Kicking Off the New Year with A Bang, Two Top Law Firm Consulting Businesses, Lawyerist and Affinity, Announce Merger
Kicking off the new year with a bang, two of the best-known companies in the United States providing business coaching and technology consulting to law firms have merged, creating a combined entity of nearly 100 people with expertise across virtually all sectors of law, particularly small- and mid-sized law firms. Lawyerist Media LLC, which started …
LegalTech 2022 in Review – The Kennedy-Mighell Report Podcast
Tom Mighell and I invited our friend Debbie Foster to continue our annual podcast tradition of reflecting on the past year in legal technology in the style of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption show. We tried to hit as many topics and highlights as we could in this fast-paced episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report podcast on... Continue Reading...
Legaltech Week Year-End Edition: Panelists Pick their Top Stories of 2022 and Predict What’s Ahead for 2023
Every Friday on Legaltech Week, the panelists come together to discuss the top stories of the week in legal tech and innovation. This week, in a special year-end edition, the panelists will pick their top stories of the year and offer their predictions for what’s ahead in 2023. Join us Dec. 30 at 3 ET …
Legaltech Week Year-End Edition: Panelists Pick their Top Stories of 2022 and Predict What’s Ahead for 2023
Every Friday on Legaltech Week, the panelists come together to discuss the top stories of the week in legal tech and innovation. This week, in a special year-end edition, the panelists will pick their top stories of the year and offer their predictions for what’s ahead in 2023. Join us Dec. 30 at 3 ET …
How Law Schools Could Solve the Legal Tech Competence Problem Almost Overnight
This year marked the 10th anniversary of the American Bar Association’s adoption of the duty of technology competence for lawyers. Ever since, I have tracked states’ adoption of the duty, which is now up to 40 states. But even after 10 years and 40 states, many lawyers still lack competence in technology. “I know the …
Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2022 and of All Time
Since starting my LawNext podcast in 2018, I have had the great fortune of sitting down almost every week for conversations with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” While I enjoy each and every conversation, the numbers of listens reveal something about which topics and guests you, the listeners, found most …
My 20 Most-Read Posts of 2022
Every year since 2010, I have compiled a list of my most-popular posts. In some years, there has seemed to be a theme across the most-read posts. But this year, they seem to span the gamut of topics I cover, from analytics to artificial intelligence, from legal ethics to legal research, from new companies starting …
‘Tis the Season … for Layoffs in Legal Tech, As Multiple Companies Send Out Pink Slips
For some employees of legal tech companies, the holidays have been far from merry, as their employers have trimmed headcounts and sent out layoff notices. The exact number of layoffs in legal tech are unknown. It is difficult to track and confirm layoffs, as companies are often secretive about them. Although, in the U.S., the …
‘Tis the Season … for Layoffs in Legal Tech, As Multiple Companies Send Out Pink Slips
For some employees of legal tech companies, the holidays have been far from merry, as their employers have trimmed headcounts and sent out layoff notices. The exact number of layoffs in legal tech are unknown. It is difficult to track and confirm layoffs, as companies are often secretive about them. Although, in the U.S., the …
