In this year-end episode of The Geek in Review, hosts Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert are joined by legal tech experts Niki Black, Principal Legal Insight Strategist at AffiniPay, and Sarah Glassmeyer, Director of Data Curation at Legal Technology Hub, to recap the top stories of 2024. From the evolution of
This week on The Geek in Review, we sit down with Mark Doble, Co-Founder and CEO of Alexi, to discuss the state of AI-driven tools in the legal industry and how they are evolving to meet the needs of modern litigation practices. The conversation begins with a timely debate on measuring productivity in
If you’ve been around the legal tech block a time or two, you’ve probably noticed a familiar pattern: We deploy technology to better understand and streamline the law as we know it. Legal analytics platforms sift through case law, AI-driven tools tackle contract review and due diligence, and blockchain-driven “smart contracts” hold the promise of
I had serious FOMO last week as my friends and colleagues were posting exciting content from The Legal Tech Fund (TLTF) conference happening this week in Miami, Florida. In fact, I had so much FOMO that I nearly posted this on LinkedIn to counter all of the people who were posting about attending TLTF:
But
This week we welcome Jane Oxley, Chief Revenue Officer at Smokeball, to discuss the pivotal role of communication in legal organizations and how AI is transforming legal practice management. While normally in Australia, we were lucky enough to find Jane while she was working in Chicago, Jane shares her global perspective on communication
This week, we talk with Elena Tsalanidis and Justin Hansky, co-founders of Deeligence, a revolutionary due diligence workflow tool. Hailing from Australia, this dynamic duo delves into the challenges of traditional due diligence processes and how their AI-powered platform aims to streamline and optimize legal workflows for greater efficiency and accuracy.
Elena Tsalanidis
Once again, hallucinated citations are not just for lawyers. A recent Minnesota case highlighted the issue of GenAI hallucinations when it come to making up things to fit the narrative of its users. In this situation, a prestigious Stanford University Professor, Jeff Hancock, founding director of the Stanford Social Media Lab submitted an affidavit
[Ed Note: We were holding off on publishing this episode because we were waiting on the official announcement that Kara Peterson and Rich DiBona of Descrybe.ai were the Silver Anthem Award winners in Best Use of AI from the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences! Congratulations to Kara and Rich for the prestigious
Another week, another round of travel. This time to rainy and cold Raleigh, NC. It’s a beautiful city… when it’s not cold and damp. But, I still had a great time with a number of law librarians and KM attorneys reviewing some new information tools on the market.
A lot of tools now are focusing
This week we welcome Tom Martin, founder of LawDroid, a pioneering AI platform aimed at transforming legal workflows through automation and no-code solutions. Tom shares his journey from practicing law to creating LawDroid, which supports legal professionals with tools designed to streamline tasks, enhance client communication, and automate document preparation. Throughout the conversation,