Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Because five-day in-office work weeks are less common, office-sharing arrangements have become more palatable for lawyers. Handed down in July, this opinion addresses the ethical issues that arise when lawyers participate in office-sharing arrangements. Another area to approach with caution is when sharing staff with other lawyers.

Lawyer

Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 30, 2023

In this rapidly evolving landscape, the true winners of the race will be the lawyers who keep up with the pace of change and take steps to learn about and successfully leverage AI’s benefits while taking advantage of the products released by legal tech companies that effectively mitigate its ethical and practical risks.

Legal research

LawNext podcast

MARCH 30, 2022

For two decades, Carolyn Elefant has helped solo and small firm lawyers start and build their law practices. She has been listed as an Energy and Environmental Super Lawyer for Washington, D.C. Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote.

Law firm

Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The survey results also showed that the majority of lawyers worldwide recognize the potential of generative AI, with 65% citing research as the main possible application for generative AI tools, which is a somewhat surprising outcome given the recent negative news headlines about the false case citations derived from ChatGPT.

Paralegal

Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 18, 2023

. ** 2023’s best tech gifts for legal professionals It’s December, and that means the holidays are fast approaching, making it the perfect time to start shopping for the lawyers and legal professionals in your life. Below, I provide my top technology gift picks for legal professionals.

Time-tracking

Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ** Increase your firm’s bottom line in 2024 by offering client-centric payment options Most legal clients rarely plan to hire a lawyer. Another way lawyers are making it easier for clients to retain their firm is by offering payment plans.

Practice management

Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 1, 2024

Next, the Committee acknowledged the inevitability of GAI use in the practice of law: “[t]he ongoing integration of AI into other technologies suggests that its use soon will be unavoidable, including for lawyers.” A lawyer is responsible for ensuring the security of an Al system before entering any non-public client information.”

Court

Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since then, a small number of pioneering lawyers have experimented with this technology even without ethics guidance. According to COPRAC, lawyers “must not input any confidential information of the client into any generative AI solution that lacks adequate confidentiality and security protections.”

Court

Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

From legal research and contract drafting to law practice management and document editing, GAI is everywhere, and avoiding it is no longer an option. In Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 (online: [link] ), the Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics concluded that lawyers may use GAI, but, of course, must do so ethically.

Practice management

Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise.

Time-tracking

Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 20, 2023

Lawyers in 2023 accept many forms of payment from clients, including credit cards. When lawyers first proposed the idea of accepting credit cards for payment of legal fees, there was significant resistance. Credit cards were viewed with less skepticism, and as a result, many lawyers now regularly accept credit cards from clients.

Dispute resolution

Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The right mix of digital and traditional lead sources can set a practice apart, and understanding and leveraging the appropriate online channels is key for any firm looking to thrive in today’s competitive legal marketplace. The report reveals that, in 2023, the average lead conversion rate for lawyers in the database stands at 24%.

Client Intake

Legal Tech Monitor

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise.

Due diligence

Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2023

Each new technology was viewed as a threat to the very foundation of the practice of law. Lawyers have always been suspicious of technology. If you ask me, that sounds an awful lot like that pesky duty of technology competence, which is a key ethical obligation for lawyers practicing law in the digital age.

Law

Rocket Matter

JANUARY 16, 2024

Set the proper amount According to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, merchants can only charge a surcharge that covers the cost of accepting credit card payments, not more. Get free guide How to Master Your Law Firm’s Time and Billing Lawyers have a heavy workload.

Law firm

Lawmatics

MARCH 15, 2023

Speaker 2: You're listening to the Legal Mastermind podcast with your host, Ryan Klein and Chase Williams, the go-to podcast for learning from the experts in the legal community about effective ways to grow and manage your law firm Chase Williams: Today, on the Legal Mastermind podcast, we have Matt Spiegel. I'm a criminal defense lawyer.

Criminal Defense

Legally Speaking

JANUARY 15, 2023

Suzi took the patent bar before graduating and ultimately became a patent lawyer for a few years after law school. Suzi’s advice for those thinking about going to law school: Suzi’s primary advice for people considering law school is to go to a school in the state where they ultimately want to practice. She wanted autonomy.

Attorney

Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 30, 2024

Lawyers and judges, whom I never imagined embracing technology, are now happily using Zoom, with iPads in hand and smartwatches on their wrists. The pandemic primed lawyers to be receptive and curious about new technology, and what perfect timing! Its long-term effects on our collective health are as yet unknown.

e-records

Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 8, 2025

From legal research and practice management to legal billing and knowledge management, generative AI conversational interactions will increasingly be the mechanism through which you access all of the information you need to effectively represent your clients’ interests.

Legal tech

Legally Speaking

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

In order to address the issue within the legal profession, Dana Denis-Smith , an entrepreneur, journalist, lawyer, and women’s advocate resolved to take action. She created Obelisk Support in 2010, which provides a legal service about flexible work environments for female employees. So that was, and there we have it.

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