Stephanie Wilkins

Stephanie Wilkins

Stephanie Wilkins is the Editor-in-Chief of Legaltech News at ALM. She has spent the better part of the past decade following the evolution of legal tech and learning how it can help in-house counsel, law firms and others in the legal industry. As a former practicing litigator, she is particularly interested in how legal tech can and should be used in real-life practice and the valuable differences it can make. Stephanie is also keenly interested in shining a light on the ways legal tech is being used to help the greater good.

Connect with this author

July 19, 2024 | Legaltech News

Multiple State Court Online Systems Impacted by Global CrowdStrike Outage

The court system disruptions were felt from coast to coast, and included complete court closures in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

By Stephanie Wilkins | Allison Dunn

4 minute read

July 15, 2024 | Legaltech News

Thomson Reuters Publicly Launches CoCounsel Drafting in the U.S.

The new tool integrates with Practical Law and aims to deliver an end-to-end drafting workflow for transactional documents.

By Stephanie Wilkins

2 minute read

July 08, 2024 | Legaltech News

Nervous System: Dick Pick, GIRLS, and the History of Reality

Any discussion of arguably the most impressive database system of the 20th Century inevitably involves giggle-inducing names and veers towards Not Safe for Work connotations. Richard "Dick" Pick, creator of GIRLS and the father of Reality, would not have had it any other way.

By David Kalat, BRG

5 minute read

July 08, 2024 | Legaltech News

Law.com Radar Adds SALI Tags to Increase Precision of Litigation Alerts

ALM's AI-enhanced litigation alerting tool has incorporated SALI taxonomy to allow for more standardized classification, more granular search and more actionable case alerts.

By Stephanie Wilkins

5 minute read

July 03, 2024 | Legaltech News

Martin Shkreli Slapped With Trade Secret Misappropriation Lawsuit for Livestreaming Wu-Tang's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' Album

The infamous 'Pharma Bro' was forced to forfeit the only copy of the album upon his 2017 conviction, but retained digital copies, which he later publicly disseminated, allegedly diminishing the value of the album for its new owners, PleasrDAO.

By Stephanie Wilkins

8 minute read

July 02, 2024 | Legaltech News

Tracking Generative AI: How Evolving AI Models Are Impacting Legal

A running compilation of how the legal landscape continues to be shaped by generative AI tools, from GPT technologies to art generation tools and beyond.

By Legaltech News

189 minute read

July 01, 2024 | Legaltech News

Women of Legal Tech: 'It's Lonely at the Top' Is Particularly True for Women in Law Says Amy Wegener

Executive Coach and Consultant Amy Wegener discusses why she wanted to be part of the change she saw technology bringing to the legal profession, the power of coaching for succeeding in the C-suite, and why AI's moment in legal is long overdue.

By Alma Asay

7 minute read

June 21, 2024 | Legaltech News

The AI Advantage: Stay Ahead or Fall Behind

AI technology is not static; it is continuously evolving, with each iteration bringing more sophisticated capabilities and improved performance. Waiting for AI to achieve perfection before adopting it is a misguided approach.

By By Brandi Pack, UpLevel Ops

6 minute read

June 18, 2024 | Legaltech News

AI Gold Rush: Are We Repeating the Dot-Com Bubble?

The parallels between the dot-com boom and the current AI boom are striking, characterized by a cycle of technological innovation, consumer enthusiasm, and speculative investment that often characterizes transformative eras in tech history.

By Cheryl Wilson Griffin, Legal Tech Consultants

12 minute read

June 13, 2024 | Legaltech News

How Legal Gen AI Is Better Preparing Law Students for the Real World

With many law schools in the U.S. providing students free access to legal Gen AI tools, and law firms offering AI training courses, law students are better equipped with skills that make them more efficient, confident, and practice-ready on day one of their summer associateship.

By Serena Wellen, LexisNexis

7 minute read