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Demystifying AI for Legal Operations

AI has taken the legal world by storm, and legal ops is no exception. This primer will help legal ops professionals understand the different learning models and how AI assist with day-to-day legal ops functions.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Bar Partner Promotions Highlight Rising Caseload, Commitment to Firm Culture

Plaintiffs firms are off to a dynamic start into 2023 with diverse partner classes and a strong commitment to antitrust, MDL and health care litigation.
7 minute read

Law.com

A Legal CIO's Guide to Technology Procurement In 2023

For a legal CIO, one of the key responsibilities is to establish that the organization has the right technology in place to support its operations and achieve its business goals. This can be challenging, as there are many factors to consider when choosing new technology for your organization. One bad decision can have a material impact on not only the bottom line, but on the ability of your firm to compete in an ever-changing legal market.
9 minute read

Law.com

Using Feedback To Improve Team Performance

The problem with giving feedback is that it often comes across as criticism. Human beings tend to react defensively, resulting in a denial of the feedback or worse, entrenchment in the behavior or attitude that may be derailing them in the first place. How can we give feedback in a way that minimizes defensiveness?
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

It Is Time for the NJ Bar To Permit Reinstatement to Rehabilitated Lawyers

It is time that the New Jersey Bar follow other states and other professions and permit reinstatement after a lawyer demonstrates rehabilitation to practice.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Growing Consolidations and Cutbacks May Make Tech Contracts Precarious

Familiarity and friendship often leads corporate legal departments to choose one legal tech provider over another, but as vendor M&As and cutbacks grow, experts urge legal teams to do more research before adopting a tool.
5 minute read

Law.com

Unauthorized, Volunteer-Related Transactions on Firm's Card Results in Attorney's Suspension

Haynes was a long-time volunteer with the WSBA and often traveled to attend meetings and conferences. She charged some WSBA-related volunteer expenses to one law firm's credit card without prior authorization from the firm but failed to promptly notify and reimburse the law firm when she received direct reimbursement from the WSBA for those expenses, the court said.
2 minute read

Law.com

Meeting Client Expectations to Provide Good 'Customer Service'

Buyers of legal services are now a highly sophisticated and connected community. What the clients now not only want but insist on, is operational efficiency, effectiveness and transparency.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal Ops Getting Greater Say in Developing Strategy Companywide

The Blickstein Group's Law Department Operations Survey includes a trove of information on everything from DEI strategies to expectations for law firm rate hikes.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

More CLOs Taking on Nonlegal Tasks, Sometimes Even Real Estate

"The value of applying their unique training and experience to roles outside the traditional legal function is increasingly being recognized as beneficial to the strategic and operational needs of their organizations," said Veta Richardson, CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel.
2 minute read

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