As a litigator in Los Angeles, Nicole Clark saw that state court data could be a secret weapon for winning, but she also saw how difficult it was for her and other lawyers to access that data. That inspired Clark to found Trellis in 2018, to collect and provide access to that data so that other…
Legalweek Moves to March Amid Omicron Surge
The Legalweek conference scheduled to convene in New York City later this month has been moved to March due to the surge in coronavirus cases resulting from the Omicron variant.
Originally scheduled for Jan. 31-Feb. 3, the conference is now scheduled for March 8-11, still at the New York Hilton Midtown.
Mark Fried, CFO…
Startups: Just Two Days Left to Apply for Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW
Friday is the final deadline for legal technology startups to apply for a spot in the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, the American Bar Association’s annual legal technology conference, to be held March 2-5, 2022, both live in Chicago and virtually.
This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to showcase your startup before an audience of legal…
Breaking: Aderant Acquires American LegalNet
Aderant, a global provider of business management software for law firms, has acquired docketing technology and rules-based calendaring company American LegalNet (ALN).
Aderant began notifying customers by email today of the acquisition, and the ALN website now carries the Aderant logo.
ALN offers a cloud-based national docketing and calendaring product,…
Integreon and UpLevel Ops Partner to Offer Corporations ‘Legal Operations Support-as-a-Service’
With the goal of providing full end-to-end legal operations support to corporate clients worldwide, Integreon and UpLevel Ops have formed an alliance to offer what they are calling Legal Operations Support-as-a-Service.
The alliance combines the managed services offerings of alternative legal services provider (ALSP) Integreon with the outsourced strategic advisory services of corporate…
Podcast: The ‘Talk Justice’ Access to Justice Year in Review
I had the great privilege to be a guest on the year-end edition of Talk Justice, the podcast produced by the Legal Services Corporation and hosted by Jason Tashea, a member of LSC’s Emerging Leaders Council.
Also on the episode were Zachariah DeMeola, director of legal education and the legal profession…
Aderant Begins the New Year with a New CEO
The new year begins with news of a new chief executive at Aderant, a global provider of business management software for law firms. Effective today, Chris Cartrett is succeeding Deane Price as the company’s CEO.
The move had been planned since July 2021, when the company announced that Price would…
The Year’s Top Downloads from the LawSites Resource Center
Last year, I introduced something new for this blog: The LawSites Resource Center. It is a library of free downloadable content that includes white papers, webinars, product guides, case studies, industry analysis and more, all provided by experts and vendors within the legal industry.
So which of those resources were of most interest to readers?…
Amid Omicron Surge, Legalweek Conference Is Still on, ALM Executive Says
With the Legalweek conference scheduled to convene in New York City in just a month, I began to hear rumors from multiple sources this week that it was being postponed due to the surge in coronavirus cases resulting from the Omicron variant.
To find out if that was true, I reached out to
The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021
As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. “The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”
This year, my report…
The Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2021
In my LawNext podcast, I have the great privilege of engaging in conversations every week with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” That “what’s next” spans a range of topics, from rethinking legal education to innovating legal practice, from developing new technology to driving greater diversity.
These are among…
My Most-Read Posts of 2021
Twenty twenty-one has been a year of uncertainty for the legal profession, as we have wrestled with the question of returning or not returning. Whether it has been to the office, the courtroom, or legal conferences, we have been unsure whether to go back or not.
Perhaps that explains why my most-read post of the…