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Beyond Traditional Tools: Leveraging AI for efficient law practice management

For many law firms, law practice management software is the backbone of their business. It streamlines workflows, reduces administrative burdens and facilitates efficient billing processes—increasing productivity and profitability. From lead intake and case tracking to managing deadlines and handling payments, law practice management tools ensure effective collaboration and efficient firm operations.



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7 steps to successful crisis management

From cybersecurity breaches to compliance failures to scandals in the C-suite, crisis situations are inevitable in the modern business world. Clients wisely often turn to outside counsel for help.

Clare Putnam Pozos and Peter McGinley

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How ShareFile helps firms keep pace with changes in law practice

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Adrienne Lester, senior director of business services at ShareFile, a secure content collaboration, file sharing and sync software.



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Chemerinsky: SCOTUS term reveals deeply divided justices frustrated with one another

At times, some have referred to the Supreme Court as “nine scorpions in a bottle.” That metaphor seems especially appropriate this year, though I would describe them as “nine angry scorpions in a bottle.” There is a strong sense that it is a deeply divided court. There were a total of 59 opinions, and 23 were 6-3 and another five were 5-4.



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Can lawyers detach?

Can lawyers remain detached under the pressures of practice? Stay cool? Do our work without getting fazed? I’m not so sure.



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The Prelitigation Advantage: Leveraging AI for discovery and pleadings

Pretrial litigation is an area ripe for disruption, and artificial intelligence is coming for it. It makes sense. The discovery phase involves monotonous workflows and routine processes, making it an ideal target for tools that aim to streamline repetitive tasks and increase efficiency.



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New research about legal operations is 'at a crossroads,' consortium leaders say

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Sandra Aldi, the chief marketing officer at Neota Logic; Michael Powers, the global director of product marketing at iManage; and Thomas Suh, the co-founder and chief operating officer for LegalMation.



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You were probably not taught to market yourself; now what?

Few law schools offer their graduates LinkedIn self-branding workshops as an employment game-changer before law firm hiring managers. Today, even when taught, self-branding coursework is outdated, even at the best law schools. Or, as widely lamented by attendees in my recent online seminar, marketing courses not offered at all.

Marc W. Halpert

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Netflix's true-crime documentary about woman stalking man flows like book you can't put down

It’s rare to find a true-crime documentary that is equal parts entertaining, educational and polished to the point of resembling something you’d see on the silver screen. Netflix’s new documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer meets those criteria, though, all the while finding a way to fit an incredibly engaging narrative…




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Retired D.C. Circuit judge talks about his memoir on navigating a legal career through blindness

In 2007, Judge David Tatel recused himself from a case addressing whether the government was required to make paper currency identifiable to the blind and visually impaired by changing the color, shape, size and feel of banknotes.



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