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Humanizing Legal Tech: A Chat With Judge Victoria Pratt

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At the 2024 Clio Cloud Conference , we sat down with Judge Victoria Pratt , a passionate advocate for criminal justice reform. But as Judge Pratt highlighted, its impact goes beyond convenience. Lawyers must continue to prioritize listening and human connection—especially as lawyers continue to adopt AI. Her message?

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Court Imposes Sanctions On Lawyers Who Filed Bogus Cases After Relying On ChatGPT For Legal Research

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A federal district judge has imposed monetary and other sanctions on the two lawyers who filed a brief laden with bogus cases they found when they relied on ChatGPT for legal research. The judge ordered the lawyers, Peter LoDuca and Steven A. District Judge P.

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Justia Legal Resources: Traffic Tickets Legal Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

A judge would need to approve any proposed settlement, but they usually do. While it can complicate and prolong the proceedings, the jury may be more sympathetic to a driver than a judge would be. The judge will oversee the process of jury selection, which is designed to eliminate biased jurors.

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ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns

Above the Law - Technology

“We’re trying to solve a longstanding problem in the legal field, and that is that judges only write judicial opinions for 3% of rulings,” Ovbiagele said. “They tell you what judges have done, but they don’t tell you why judges did what they did. The Toronto-based company recently closed a $2.1

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In Case of ‘Real Lawyers Against A Robot Lawyer,’ Federal Court Dismisses Law Firm’s Suit Against DoNotPay for Unauthorized Law Practice

Above the Law - Technology

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel. DNP is a web-based company purporting to use AI to provide legal services virtually.

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Justia Legal Resources: Guide to Lawsuits and the Court Process

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

A section of the Lawyers and the Legal Process Center in the Justia Legal Guides tries to make lawsuits and the court process more accessible to the average person. The judge can rule in favor of one party or the other at this point because they dont need the help of the jury to apply the law. (A A jury sorts out the facts instead.)

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Unlikely Careers for Lawyers

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Cannabis Lawyer Nearly a decade ago, pursuing a career in cannabis law may have been next to impossible, but it has recently become a fascinating field for those who have discovered and pursued it. JAG Lawyer A Judge Advocate General is a unique opportunity for those who want to defend their country in court.

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