Browse By Tags

  • Law Firm Marketing Professionals Rely On Emerging Tech To Drive New Business Development

    By Dave DiCicco | Senior Director of Product Management Law firm business development teams have changed the way they identify, connect with and track their firms’ engagement with prospective new clients. The evolution has been fueled by the emergence...
  • How Legal Analytics Are Used For Litigation Prep

    By Geoff Ivnik | Director of Marketing Data analytics has been a rising catchphrase across industries from professional baseball to managed healthcare for a decade or two. After a series of fits and starts, it now appears to have firmly established...
  • How Law Firm Knowledge Managers Can Leverage Data Analytics to Improve Firm Performance

    By Doug Stansfield | Sr. Director Product Management One of the important lessons that law firms learned amid the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 was the importance of an effective knowledge management strategy — and access to KM tools — in order...
  • Four Tips for Job Hunting During an Economic Downturn

    Spoiler alert: Job hunting during an economic downturn is challenging. A moment when businesses (including the nation’s largest law firms ) are trimming costs and laying off employees is not an ideal time to knock on the door for a job. Open positions...
  • Technology for Litigators: 5 Reasons Why Data Analytics Tools Matter for Success

    This post was originally published in July 2020 and was updated in April 2023. Long reserved for big law firms with big budgets, litigation data analytics tools have become more accessible in recent years. These groundbreaking resources allow firms...
  • The Unexpected Challenges to Adopting New Technology in Your Law Firm

    Legal technology can completely change the practice of law. But implementing legal technology into your law firm can have unexpected challenges. Indeed, incorporating law and technology into your practice can seem like a daunting task, especially if it...
  • A Paralegal’s Guide to AI and Automation

    One might look at the rapid evolution of legal technology and think that the days of the traditional paralegal are numbered. However, as most law firms would likely tell you, this simply is not true. Though some of the tasks that they’ve handled...
  • Five Questions to Ask When Choosing a Legal Research Service Provider

    The Importance of Reliable Legal Research Despite changes in the legal industry, like advancing technology and innovative legal marketing , there is one aspect that is as true today as it was decades ago: attorneys would not be able to provide accurate...
  • Web Scraping, Bots and Privacy: HiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp.

    You’re probably already familiar with LinkedIn®. It’s a popular networking site that’s designed for professionals across the entire spectrum of industries, from C-suite executives to gigging musicians. The site allows individuals...
  • Five Legal Trends to Watch in 2020

    If we could see the future with perfect clarity, we would all be on a yacht somewhere. But even so, some of the biggest trends that will impact the legal profession over the next year are inescapable. An aging population, the integration of technology...
  • How AI is Helping Small Law Firms Level the Discovery Playing Field

    Only a few years ago, small law firms had legitimate cause for concern when faced with the prospect of having to review thousands—or even millions—of documents during the discovery phase of a lawsuit. How could a law firm of only a handful...
  • Why AI Adoption Challenges for Small Firms Aren't as Tough as They Seem

    Summary: How Can AI Be Used in Legal Research? Barriers to AI in the Legal Industry Should Attorneys Use Artificial Intelligence? AI Solutions for Lawyers This post was originally published in September 2019 and was updated in May 2023...
  • Small Law Tech Adoption Delivers Big Efficiencies

    Although Big Law has vast resources, small law firms are in a better position to innovate. Innovation in law may be traced to a collective of people, process and technology. Now more than ever, general counsel are focused on working with progressive law...
  • Small Firm Innovation Takes Many Forms

    We tend to associate “innovation” with technological breakthroughs: advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology, alternative energy, driverless cars and the like. It’s no surprise, then, that talk of innovation in the legal industry also...
  • How Technology Is (Still) Helping Small Law Firms Level the Playing Field

    New technology is helping small and solo law firms level the playing field with their larger competition. That sure sounds like a true statement, doesn’t it? And yes, it is. But the full story is a little more complicated. For one thing, as past...
  • Accelerating Technology: Your Head-In-the-Sand Mentality Won’t Work Anymore

    Accelerating legal technology: It's a good thing! Tech-challenged lawyers must adopt this mantra: Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood . — Marie Curie Some’ll shrug off this advice. They’ll say,...