prognostications. Let’s face it: If we were, we’d be playing the lottery or…
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Back To Law (Practice) School: The Essential Skills You Didn’t Learn In Law School
There’s really nothing like law school for teaching attorneys how to practice law. But once you get out into the world — especially if you manage your own law firm…
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What Filevine’s new AI tool could mean for the future of depositions
When Filevine unveiled its Depo Copilot in September, it sent shock waves among those in the legal technology sphere. The generative artificial intelligence tool is not just designed to transcribe…
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How Do You Know You Need A Case Management Upgrade?
The prospect of switching out case management software — particularly transferring massive law firm datasets — can seem daunting. And, yes, it’s not an easy process. But it’s also not…
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What does the future hold for licensed paraprofessionals?
Much has been made of the gigantic access-to-justice gap in this country. According to a 2022 study by the Legal Services Corp., 92% of Americans… Source link
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The future of DEI programs in the legal industry
Image from Shutterstock. The legal professional lacks diversity. In other news, the sun is hot, law school is expensive and junk food is bad for you. Not to be facetious,…
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Will generative artificial intelligence (finally) spell the end of the billable hour?
Widely hated by lawyers and clients alike, the billable hour has nevertheless proven to be more resilient than cockroaches, Twinkies and those nonbiodegradable containers that you used to get fast-food…
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What were the top legal tech stories of 2023?
As 2023 draws to a close, the Legal Rebels Podcast looks at the top stories in legal technology for the year. Between the explosion in popularity of ChatGPT and other…
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How this lawyer uses TikTok to skewer law firm culture
Photos courtesy of Alex Su. In the past decade, influencer culture has exploded. However, content creation is not just about Gen Zers and millennials promoting new brands, hot products and…
Read More » How generative AI is already changing contract review
A lot has been made about how generative artificial intelligence has already changed many aspects of the legal industry. Heck, we’ve already done a few shows on this very topic….
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What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?
Photo illustration by Sara Wadford/ABA Journal. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home and communicating and collaborating via real-time communication tools has become the norm for many law firms…
Read More » TurnSignl app seeks to provide real-time legal assistance and de-escalation of tension during traffic stops
Like many Americans, Jazz Hampton and two of his friends, Andre Creighton and Mychal Frelix, watched in horror as two fellow Minnesotans, Philando Castile and George Floyd, were killed by…
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Why this BigLaw firm adopted a permanent work-from-anywhere policy for its lawyers and staff
John B. Quinn is a founding partner and chairman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Thanks to nearly two-years of COVID-19-related shutdowns and sheltering-in-place orders, working from home has become…
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How lawyers can unlock the potential of the metaverse
New Jersey law firm Grungo Colarulo’s metaverse office. The metaverse is all the rage these days. Users can enter a virtual world where they can interact with people from all…
Read More » Why this BigLaw firm recently started a legal ops division
What are legal operations? According to the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, legal ops can be loosely defined as a “set of business processes, activities and the professionals who enable legal…
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Changing the culture at law firms to promote wellness and mental well-being
Image from Shutterstock. For decades, lawyers who worked in BigLaw could expect some version of the following: Work long hours, including nights and weekends, with minimal free time, giving up…
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What to expect from ABA Techshow 2023
One of the biggest and longest-running legal technology shows in the country, the ABA Techshow, is right around the corner. From March 1 to 4, thousands of lawyers, legal professionals…
Read More » Pre/Dicta takes a radically different approach to predictive analytics than others
There are plenty of judicial analytics and litigation prediction tools on the market. They may have differences in execution and focus, but the general rule of thumb is that they…
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What could AI regulation in the US look like?
Image from Shutterstock. “The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States has been a topic of growing concern and discussion in recent years. As AI technology continues to…
Read More » How GPT and other large language models could change e-discovery
Large language models such as ChatGPT are all the rage these days. A lot of commentators, legal professionals, lawyers and media outlets, including this podcast, have spent a lot of…
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