Isha Marathe | January 10, 2024
Pro Bono Manager marks Paladin's first-ever acquisition, and will allow the company to expand its network and access more pro bono data and insights.
Cassandre Coyer | January 05, 2024
Legaltech News caught up with Mark Williams and Caitlin Moon, founding co-directors of Vanderbilt Law's new AI Law Lab to discuss what the law school plans to accomplish going forward—from new coursework to partnerships with legal aid organizations.
Stephanie Wilkins | December 29, 2023
Legal industry experts make their picks for the biggest developments impacting new(er) technologies, innovating for good and more in the past year.
Isha Marathe | December 28, 2023
Justice tech provider Paladin has partnered with the Israel Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association to create an emergency pro bono portal for the legal needs of Israeli citizens amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Stephanie Wilkins | December 14, 2023
Israel is currently home to many companies and individuals working in legal tech. Legaltech News recently checked in with some of them to discuss how they continue to innovate in times of war.
Isha Marathe | December 05, 2023
Cubicall leveraged its hardware-software alliance with case-management solution Immediation to launch its correctional phone booth offering, meant to reduce transportation costs and increase access to justice for incarcerated individuals remote court needs.
Stephanie Wilkins | November 09, 2023
Marquee Ventures and Relativity founder and former CEO Andrew Sieja participated in the latest funding round for the fully virtual dispute resolution technology platform, which counts the U.S. Olympic Committee among its customers.
James Cooper and Kashyap Kompella | October 30, 2023
The law school curriculum has long needed an update. We propose that a training in AI be a complement to legal education, not a replacement.
Isha Marathe | October 19, 2023
Generative AI has the potential to reduce costs and simplify legal research. But for now, the technology's price tag, coupled with the cost of tech competency to use it, is likely too prohibitive, said panelists at the Masters Conference 2023.
Cassandre Coyer | October 16, 2023
Legaltech News caught up with Kara Peterson and Richard DiBona, the co-founders—and couple—behind descrybe.ai, to discuss the challenges of launching a startup with no funding in an expensive industry.
Stephanie Wilkins | October 16, 2023
“There's a tectonic shift underway," said Clio CEO and co-founder Jack Newton. "AI is going to revolutionize every aspect of how we get legal work done.”
Cassandre Coyer | September 11, 2023
Legaltech News caught up with Kristen Sonday, founder of Paladin, to discuss the unique challenges and strategies for justice tech startups to find the right investors.
Stephanie Wilkins | August 04, 2023
Legaltech News recently sat down with several members of the Task Force to discuss the origin of the Task Force, what it aims to accomplish with its proposed principles for the responsible use of AI in law, why those principles are needed and more.
Stephanie Wilkins | August 03, 2023
The Task Force has publicly released an early version of seven draft principles that establish a lawyer’s duties when using AI for legal work, and is inviting feedback from the industry.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 01, 2023
"Ultimately, innovation is about creative change that adds meaningful value," says Alison Manchester, VP of Primary Law, LexisNexis.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 19, 2023
"Make no mistake, whether you want access to justice, whether you want to better help Fortune 500 companies to protect their IP rights, whatever it is in this profession of ours that you're doing, these large language models are going to have a substantial impact,” said Pablo Arredondo, Codex Fellow and co-founder and CIO of Casetext.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 06, 2023
"Legal innovation means a willingness to break the status quo, to see failure as success in progress, and to reimagine the way law can be practiced in a new light, and from a completely new angle," says Joanna P. Boisen, Chief Pro Bono & Social Impact Officer at Davis Wright Tremaine.
Stephanie Wilkins | May 01, 2023
The story of how a chance meeting in Ireland between the California Innocence Project and Canada-based legal tech company Clio led to a fruitful, long-term relationship that led to several exonerations, and now a podcast telling the stories of those exonerees.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 27, 2023
Through Relativity's Justice for Change program, the Hawaii Innocence Project and the Innocence Project were able to use the RelativityOne platform to find critical evidence that led to overturning the wrongful conviction of Ian Schweitzer in one of Hawaii's most high-profile criminal cases.
Stephanie Wilkins | April 26, 2023
The California Innocence Project is utilizing CoCounsel, the GPT-4-powered AI legal assistant from Casetext, to help level the access to justice playing field on the back end by streamlining the process for exonerating the wrongfully convicted.
Stephanie Wilkins | March 06, 2023
Merlin Search Technologies has introduced a "first-of-its-kind hourly pricing program and the first Green Computing Initiative," according to the press release, by allowing users to pay hourly for hosting when sites are active, and turn off sites when they are not in use, saving costs.
Cassandre Coyer | February 22, 2023
Almost a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, members of the legal tech community recall meetings interrupted by sirens and blackouts. Still, despite significant business challenges posed by the war, some report optimism for where the industry is heading.
Stephanie Wilkins | February 17, 2023
Legaltech News recently sat down with Tewson to discuss the incident, why she started investigating DoNotPay, the recent fraud lawsuit she initiated, and more.
James Cooper and Kashyap Kompella | February 17, 2023
Technology can help both developed and developing countries by providing better access for justice, increasing confidence in the administration of justice, and enshrining the rule of law for all.
Stephanie Wilkins | February 10, 2023
The very public fall from grace of DoNotPay has the legal community split on whether it damaged the access to justice cause or cast an important light on the access to justice problem, despite the outcome.
Stephanie Wilkins | January 31, 2023
The new tool is designed to help organizations mitigate the environmental impact of their spend, reduce Scope 3 emissions and help eliminate greenwashing in supply chains.
Cassandre Coyer | January 27, 2023
Five years after the launch of Theory and Principle, a firm that develops legal and justice tools, founder and CEO Nicole Bradick discusses how legal professionals are getting smarter about design choices, the future of legal tech products and why she launched a new co-design studio called T&P Studio.
Stephanie Wilkins | December 29, 2022
Legal industry experts weigh in on the biggest developments of 2022 for new technologies like NFTs, generative AI, the metaverse and more, as well as ways legal technology is being used to advance the greater good.
Isha Marathe | December 28, 2022
The legal community in Ukraine and in other parts of the world hoping to assist the country in battling Russian invasion have relied on technology to bridge the distance and information gaps this year.
Ron Lasorsa, Victory Litigation Fund, LP | December 27, 2022
Tokenizing litigation finance can help level the playing field by making funds more accessible for everyone and significantly increasing access to justice.
Isha Marathe | December 20, 2022
LexisNexis is aiming to break down barriers between Ukrainian attorneys and lawyers in other countries with the launch of a free legal aid portal, which is still in its early stages.
Stephanie Wilkins | November 11, 2022
At a conference ostensibly about e-discovery, that term was rarely spoken. Instead, there was a major emphasis on social justice and using technology for the greater good.
Stephanie Wilkins | October 31, 2022
Given their ability to leverage AI to detect patterns in complex data, e-discovery tools are now being used to detect and disrupt human trafficking at its root.
Stephanie Wilkins | October 24, 2022
As the e-discovery industry struggles to find and retain top talent, Relativity is investing $175,000 in Corliss STEM High School to fund legal tech education at an early age and increase future career opportunities for students in overlooked communities.
Isha Marathe | April 14, 2022
The new partnership seeks to connect attorneys around the world to Ukrainians scrambling for legal advice, and provide more streamlined access to legal services for those in need.
Gabrielle Orum Hernández | February 05, 2018
Nicole Bradick has just started her own design firm, Theory and Principle, specializing in the development and design of legal technology.
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