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The Story Behind Erin Levine’s DIY Platform ‘Hello Divorce’

It should have come as no surprise when California attorney recently to go nationwide with her do-it-yourself divorce platform . After all, the site has been seeing rapid growth and has earned Levine broad accolades, including the 2020 from the…

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Deloitte Principal Mark Ross on the Big Four Firm’s New Legal Business Practice

Touting it as the next phase in its global expansion to transform the business of law, Big Four professional services firm Deloitte has launched its practice in the United States, which it describes as “a comprehensive suite of legal management…

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How One Law School Teaches Legal Tech, Pre- and Post-Pandemic

Here’s one that gets a big meta. Back in November 2017, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi spoke at about a lawyer’s ethical duty to be technologically competent. The talk prompted the school to explore ways it could help students improve their…

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Court Buddy Founder James Jones Jr. on Being A Black Entrepreneur in Legal Tech

In 2015, the husband-and-wife team of and founded , a service that matches consumers with vetted lawyers at affordable prices. Last November, the couple stepped aside from the business to pursue other interests. In their time running the company,…

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Sociologist Rebecca Sandefur on Enhancing Access to Justice

Sociologist is one of the world’s leading scholars on access to justice. Professor at the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University, she is also a at the American Bar Foundation, where she founded and leads the…

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Exploring the Meaning of Legal Terms through Corpus Linguistics

At in Provo, Utah, a first-of-its-kind technology platform is enabling legal researchers to explore the meanings of legal words and phrases by examining the contexts in which they historically were used. The platform enables users to examine large…

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Vishal Sunak, CEO of AI Contract Management Company LinkSquares

, the Boston-based provider of AI-powered contract management and analysis technology for corporate legal departments, announced a major new product this week. Called LinkSquares Finalize, it extends the company’s technology into the pre-signature…

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A Coronavirus Success Story: How A State Bar and Two Legaltech Companies Partnered to Help the Unemployed

Today on LawNext: A coronavirus success story – how a state bar, anticipating a tidal wave of unemployment claims, partnered with two legaltech companies to launch a pro bono portal in barely more than a week.  On April 27, 2020, the New York…

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Mark Harris on the Post-Pandemic Tsunami for Corporate Contracts

Mark Harris is sounding an alarm – or, as he puts it, staging an intervention – for corporate counsel.  and , the original founders 20 years ago of alternative legal services provider and, since last year, the CEO and CTO of contract…

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The Innovation Advantage: A Panel Discussion with Leading Experts in Law Firm Innovation

Virtually overnight, COVID-19 changed the landscape for law firms and how they serve clients. While some firms were caught unprepared – struggling to adapt to a remote work environment and lacking the technologies and procedures to ensure seamless…

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