Weekly Briefs: Legal sector continues to gain jobs; Roe v. Wade archive auctioned

Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Legal sector continues to… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Legal sector continues to gain jobs; Roe v. Wade archive auctioned By Debra Cassens Weiss March 10, 2023, 11:57 am CST Image from Shutterstock. Legal sector adds 1,500 jobs The legal services sector continues to add jobs, despite reports of layoffs at … Read more

DoNotPay doesn’t live up to its billing as a ‘robot lawyer,’ offers ‘substandard’ legal docs, suit claims

Home Daily News DoNotPay doesn’t live up to its billing… Technology DoNotPay doesn’t live up to its billing as a ‘robot lawyer,’ offers ‘substandard’ legal docs, suit claims By Debra Cassens Weiss March 10, 2023, 9:24 am CST A would-be class action lawsuit alleges that the DoNotPay website is engaged in the unauthorized practice of … Read more

Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about what clients really want

Home Daily News Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about… Asked and Answered Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about what clients really want By Stephanie Francis Ward February 27, 2023, 8:39 am CST Image from Shutterstock. Jessica Bednarz has spent much of her career representing people, researching access-to-justice issues and using that … Read more

Legal services company Axiom opens ‘reimagined law firm’ to directly serve clients, thanks to Arizona approval

Home Daily News Legal services company Axiom opens ‘reimagined… Law Firms Legal services company Axiom opens ‘reimagined law firm’ to directly serve clients, thanks to Arizona approval By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2023, 3:41 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. A subsidiary of legal services provider Axiom Global will open as an Arizona law firm, … Read more

Should lawyers embrace or fear ChatGPT?

For some academics, researching, writing, editing and publishing a scholarly piece of work can take months, if not years, of painstaking effort, diligent commitment and rage-inducing frustration. In December, Andrew Perlman, the dean of the Suffolk University Law School and the inaugural chair of the governing council of the ABA Center for Innovation, authored one … Read more

Listen to our 10 favorite podcast episodes of 2022

Home Daily News Listen to our 10 favorite podcast episodes… Year in Review Listen to our 10 favorite podcast episodes of 2022 By Lee Rawles December 23, 2022, 8:42 am CST Image from Shutterstock. Looking for a new listen? We’ve picked our favorite 2022 episodes from each of the ABA Journal’s three podcasts. And if … Read more

CEO Roundtable With Ari Kaplan: Legal services and legal tech CEOs reflect on 2022 and offer perspectives for 2023

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with leading chief executive officers in a year-end CEO roundtable discussion on Zoom. Ari Kaplan: Welcome to the 11th Ari Kaplan Advisors CEO roundtable. I am the principal of Ari Kaplan Advisors, which is a 16-year-old consulting firm that helps legal services and legal technology companies engage their clients and prospects … Read more

Texas AG seeks records from immigration nonprofits, seeks funding sources for ‘border invasion’ aid

Home Daily News Texas AG seeks records from immigration nonprofits,… Immigration Law Texas AG seeks records from immigration nonprofits, seeks funding sources for ‘border invasion’ aid By Debra Cassens Weiss December 15, 2022, 2:45 pm CST Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking information from three immigration and legal nonprofits to determine whether they … Read more

Why this BigLaw firm recently started a legal ops division

What are legal operations? According to the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, legal ops can be loosely defined as a “set of business processes, activities and the professionals who enable legal departments to serve their clients more effectively by applying business and technical practices to the delivery of legal services.” “Legal ops provides the strategic planning, … Read more

UChicago Medicine partners with legal aid lawyers to offer legal help to victims of violence

Home Daily News UChicago Medicine partners with legal aid… Legal Delivery UChicago Medicine partners with legal aid lawyers to offer legal help to victims of violence By Debra Cassens Weiss December 13, 2022, 2:35 pm CST Members of the University of Chicago Medicine and Legal Aid Chicago’s Recovery Legal Care team. Photo from the University … Read more