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Top Attorney Pain Points of 2024

Martindale-Avvo

This has continued to prove helpful for many attorneys, who appreciate the ability to tackle everything from legal research to case management from the comfort of home. McBride reminds us that, prior to 2020, “it was uncommon to appear remotely for a hearing within the same state the hearing was to take place.”

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An Early Win for Copyright Owners in AI Cases as Court Rejects Fair Use Defense

Debevoise Data Blog

Thomson Reuters offers one of the leading legal search engines on the market, Westlaw, which contains not only copies of cases, statutes, and other legal materials but also content created by Westlaw itself to assist in legal research.

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What is a Legal Assistant? How to Become One?

MatterSuite

Legal assistants may perform tasks such as sorting or filing documents, preparing appointments and calendars, including trail schedules, and contacting clients and all other parties to lawsuits. A legal assistant may also help with legal research , writing legal papers, and more, not whatever is required.

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Mental Health Pre-Trial Diversion

The Barrister

General Collection KF480.A7 A7 M49 2006. Law and The Mental Health System: Civil and Criminal Aspects / Christopher Slobogin, Thomas L. Hafefmeister, and Douglas Mossman. General Collection KF3828.S59 Notes Behavioral Health Education and Resources , The Jud. Branch of Cal., link] (last visited Nov. 12, 2024). ︎ Code § 1001.36 (2024), [link] ︎ U.S.

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Trump’s Election Lawyers Must Heed Their Ethical Duties

LLRX

The authors argue that lawyers considering advocating unsubstantiated claims of election fraud should learn from the disciplinary actions taken against Trump’s 2020 election lawyers, adhere to their ethical duties, and follow the example of those who refused to violate their obligations to their profession and the Constitution after the 2020 election (..)

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In Major Legal Tech Deal, vLex and Fastcase Merge, Creating A Global Legal Research Company, Backed By Oakley Capital and Bain Capital

Above the Law - Technology

Unique Global Breadth vLex has been unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage. Its platform includes Vincent, an AI-powered legal research assistant that analyzes legal documents that users upload and finds relevant search results. It works in both English and Spanish.

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ABA TECHSHOW 2020

Legal Talk Network

ABA TECHSHOW 2020 kicked off with its 4th annual Start-Up Pitch Competition on February 26th. Below is the complete catalog of our 12 episode podcast coverage from ABA TECHSHOW 2020 including a list of its 35 participants: Judy Perry Martinez. Apps Apps Everywhere–Tablet and Mobile Legal Practice.