Last week, the American Arbitration Association announced something that should have every lawyer cheering: an AI-powered arbitrator for construction disputes that promises to cut costs by 35% and resolution time by 20%....more
11/10/2025
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Arbitration ,
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Law firms are making the same mistake with AI that they made with cloud computing, practice management software, and every other technology wave over the past two decades. They are spending money on shiny new capabilities...more
11/4/2025
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Automation Systems ,
Case Management ,
Client Communication ,
Data Management ,
Document Management ,
Information Governance ,
Infrastructure ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Technology
Law firms are spending millions on AI tools that cannot answer basic questions about their own cases. The problem is not the AI. The problem is that nobody taught the AI how law firms actually work. Every legal tech vendor is...more
10/20/2025
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Business Strategies ,
Case Management ,
Data Management ,
Document Management ,
Document Review ,
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Information Technology ,
Infrastructure ,
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Popular
The legal industry spent the last decade obsessing over which practice management software to buy. Which document automation tool. Which legal research platform. Firms hired consultants, formed committees, negotiated...more
10/15/2025
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Business of Law ,
Business Strategies ,
Information Technology ,
Innovation ,
Innovative Technology ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Professional Development ,
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Mark Cuban doesn't mince words. When I asked him for advice for my law students at UConn Law School, his response was brutally simple: "Become intimate with all the LLMs. Learn what they can and can't do. Same with agentic...more
9/30/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Contract Drafting ,
Document Review ,
Innovative Technology ,
Law Practice Management ,
Law Students ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Research ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Process Improvement ,
Professional Development
Every technology vendor pitching to law firms leads with the same promise: our solution will save you time. They're lying, and they know it. The truth about AI in legal practice isn't that it will reduce work. It's that it...more
9/22/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Business of Law ,
Client Services ,
Discovery ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Popular ,
Technology-Assisted Review
Law firms love to debate AI governance policies while their workforce has already gone rogue. New research from the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that 700 million people use ChatGPT weekly, and the demographics...more
9/16/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Client Services ,
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Employee Training ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Technology ,
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Professional Development ,
Risk Management ,
Training
The legal profession has a screen addiction problem. Walk into any law firm and you'll see armies of associates hunched over multiple monitors, toggling between document management systems, research platforms, and...more
9/15/2025
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Audio Recording ,
Automation Systems ,
Business Strategies ,
Client Services ,
Document Management ,
Innovation ,
Innovative Technology ,
Internet of Things ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology ,
Wearable Technology
Silicon Valley thinks it knows how to fix law. Tech founders pitch me their vision weekly: AI-powered law firms where bots negotiate with bots, where marketing algorithms feed cases directly into language models, where human...more
9/8/2025
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Automation Systems ,
Bots ,
Business Development ,
Client Services ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Innovation ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Technology ,
Professional Development ,
Relationship Development ,
Silicon Valley ,
Technology Sector
Your associates are using ChatGPT. Right now. While you're reading this. According to Pew Research data from June 2025, 34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, double the rate from 2023. Among adults under 30, that number jumps...more
9/2/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
Business of Law ,
Client Data ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Information Governance ,
Information Technology ,
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Law Practice Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Management
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8/27/2025
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I was an early adopter of CoCounsel. And it blew my mind. The idea that AI could read cases, summarize depositions, and draft research memos felt revolutionary. I evangelized it to anyone who would listen. Today, that same...more
8/25/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Best Practices ,
Business of Law ,
Document Review ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Research ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Software ,
Training
Law firms are getting AI adoption backwards. While managing partners draft elaborate policies about which tools lawyers can use and when, associates are already running client documents through ChatGPT on their phones. The...more
8/18/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Document Review ,
Information Technology ,
Innovation ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Law Firm Partners ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Technology ,
Professional Development ,
Risk Management ,
Training
Law firms love to talk about developing judgment in their associates. Partners wax poetic about how grinding through document review and drafting routine motions builds the elusive quality that separates good lawyers from...more
Walk the halls of any legal tech conference today and you'll trip over dozens of AI startups promising to revolutionize law practice. Each booth features the same pitch: "We're ChatGPT, but for lawyers!" The valuations are...more
8/5/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Business Strategies ,
Innovation ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Law Firm Partners ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Popular ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
Law firms have a leadership crisis. Not a shortage of managing partners or practice group heads, but a fundamental inability to develop actual leaders from within their ranks. The traditional model of promoting the best...more
7/23/2025
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Career Development ,
Client Services ,
Corporate Culture ,
Firm Leadership ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Law Practice Management ,
Leadership ,
Legal Operations ,
Professional Development ,
Succession Planning ,
Training ,
Young Lawyers
I’m an adjunct professor of legal entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut School of Law, and I've never been more excited about the future of law. This year, I simplified my reading list to just two books: "The...more
7/21/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Business Development ,
Client Services ,
Databases ,
Draft Documents ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Innovation ,
Law School ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Technology ,
Professional Development ,
Startups
Lawyers are getting sanctioned for AI-generated fiction masquerading as legal research. The most infamous case, Mata v. Avianca in New York federal court, saw attorneys submit a brief containing six completely fictional...more
6/24/2025
/ AI Act ,
Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Document Review ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Research ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Professional Development ,
Sanctions ,
Verification Requirements
The legal profession stands at the edge of a cliff, and most practitioners are sleepwalking toward it. This isn't about gradual change or market evolution. The legal industry is being rewired in real time by artificial...more
6/20/2025
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Automation Systems ,
Career Development ,
Client Services ,
Contract Drafting ,
Document Review ,
Law Firm Associates ,
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Legal Research ,
Legal Technology ,
Popular ,
Professional Development
The legal profession is experiencing a quiet revolution, and most law firms are completely unprepared for what's coming. While Big Law partners obsess over billable hours and corner offices, a new generation of lawyers is...more
6/2/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Law ,
Business Development ,
Business Ownership ,
Career Development ,
Client Services ,
Innovative Technology ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Law Firm Partners ,
Law Practice Management ,
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Young Lawyers
The legal profession is stuck in the past. Most law firms still operate like they did fifty years ago. Senior lawyers assign tasks. Junior lawyers do the tasks. This is the old way....more
5/27/2025
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Business Strategies ,
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In today's rapidly evolving legal landscape, artificial intelligence is democratizing execution across the profession. As routine tasks become automated, the qualities that differentiate exceptional legal professionals are...more
5/19/2025
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Automation Systems ,
Client Services ,
Corporate Culture ,
Employees ,
Ethics ,
Firm Leadership ,
Hiring & Firing ,
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Job Applicants ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Professional Development
Last week, I had the opportunity to spend time with Cain Elliott, Chief Legal Futurist at Filevine. Our conversation was both inspiring and jarring. He walked into the room and asked a question that every law firm, lawyer,...more
5/12/2025
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Business Development ,
Client Services ,
Corporate Culture ,
Innovative Technology ,
Law Firm Ownership ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Operations ,
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Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Professional Development
Disruption is not on the horizon. It is already here. From generative AI and automation to shifting client expectations and the commodification of legal knowledge, the legal industry is undergoing rapid transformation. This...more
5/6/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Client Services ,
Data Management ,
Innovative Technology ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Machine Learning ,
Professional Development ,
Young Lawyers
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4/30/2025
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