Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2023 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about their work and how they're helping to shape the future of the profession.

Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and Elizabeth Roper of Baker McKenzie take a close look at the National Strategy and identify some takeaways and areas to watch in the coming years.

As privacy litigation is on the rise, compliance solutions company LOKKER rolled out a risk assessment tool that calculates an organizations web privacy violation risk by looking at seven specific factors.

Representatives of the Denver Law Firm Coalition for Racial Equity recently sat down to discuss the coalition's efforts to date, what lies ahead this year, and how IAALS has played an integral role in this important work.

You can be a successful attorney and take care of your mental health. I believe this to be true. And lucky for you, so does one of our outstanding speakers at this year’s The Future Is Now: Legal Services Conference. The post A Successful Law Practice and Strong Mental Health Is Possible appeared first on 2Civility.

Hidden biases, reduced privacy, and over-reliance on non-transparent, decision-making black boxes can cut against democratic values, potentially putting our civil rights at risk. This means that the effective and equitable use of AI will be based on solving inherent ethical, safety, data privacy and cybersecurity challenges. The post AI Is At The Intersection Of Safety And Equity In Healthcare appeared first on Above the Law.

The Commission often receives questions from attorneys on how to handle instances of incivility. We wanted to take things one step further in a session at our upcoming Future Is Now: Legal Services conference (register to join us for the virtual conference on April 20). The post A Roadmap for Lawyers on Navigating Incivility appeared first on 2Civility.

If legal organizations want to successfully engage in effective collaboration in the hybrid environment of today, they need systems that are specifically built to support the type of work that legal professionals do, which is knowledge work.

"By leveraging technology in the legal industry, data-driven automation can decrease hiring biases and increase diversity through more convenient and accessible job opportunities," says Raad Ahmed, founder and CEO of Lawtrades.

While the competition for outside legal services has never been more intense, the strategic approach firms take — including a strategic approach to technology — will define whether the market pressures are a threat or opportunity.

"You are at your own peril if you're not thinking about how to use these tools," said Andrew Woods, general counsel of PubMatic.