Practice Technology

What lawyers should keep in mind when choosing the right technology tools for their practices

Selecting the right software tools and supporting existing frameworks are essential elements to building a modern law practice.

Mar 26, 2026 4:20 PM CDT

Techshow attendees dig deeper into AI uses and capabilities

For a lot of attendees of this year’s ABA Techshow, the goal isn’t just to learn about generative artificial intelligence but to delve deeper into what these tools are doing now.

Mar 26, 2026 2:58 PM CDT

Check out the best swag from ABA Techshow 2026 (photo gallery)

ABA Techshow returned this year to the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, showcasing the newest and hottest in legal technology for another record crowd at the McCormick Place Convention Center. The event featured a packed exhibit hall with vendors from across the legal tech sector. That allowed attendees to once again go home with some cool swag, which we’re highlighting here with this photo gallery.

Mar 26, 2026 2:15 PM CDT

In ABA Techshow keynote, Jordan Furlong says lawyers need to level up to survive in post-AI world

For the past 25 years, Jordan Furlong has studied and even anticipated changes in the legal profession. During Thursday’s ABA Techshow keynote address, “The Lawyers We’ll Need: Preparing the Legal Profession for a Post-AI World,” Furlong shared one of his latest predictions: Lawyers will no longer be indispensable amid generative artificial intelligence tools that can do their work faster and at a lower cost.

Mar 26, 2026 11:27 AM CDT

Law firms see more cyberattacks, ransomware threats, new report says

Cyberattacks targeting law firms increased in 2025, according to a new report from Baker & Hostetler.

Mar 26, 2026 10:17 AM CDT

AI-powered bill collector program takes top spot at ABA Techshow’s Startup Alley

Legal tech startups once again descended on Chicago’s McCormick Place, where they competed in the annual Startup Alley pitch competition at ABA Techshow on Wednesday.

Mar 26, 2026 7:05 AM CDT

Highlights from the Legalweek ‘Reinventing Professionals’ podcast mixtape

Ari Kaplan, a legal industry analyst and the host of the Reinventing Professionals podcast, recently spoke with attendees at the 2026 Legalweek conference about current trends and opportunities in the legal sector for his annual mixtape.

Mar 24, 2026 9:09 AM CDT

Legalweek 2026: Home bases, agentic AI and the race to own the lawyer’s desktop

Change is never easy, whether it’s transitioning your firm to generative artificial intelligence tools or acclimating to a new location for one of your favorite legal technology conferences. I was faced with the latter challenge earlier this month, when Legalweek, long hosted at the Midtown Hilton in New York City, moved to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on the western edge of Manhattan.

Mar 24, 2026 9:07 AM CDT

The legal profession cannot litigate its way out of technological change

The recent lawsuit accusing OpenAI of the unlicensed practice of law has triggered a familiar reflex within the profession: fear that technology is encroaching on protected ground.

Mar 18, 2026 1:47 PM CDT

Nearly half of in-house legal professionals report internal conflict because of AI, new study shows

Two-thirds of legal professionals report that they’ve had to override or correct legal information generated by artificial intelligence, according to a new study from Paragon Legal that examines how in-house legal departments are using the technology.

Mar 18, 2026 10:01 AM CDT

LegalZoom announces app in ChatGPT to help users launch businesses

Legal technology company LegalZoom has launched an app inside ChatGPT allowing users of the popular generative artificial intelligence chatbot to access its business creation forms and information.

Mar 13, 2026 1:35 PM CDT

Techshow Attendees Assemble: A preview of this year’s show

ABA Techshow 2026 will take place from March 25 to 28 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago. Two Techshow 2026 co-chairs talk about what to expect at this year’s event.

Mar 11, 2026 9:08 AM CDT

AI usage among lawyers swells despite little governance and training, new report says

Lawyers are becoming increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence, as their use of general-purpose and legal-specific tools more than doubled in the past year.

Mar 5, 2026 8:01 AM CST

Legal’s weakest link? Proactively securing your third-party ecosystem; here’s how to address it

Law firms and legal departments require heightened data privacy and cybersecurity risk policies because of the wealth of privileged, confidential and regulated information—including personal data, trade secrets, financial data, employee information and intellectual property they control. To mitigate risks, legal professionals must elevate their security strategy to a risk-driven approach.

Mar 3, 2026 8:04 AM CST

Artificial intelligence reflects the people in the room

We like to imagine technology as neutral, but the reality is that artificial intelligence is developed behind doors that most of us will never enter. I was rudely reminded of this concept last year, when a generative AI prompt making the rounds caught my attention: “Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like.”

Mar 2, 2026 9:01 AM CST