Disruption is a word that gets thrown around easily these days. But the at Cornell Law School truly was a disruptor. Founded in 1992 with the mission of making legal information available to everyone without cost, it was literally the first legal…

A lawyer, economist and scholar, has devoted much of her career to studying how legal systems can be improved to ensure they meet the needs of the people they are meant to serve. In her book, , she argues that the complexity of today’s global,…

This week on LawNext, we get to reveal a project that could change the face of contracting for small businesses worldwide. Pulse — backed by — is a new initiative to deliver better contracts to small businesses. And to help develop it, Pulse has…

A tremor rolled through the legal industry recently when Thomson Reuters announced that it had , Pangea3, to global Big Four professional services firm Ernst & Young, a sign of Ernst & Young’s increasing expansion into legal services. On…

“Our mission is to make discovery instant and accessible for everyone,” says , cofounder and CEO of the e-discovery technology company . “We believe that quick and affordable access to discovery ‒ the search for truth ‒ is a fundamental…

Silicon Valley-backed is a different kind of law firm — a dual entity that is part law practice and part legal technology company. The goal is to provide corporate clients with a more efficient and transparent alternative to traditional large firms,…

Felicity Conrad is on a mission to help expand pro bono legal services. The legal technology company she cofounded, , helps corporations, law firms, law schools and legal service organizations streamline their pro bono programs, with the greater goal…

Not all law firms are equal. In fact, some of them are drastically different from one another. As technology becomes even more pervasive in the legal industry, the industry is changing and reacting. This week, we share a special live panel discussion…

is an e-discovery company that has attracted the interest of some big-name Silicon Valley venture capital firms, raising nearly $35 million in the last three years. It was the first legal technology company to receive an investment from Andreessen…

In February, Silicon Valley law firm announced the launch of , a software subsidiary that will develop automated tools designed to make legal processes more efficient and affordable for individuals, small businesses and emerging companies. Named…