Innovating for Good

Innovations in Diversity and Inclusion Winner, Law Firm: Baker McKenzie

"Unlike any other program for refugees, we provide protection from the point of flight to the point of self-reliance," said Jayne Fleming, Pro Bono Counsel and Human Rights Team leader, Reed Smith.

3 minute read

April 08, 2024 | Q&A

In a Gen AI First, 273 Ventures Introduces KL3M, a Built-From-Scratch Legal LLM

"Innovation is relevant to all of our clients—not just the most innovative or tech-savvy," said JeanMarie Campbell, Head of Client Development, North America CMO Baker, McKenzie.

6 minute read

March 26, 2024 | Analysis

LTN Startup Spotlight: JusticeText Founder Devshi Mehrotra on Technologists' Roles in A2J Efforts

The KL3M family of models are the first LLMs built from first principles for commercial legal use, rather than fine-tuned, and trained on lawfully obtained, low-toxicity, copyright-friendly datasets.

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February 26, 2024 | Q&A

'Not Going Away': A Star Greenberg Traurig Litigator Lost Her Voice. AI Brought It Back

Legaltech News sat down with Devshi Mehrotra, one of the founders of JusticeText, an AI-powered startup that looks to streamline audio and video discovery for public defenders, to discuss the company's growth and how recent technological advancements may shape its impact going forward.

12 minute read

January 24, 2024 | News

'Diversity Facilitates Excellence': AIG's ACG Dawson Horn on Why He Co-Founded New Organization BUiLT

Lori Cohen achieved an impressive 58 defense verdicts before suddenly and inexplicably losing her voice. Now, with the help of her long-time trial technologist and friend Gerard Buitrago, she's harnessing the power of AI to get back in the courtroom.

14 minute read

January 23, 2024 | Q&A

By Rhys Dipshan

Co-founded by Horn and several legal and legal tech professionals, Blacks United in Legal Technology (BUiLT) aims to address many disparities that persist across the legal market.

7 minute read

January 22, 2024 | Expert Opinion

Legal Tech's Predictions for Innovating for Good in 2024

Paladin Rings in 2024 With Pro Bono Manager Acquisition, New Partnership

Legal industry experts make their predictions for what we can expect in the areas of DEI, ESG, mental health, access to justice, pro bono and more in 2024.

7 minute read

January 10, 2024 | News

Vanderbilt Law AI Lab Co-Founders Discuss Gen AI's A2J Impact: 'It's Up to Us'

Pro Bono Manager marks Paladin's first-ever acquisition, and will allow the company to expand its network and access more pro bono data and insights.

3 minute read

January 05, 2024 | Q&A

Legal Tech's Milestones for New(er) Technologies, Innovating for Good & More in 2023

Legaltech News caught up with Mark Williams and Caitlin Moon, founding co-directors of Vanderbilt Law's new AI Law Lab to discuss what the law school plans to accomplish going forward—from new coursework to partnerships with legal aid organizations.

8 minute read

December 29, 2023 | Expert Opinion

Legaltech Rundown: UC Law San Francisco's Justice Tech Accelerator, New Steno and UnitedLex Hires and More

Legal industry experts make their picks for the biggest developments impacting new(er) technologies, innovating for good and more in the past year.

7 minute read

September 20, 2024 | News

By Ella Sherman

An update on the legal tech market's past week, from product launches to new partnerships.

3 minute read

December 28, 2023 | News

Paladin Launches New Pro Bono Portal to Aid Israeli Citizens

Startup Nation at War: Israel's Legal Tech Companies 'Have to Keep Going'

Justice tech provider Paladin has partnered with the Israel Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association to create an emergency pro bono portal for the legal needs of Israeli citizens amid the Israel-Hamas war.

3 minute read

December 14, 2023 | Commentary

Inside Cubicall: Turning Office Phone Booths Into Court Pods for Correctional Facilities

Israel is currently home to many companies and individuals working in legal tech. Legaltech News recently checked in with some of them to discuss how they continue to innovate in times of war.

10 minute read

December 05, 2023 | News

New Era ADR Secures Strategic Investment from Chicago Cubs VC Fund, Legal Tech Leaders

Cubicall leveraged its hardware-software alliance with case-management solution Immediation to launch its correctional phone booth offering, meant to reduce transportation costs and increase access to justice for incarcerated individuals remote court needs.

4 minute read

November 09, 2023 | News

The Artificial Intelligence Imperative for Lawyers

Marquee Ventures and Relativity founder and former CEO Andrew Sieja participated in the latest funding round for the fully virtual dispute resolution technology platform, which counts the U.S. Olympic Committee among its customers.

6 minute read

October 30, 2023 | Commentary

By James Cooper By Kashyap Kompella

The law school curriculum has long needed an update. We propose that a training in AI be a complement to legal education, not a replacement.

5 minute read

October 23, 2023 | News

Paladin Announces DOJ Partnership, Bolstering Its Pro Bono Ecosystem

Generative AI May Worsen Access to Justice—At Least in the Short Term

The justice technology platform, which acts as a liaison database for connecting volunteer attorneys with those requiring pro bono legal services, will be available to every DOJ lawyer across the U.S.

4 minute read

October 19, 2023 | Analysis

LTN Startup Spotlight: descrybe.ai Founders on How to Marry Gen AI and A2J

Generative AI has the potential to reduce costs and simplify legal research. But for now, the technology's price tag, coupled with the cost of tech competency to use it, is likely too prohibitive, said panelists at the Masters Conference 2023.

3 minute read

October 16, 2023 | Q&A

ClioCon 2023 Takeaways: AI Is Here, and Legal Has a 'Moral Imperative' to Use it For Good

Legaltech News caught up with Kara Peterson and Richard DiBona, the co-founders—and couple—behind descrybe.ai, to discuss the challenges of launching a startup with no funding in an expensive industry.

7 minute read

October 16, 2023 | Event

Generative AI Conversations Are a Peek Into the Legal Tech 'Boys' Club'

"There's a tectonic shift underway," said Clio CEO and co-founder Jack Newton. "AI is going to revolutionize every aspect of how we get legal work done."

6 minute read

September 22, 2023 | Analysis

Paladin Launches Pro Bono Election Protection Portal for Attorneys

Many legal tech panels on generative artificial intelligence are still dominated by a homogenous group: white men. It's a glimpse into the more insidious barriers that stand in the way of women tech founders fighting to make it in the industry.

7 minute read

September 18, 2024 | News

LTN Startup Spotlight: Paladin Founder Kristen Sonday on Why They 'Avoid the AI Hype'

The portal will provide lawyers and legal professionals access to pro bono opportunities dedicated to safeguarding the electoral process in the 2024 U.S. General Election.

3 minute read

September 11, 2023 | Q&A

Spotlight on Responsible AI: Why an MIT Task Force Is Advocating for 'Informed Caution'

Legaltech News caught up with Kristen Sonday, founder of Paladin, to discuss the unique challenges and strategies for justice tech startups to find the right investors.

7 minute read

August 04, 2023 | Q&A

MIT Task Force Proposes Principles for the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Legal

Legaltech News recently sat down with several members of the Task Force to discuss the origin of the Task Force, what it aims to accomplish with its proposed principles for the responsible use of AI in law, why those principles are needed and more.

15 minute read

August 03, 2023 | News

Justice Technology, Vendor: LexisNexis U.S. Voting Laws & Legislation Center

The Task Force has publicly released an early version of seven draft principles that establish a lawyer's duties when using AI for legal work, and is inviting feedback from the industry.

4 minute read

May 01, 2023 | Q&A

CodeX FutureLaw 2023 Focuses on Fine-Tuning AI for Legal, Access to Justice and More

"Ultimately, innovation is about creative change that adds meaningful value," says Alison Manchester, VP of Primary Law, LexisNexis.

5 minute read

April 19, 2023 | Event

Innovations in Pro Bono, Law Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

"Make no mistake, whether you want access to justice, whether you want to better help Fortune 500 companies to protect their IP rights, whatever it is in this profession of ours that you're doing, these large language models are going to have a substantial impact," said Pablo Arredondo, Codex Fellow and co-founder and CIO of Casetext.

9 minute read

April 06, 2023 | Q&A

Innovating for Innocence Part 3: Clio, the California Innocence Project and a True Crime Exonerations Podcast

"Legal innovation means a willingness to break the status quo, to see failure as success in progress, and to reimagine the way law can be practiced in a new light, and from a completely new angle," says Joanna P. Boisen, Chief Pro Bono & Social Impact Officer at Davis Wright Tremaine.

7 minute read

May 01, 2023 | Analysis

Innovating for Innocence Part 2: Relativity, the Hawaii Innocence Project and the Exoneration of Ian Schweitzer

The story of how a chance meeting in Ireland between the California Innocence Project and Canada-based legal tech company Clio led to a fruitful, long-term relationship that led to several exonerations, and now a podcast telling the stories of those exonerees.

7 minute read

April 27, 2023 | Analysis

Innovating for Innocence Part 1: GPT-4, CoCounsel and the California Innocence Project

Through Relativity's Justice for Change program, the Hawaii Innocence Project and the Innocence Project were able to use the RelativityOne platform to find critical evidence that led to overturning the wrongful conviction of Ian Schweitzer in one of Hawaii's most high-profile criminal cases.

5 minute read

April 26, 2023 | Analysis

Merlin Launches Cloud Utility Pricing, Green E-Discovery Hosting Initiative that Lowers Costs During Downtime

The California Innocence Project is utilizing CoCounsel, the GPT-4-powered AI legal assistant from Casetext, to help level the access to justice playing field on the back end by streamlining the process for exonerating the wrongfully convicted.

5 minute read

March 06, 2023 | News

Richard Susskind, Now Special Envoy for Justice and AI, Talks AI's Role in A2J

Merlin Search Technologies has introduced a "first-of-its-kind hourly pricing program and the first Green Computing Initiative," according to the press release, by allowing users to pay hourly for hosting when sites are active, and turn off sites when they are not in use, saving costs.

6 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Q&A

Ukraine: Profile of a Legal Tech Market Under War for a Year

"The biggest competitor for law firms in the future, I say, is AI-empowered clients," said Richard Susskind, as he takes on his new role as special envoy for justice and artificial intelligence to the Commonwealth.

6 minute read

February 22, 2023 | Analysis

Meet Kathryn Tewson, the Paralegal Who Took on DoNotPay: 'Fraud Is Bad for Innovation'

Almost a year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, members of the legal tech community recall meetings interrupted by sirens and blackouts. Still, despite significant business challenges posed by the war, some report optimism for where the industry is heading.

5 minute read

February 17, 2023 | Q&A

The Legal Sector's Twin Challenges: Access to Justice and Technology

Legaltech News recently sat down with Tewson to discuss the incident, why she started investigating DoNotPay, the recent fraud lawsuit she initiated, and more.

22 minute read

February 17, 2023 | Commentary

By James Cooper By Kashyap Kompella

Technology can help both developed and developing countries by providing better access for justice, increasing confidence in the administration of justice, and enshrining the rule of law for all.

5 minute read

February 10, 2023 | Analysis

DoNotPay's Downfall Put a Harsh Spotlight on AI and Justice Tech. Now What?

New Environmental Impact Center From Ivalua Helps Legal Departments Aim for Net Zero Emissions

The very public fall from grace of DoNotPay has the legal community split on whether it damaged the access to justice cause or cast an important light on the access to justice problem, despite the outcome.

7 minute read

January 31, 2023 | News

How Legal Tech Design Has Evolved Since 2018: A Conversation With Nicole Bradick

The new tool is designed to help organizations mitigate the environmental impact of their spend, reduce Scope 3 emissions and help eliminate greenwashing in supply chains.

3 minute read

January 27, 2023 | Q&A

Legal Tech's Milestones for New(er) Technologies and Innovating for Good in 2022

Five years after the launch of Theory and Principle, a firm that develops legal and justice tools, founder and CEO Nicole Bradick discusses how legal professionals are getting smarter about design choices, the future of legal tech products and why she launched a new co-design studio called T&P Studio.

7 minute read

December 29, 2022 | Expert Opinion

5 Ways Technology Helped Provide Legal Aid in Ukraine in 2022

Legal industry experts weigh in on the biggest developments of 2022 for new technologies like NFTs, generative AI, the metaverse and more, as well as ways legal technology is being used to advance the greater good.

7 minute read

December 28, 2022 | Slideshow

The Impact of Digital Transformation on Litigation Finance

The legal community in Ukraine and in other parts of the world hoping to assist the country in battling Russian invasion have relied on technology to bridge the distance and information gaps this year.

1 minute read

December 27, 2022 | Commentary

By Ron Lasorsa, Victory Litigation Fund, LP

Tokenizing litigation finance can help level the playing field by making funds more accessible for everyone and significantly increasing access to justice.

6 minute read

December 20, 2022 | News

Calling All Lawyers: LexisNexis, Ukrainian Bar Association Foster New Legal Aid Portal

Summer's in the aiR: Recent Updates From Relativity

LexisNexis is aiming to break down barriers between Ukrainian attorneys and lawyers in other countries with the launch of a free legal aid portal, which is still in its early stages.

3 minute read

August 13, 2024 | News

Beyond E-Discovery: What You Might Have Missed at Relativity Fest

From Relativity aiR for Review to Relativity Contracts, the e-discovery provider has announced a number of updates and developments in recent months.

4 minute read

November 11, 2022 | News

Repurposing E-Discovery Tools: Relativity Partner Exiger Takes on Human Trafficking

At a conference ostensibly about e-discovery, that term was rarely spoken. Instead, there was a major emphasis on social justice and using technology for the greater good.

5 minute read

October 31, 2022 | News

Relativity and Chicago Public Schools Partner to Reshape the Legal Tech Workforce

Given their ability to leverage AI to detect patterns in complex data, e-discovery tools are now being used to detect and disrupt human trafficking at its root.

5 minute read

October 24, 2022 | News

Paladin Teams Up With Ukrainian AI Chatbot, Legal Organizations to Help Those in Crisis

As the e-discovery industry struggles to find and retain top talent, Relativity is investing $175,000 in Corliss STEM High School to fund legal tech education at an early age and increase future career opportunities for students in overlooked communities.

4 minute read

April 14, 2022 | News

Why Tech Needs to Play 'Prominent Role' in Access to Justice

The new partnership seeks to connect attorneys around the world to Ukrainians scrambling for legal advice, and provide more streamlined access to legal services for those in need.

3 minute read

February 05, 2018 | News

By Gabrielle Orum Hernández

Nicole Bradick has just started her own design firm, Theory and Principle, specializing in the development and design of legal technology.

8 minute read

February 05, 2018 | News

Why Tech Needs to Play 'Prominent Role' in Access to Justice

By Gabrielle Orum Hernández By

Nicole Bradick has just started her own design firm, Theory and Principle, specializing in the development and design of legal technology.

8 minute read

May 16, 2024 | News

Everlaw Offers Free Gen AI Access Through 'Everlaw for Good' Program

The LLM/Copyright Tug-of-War: Fairness Certifications vs. Investor Pressure to Scrape

The program provides unlimited access for eligible 501(c)(3) organizations to the Everlaw platform, including, now, its generative AI beta program Everlaw AI Assistant, free of charge up to "a monthly cap" with discounted rates for larger matters.

4 minute read

May 15, 2024 | Analysis

Meet the Female Founders of Legal Tech

A Stability AI executive left the company to launch Fairly Trained, a nonprofit that aims to certify AI models that are trained without infringing on copyright. But investor push to "scrape now, and think later" often gets in the way.

8 minute read

October 01, 2024 | Infographic

By Legaltech News

Legaltech News has compiled a growing list of female and gender fluid founders who have created products and launched companies in the legal technology space.

2 minute read

April 10, 2024 | Analysis

Could Gen AI Be a 'Pivotal Moment' for the Legal Aid Market?