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San Francisco district attorney to use algorithm to aid marijuana expungements

The San Francisco district attorney’s office announced it will use an algorithm to help determine expungement eligibility for those with some marijuana convictions going back to the mid-1970s. “When the government uses 20th-century tools to tackle 21st-century problems, it’s the public that pays the price,” says District Attorney George Gascón…

May 21, 2018 2:03 PM CDT

Reed Smith expands ‘Innovation Hours’ program

Reed Smith is expanding its Innovation Hours program, which allows fee earners to bill up to 50 hours on select projects.

May 21, 2018 7:54 AM CDT

Mentoring in the legal profession has had to adapt to a changing world

Ari Kaplan speaks with Ida Abbott, the president of Ida Abbott Consulting, which promotes and supports career development and advancement from the beginning of a lawyer's career through retirement.

May 18, 2018 7:05 AM CDT

More than 25 new legal tech AI players have emerged in past year, report says

Artificial intelligence offerings in the legal tech field have increased by nearly two-thirds over the last year.

May 17, 2018 3:08 PM CDT

Improving access to justice via technology

“Access to justice” is an interesting phrase. It suggests a right to justice, one that is generally accepted as a fundamental part of American culture and which is recognized in our Constitution’s Bill of Rights. But, in today’s world, access to justice is too often only theoretical.

May 17, 2018 7:15 AM CDT

From paper to digital documents, Judge Andrew Peck traveled (and set) the discovery trail (podcast)

For litigators accustomed to conducting discovery inside large warehouses surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands, of cardboard file boxes, combing through several forests' worth of paper to find the few relevant documents was like trying to find the needle in the haystack.

May 16, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

New firm looks to embrace blockchain technology ethos

Blockchain technology had captured the imaginations of startups, financial institutions and government agencies. Angela Angelovska-Wilson and Lewis Cohen are taking a gamble that the law is next.

May 15, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

Yes, there’s an email encryption vulnerability; no, you (likely) don’t need to freak out

European security researchers have released a warning regarding a vulnerability in PGP and S/MIME, a form of encryption used in email. While the researchers and the Electronic Frontier Foundation recommend that users of the technology disable it, this likely affects few law firms.

May 14, 2018 5:00 PM CDT

Legal tech has a diversity problem, new report says

New research confirms what many had suspected: women and minority founders are underrepresented in legal technology.

May 9, 2018 7:00 AM CDT

SoLI summit emphasizes breaking down silos, rethinking legal education

Updated: Law schools and lawyers must change the way they operate in a brave new world driven by data, technological change, and process management.

May 2, 2018 4:00 PM CDT

SoLi summit and its facilitators seek to spur innovation in legal profession and education

Creating connections and collaborations between people across the legal world, including academics, practitioners, legal technology experts, and others. Moving the legal profession and legal education into the 21st century and beyond. Those are the goals of an April 30 summit at Vanderbilt Law School called SoLI: The Summit on Law and Innovation.

Apr 27, 2018 5:38 PM CDT

San Francisco district attorney to use algorithm to aid marijuana expungements

Reed Smith expands ‘Innovation Hours’ program

Mentoring in the legal profession has had to adapt to a changing world

More than 25 new legal tech AI players have emerged in past year, report says

Improving access to justice via technology

From paper to digital documents, Judge Andrew Peck traveled (and set) the discovery trail (podcast)

New firm looks to embrace blockchain technology ethos

Yes, there’s an email encryption vulnerability; no, you (likely) don’t need to freak out

Legal tech has a diversity problem, new report says

SoLI summit emphasizes breaking down silos, rethinking legal education

SoLi summit and its facilitators seek to spur innovation in legal profession and education

Mark Britton talks about leaving Avvo and what’s next

New ABA Center for Innovation project will connect legal aid providers with free legal tech

Here’s the lowdown on time-tracking software for lawyers

Global Legal Hackathon announces winners

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