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[Editor’s note: This post is a large excerpt from Patrick’s and Michael’s annual survey of law firm leaders. By a wide margin, what makes this year’s survey so interesting are the number of issues that five or ten years ago, no one
Before drawing firm conclusions on the 2024 election and what to do next, take a clear-eyed view at what actually happened.
November 5 culminated several decades of economic, political, and social change. These changes gradually increased the electorate’s feelings of alienation and insecurity. When these feelings became sufficiently intense and widespread, more than 50% of
An example of how contract playbooks designed by lawyer experts can be applied to commercial contracts using GenAI.
As the revolution in large language models (LLMs) makes its way into new startups and applications, would-be customers ask: How is my private data protected? Can commercial AI providers use my input data to train their models?
The value of embracing roles outside our comfort zone
I recently became the Educational Co-Chair of ILTA‘s (International Legal Technology Association) EVOLVE Conference. I ended up in this role because my ambition for myself and my organization required me to wander outside my comfort zone. Yet, along the way, I’ve
The hardest puzzle I’ve ever tried to solve.
This is the last post for several months, as Legal Evolution is pausing publication until the fall of 2023. The reasons why don’t neatly fit into a box. In fact, per the graphic above, I needed several boxes to understand the problem I am trying to solve.
The summer of our discontents
Two months ago, if you prompted Version 3 of the AI-art generator MidJourney to generate depictions of an “otter on a plane using wifi,” you were rewarded with the nonsense in the left panel of our lead graphic. A month later, Version 4 could take the same prompt and render,
In Post 133, Legal Evolution is proud to feature excerpts of Lucy Bassli’s new book, The Simple Guide to Legal Innovation: Basics Every Lawyer Should Know (2020).
When it comes to legal innovation, many practicing lawyers find themselves in an awkward position. Clients and law firms value responsiveness and problem solving, thus there are
