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What Is a Legal Engineer? Roles, Skills, and Career Outlook

Clio

JULY 7, 2025

Legal engineers work in a variety of settings, including law firms, in-house legal departments, legaltech companies, and consulting firms. Legal engineers vs. traditional legal roles Legal engineers aren’t traditional legal professionals—they don’t give legal advice, and they don’t necessarily have law degrees.

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New York Court of Appeals Confirms Attorney-Client Privilege Can Apply Without Anticipated/Pending Litigation or Client’s Affirmative Request for Legal Advice

Discovery Advocate

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Key Takeaway: Under New York law, the attorney-client privilege applies to advice from counsel regarding general legal subjects, even when unsolicited and there is no anticipated litigation or pending action. The documents also include guidance on drafting parole decisions that accord with the law.

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Time to Vote! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023

LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Calloquy Platform Elevator Pitch: Calloquy is dedicated to making remote legal proceedings safe, secure, and efficient, both to reduce cost and risk for corporate litigants and to expand access to justice for underserved communities. Case Chronology Elevator Pitch: We are the legal Gold Standard for Chronologies.

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Is There an AI Tool to Create Legal Documents?

Lawmatics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Legal research. AI helps legal professionals find relevant case law, statutes, and precedents by searching and summarizing vast legal databases. Besides the uses mentioned above, other potential uses of legal AI being discussed include: Is there an AI for legal advice? Workflow automation.

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Is Legal Tech a Growing Industry?

Lawmatics

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Document Automation: Tools that generate customized legal documents like contracts, briefs, and forms from templates. eDiscovery Platforms: Systems for efficiently searching, analyzing, and producing electronic information relevant to legal cases and discovery requests. How Big is the Legal Tech Market in the US?

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Hello Prenup: Generate a Prenuptial Agreement Without Lawyers

The Law Product Makers blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Having a prenuptial agreement makes it much easier for a couple to pursue a non-contested, mutual consent divorce, which is much less expensive, particularly if the parties represent themselves as pro se litigants. The cost for an uncontested divorce with legal advice included is often under $500.

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Counsel vs. Partner: What is the difference between them?

MatterSuite

JUNE 7, 2023

Definition and Status Counsel: In a law firm or legal department, a counsel is an attorney who holds a senior position. Counsel often have extensive experience and expertise in a specific area of law. Their knowledge commands respect, and they receive numerous requests for legal advice and guidance.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

LawSites

MARCH 18, 2024

Most legal tech startups make bold declarations about public interest, access to justice and democratizing the law when it suits them. Case law books waiting to be scanned. Harvard would contribute the law books and run the scanning process inside the law library. Don’t presume all law is good law.

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How to File a Motion to Dismiss

Clio

MARCH 15, 2024

By seeking to dismiss a case early in the litigation, you can potentially prevail without the trouble of full-blown discovery and a trial. There are some exceptions where a motion to dismiss may be filed at a later point in litigation, such as if the plaintiff amends the complaint. Some courts, like U.S.

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The Future of Legal Tech: How Technology Is Transforming the Business of Law

MatterSuite

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Here are some of the key technologies shaping the legal industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning Legal Research: AI-powered platforms, like ROSS, use natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning. Predictive Analytics: Machine learning algorithms examine historical case data to predict legal outcomes.

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Alternative Fee Arrangements for Law Firms: 9 Examples

Clio

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For example, a litigation attorney who bills $250 per hour could work on a contract dispute for a client with a capped fee agreement. Contingency fees are where you’re paid a percentage of a client’s pay out if the case is successful. For example, you may receive 30% of the result if you win your client’s malpractice case.

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Deploying Cutting-Edge Legal AI: Travers Smith’s Cautious, But Open-source Approach. (TGIR Ep. 216)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

And we have been sampling certain types of use cases, particularly around the search for relevance in litigation, and discovery. And we potentially contaminate case law. It’s not as simple as just doing a case law name search, it’s much, much more complicated than that. For us right now.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 18, 2024

Most legal tech startups make bold declarations about public interest, access to justice and democratizing the law when it suits them. Case law books waiting to be scanned. Harvard would contribute the law books and run the scanning process inside the law library. Don’t presume all law is good law.

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Deploying Cutting-Edge Legal AI: Travers Smith’s Cautious, But Open-source Approach. (TGIR Ep. 216)

Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2023

And we have been sampling certain types of use cases, particularly around the search for relevance in litigation, and discovery. And we potentially contaminate case law. It’s not as simple as just doing a case law name search, it’s much, much more complicated than that. For us right now.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Automated License Plate Readers with ACLU Attorney Matt Cagle

Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Matt also conducts public records investigations and litigates cases challenging government surveillance. The information presented here does not constitute legal advice. Matt has led efforts to pass surveillance legislation including San Francisco’s first-of-its-kind ban on facial recognition. My name is Anan Hafez.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Bias in Algorithms with Professor Robert Koulish

Berkley Technology Law Journal

JULY 11, 2022

And it was only through really protracted litigation, that we were able to reach some kind of a deal with ICE where we never got all of the information that we were looking for. Professor Koulish ] 45:58 Yeah, I think the case law is pretty clear on that you go back to the Zadvydas decision of 2001.

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What Is a Legal Engineer? Roles, Skills, and Career Outlook

New York Court of Appeals Confirms Attorney-Client Privilege Can Apply Without Anticipated/Pending Litigation or Client’s Affirmative Request for Legal Advice

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Is There an AI Tool to Create Legal Documents?

Is Legal Tech a Growing Industry?

Hello Prenup: Generate a Prenuptial Agreement Without Lawyers

Counsel vs. Partner: What is the difference between them?

Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

How to File a Motion to Dismiss

The Future of Legal Tech: How Technology Is Transforming the Business of Law

Alternative Fee Arrangements for Law Firms: 9 Examples

Deploying Cutting-Edge Legal AI: Travers Smith’s Cautious, But Open-source Approach. (TGIR Ep. 216)

Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

Deploying Cutting-Edge Legal AI: Travers Smith’s Cautious, But Open-source Approach. (TGIR Ep. 216)

Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Automated License Plate Readers with ACLU Attorney Matt Cagle

Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Bias in Algorithms with Professor Robert Koulish

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