Practice Technology

ABA launches free virtual legal advice clinic

The ABA has unveiled a free Q&A-style program to allow income-eligible users to ask civil law-related questions to pro bono attorneys. The ABA formally launched ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org on Thursday. According to a press release, the site will function as a virtual legal advice clinic that will serve low-income individuals and communities.…

Sep 22, 2016 1:00 PM CDT

Lawyers ignore branding at their peril and need to be ‘media companies’

The main theme of Clio Cloud Conference 2016 may have been “how to become a data-driven lawyer,” but it might as well have been “adapt or perish.” The conference, which took place at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago, wrapped up Tuesday with a heavy focus on branding and…

Sep 21, 2016 12:00 PM CDT

Dentons subsidiary invests in tech startup aimed at simplifying corporate legal transactions

A Dentons subsidiary is investing in a startup that plans to use technology to simplify complex corporate legal transactions. The startup, Doxly, was co-founded by a former Ice Miller partner, Bloomberg Big Law Business reports. Dentons subsidiary NextLaw Labs announced the investment, but did not specify how much money it…

Sep 21, 2016 9:00 AM CDT

Gurinder Sangha: Writing off legal troubles

Writing off legal troubles

Sep 21, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Lawyers are only billing a fraction of their time; how can they be more efficient?

The folks at Clio dropped a bombshell that stunned attendees at the fourth annual Clio Cloud Conference to silence. And no, it wasn’t the Clio employee that did “The Worm” on stage during the obligatory kickoff dance party. During his opening address Monday at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in…

Sep 20, 2016 11:15 AM CDT

Maura Grossman: She’s the star of TAR

She’s the star of TAR

Sep 20, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Clio Cloud Conference 2016 promises fun and a roster of well-known speakers

Clio CEO and founder Jack Newton says that he tries to bring the fun and innovative spirit of Silicon Valley to his company’s annual Clio Cloud Conference. Last year’s installment, for instance, featured a session on how to meditate and an opening address dance party, while the 2014 version had…

Sep 19, 2016 9:00 AM CDT

Startup seeks to bring bail bond process online

When Sandra Bland died in a Texas jail cell in 2015, Galen Weber got to thinking about bail. Bland was being held on $5,000 bail. Her family and friends might have been able to raise it, but she was hundreds of miles away from her home in Illinois. Three days…

Sep 15, 2016 3:00 PM CDT

David Colarusso: The data scientist at law

The data scientist at law

Sep 15, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Deborah Z. Read: A new ‘PaTH’ for her firm

A new PaTH for her firm

Sep 13, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Akerman names new CEO and chair

Longtime Akerman chairman and CEO Andrew Smulian announced that he will step down when his term expires in February 2018. In a Monday press release, the firm revealed that it has already chosen Smulian’s successor. David Spector, co-chair of the firm’s fraud & recovery practice group and a member of…

Sep 12, 2016 4:30 PM CDT

Manik Suri: Changing government on both ends

Changing government ‘on both ends’

Sep 8, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Rocket Lawyer launches European joint venture, contemplates leaving UK in the wake of Brexit vote

Rocket Lawyer could be looking away from the United Kingdom as it strives to create stronger roots within the European Union. The company announced in a press release Wednesday that it had entered into a joint venture with French legal publisher Editions Lefebvre Sarrut (ELS) to launch Rocket Lawyer Europe.…

Sep 7, 2016 3:55 PM CDT

Jimoh Ovbiagele: Putting AI in law practice

Putting AI in law practice

Sep 1, 2016 11:45 AM CDT

Professor says data mining can improve jury selection

While advertisers, marketing companies and political campaigns routinely glean personal information about consumers and voters from databases, such data remain largely untapped when it comes to jury duty.

Sep 1, 2016 3:20 AM CDT