LawNext
400 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsLawNext is a weekly podcast hosted by Bob Ambrogi, who is internationally known for his writing and speaking on legal technology and innovation. Each week, Bob interviews the innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in the legal industry. From legal technology startups to new law firm business models to enhancing access to justice, Bob and his guests explore the future of law and legal practice.
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Ep 025: Using AI to Enhance Virtual Receptionists, with Smith.ai
January 14, 2019 07:00 - 46 minutes - 65.3 MBWhat do you get if you combine a virtual receptionist service with artificial intelligence? Spoiler alert: The answer is not robots answering the phone. Rather, the folks at Smith.ai say the combination results in a superior receptionist service for both live calls and website chat. By incorporating AI, they say, their service continually gets smarter as it comes to know your practice and your clients. On this episode of LawNext, we speak with Smith.ai’s Justin Maxwell, cofounder and chief...
Episode 24: Making Legal Research Better, with Judicata Founder Itai Gurari
January 07, 2019 08:30 - 44 minutes - 63.6 MBWith Judicata, Itai Gurari believes he has built a better legal research platform. A lawyer and computer scientist, his approach to designing a legal research engine was to first “map the legal genome” -- that is, map the law with extreme accuracy and granularity. The result is a research engine that returns the best results the fastest, he says. Gurari and his company also built Clerk, a tool that analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of legal briefs -- like moneyball for motions, he sa...
Ep 024: Making Legal Research Better, with Judicata Founder Itai Gurari
January 07, 2019 08:30 - 43 minutes - 62 MBWith Judicata, Itai Gurari believes he has built a better legal research platform. A lawyer and computer scientist, his approach to designing a legal research engine was to first “map the legal genome” -- that is, map the law with extreme accuracy and granularity. The result is a research engine that returns the best results the fastest, he says. Gurari and his company also built Clerk, a tool that analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of legal briefs -- like moneyball for motions, he sa...
Ep 023: Dan Rodriguez on Innovating Law and Legal Education
December 17, 2018 05:00 - 43 minutes - 65.1 MBOur guest this week on LawNext is Daniel B. Rodriguez, who recently stepped down as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, where he gained wide recognition for his work to innovate legal education, and recently stepped up to become chair of the governing council of the ABA Center for Innovation, which focuses on improving the affordability, effectiveness, efficiency, and accessibility of legal services. Rodriguez was dean at Northwestern Law from 2012-2018 and now serve...
Episode 23: Dan Rodriguez on Innovating Law and Legal Education
December 17, 2018 05:00 - 44 minutes - 66.7 MBOur guest this week on LawNext is Daniel B. Rodriguez, who recently stepped down as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, where he gained wide recognition for his work to innovate legal education, and recently stepped up to become chair of the governing council of the ABA Center for Innovation, which focuses on improving the affordability, effectiveness, efficiency, and accessibility of legal services. Rodriguez was dean at Northwestern Law from 2012-2018 and now serve...
Ep 022: Elevate’s Acquisition of LexPredict, with Pratik Patel and Dan Katz
December 10, 2018 01:58 - 38 minutes - 54.9 MBIn major legal industry news, global law company Elevate announced its acquisition of the legal AI technology and consulting firm LexPredict. The move combines the comprehensive legal services offering of Elevate with the data science team and AI engine of LexPredict. With Elevate’s alternative services model and LexPredict’s cutting-edge technology, does this acquisition foreshadow the future of legal practice? In this episode of LawNext, we take a deep dive into the acquisition and what ...
Episode 22: Elevate’s Acquisition of LexPredict, with Pratik Patel and Dan Katz
December 10, 2018 01:58 - 39 minutes - 56.5 MBIn major legal industry news, global law company Elevate announced its acquisition of the legal AI technology and consulting firm LexPredict. The move combines the comprehensive legal services offering of Elevate with the data science team and AI engine of LexPredict. With Elevate’s alternative services model and LexPredict’s cutting-edge technology, does this acquisition foreshadow the future of legal practice? In this episode of LawNext, we take a deep dive into the acquisition and what ...
Episode 21: Blockchain, Smart Contracts and the Future of Law, with Casey Kuhlman of Monax
December 03, 2018 19:12 - 42 minutes - 66.2 MBIs the traditional form of contracting broken? Are static legal agreements irrelevant in a fast-moving global economy? Casey Kuhlman, CEO of the blockchain and smart contracts company Monax, believes we’re on the brink of a paradigm shift in how we form and execute legal agreements. Kuhlman and Monax are the principal forces behind the launch of the Agreements Network, which he describes as the “legal layer for a networked world.” The Agreements Network provides a base blockchain layer and...
Ep 021: Blockchain, Smart Contracts and the Future of Law, with Casey Kuhlman of Monax
December 03, 2018 19:12 - 41 minutes - 64.9 MBIs the traditional form of contracting broken? Are static legal agreements irrelevant in a fast-moving global economy? Casey Kuhlman, CEO of the blockchain and smart contracts company Monax, believes we’re on the brink of a paradigm shift in how we form and execute legal agreements. Kuhlman and Monax are the principal forces behind the launch of the Agreements Network, which he describes as the “legal layer for a networked world.” The Agreements Network provides a base blockchain layer and...
Bonus Episode: Podcasting Savvy: A Panel on Law Firm Podcasting
November 29, 2018 22:37 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBIn this special bonus episode of LawNext, we bring you a panel discussion on savvy podcasting for lawyers. Recently, at the 2018 Northeast Regional Conference of the Legal Marketing Association, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi joined a panel of legal marketing and media experts to discuss podcasting for lawyers and law firms. The panelists shared their tips and experiences on starting, producing and promoting legal podcasts. The panel was moderated by Susan Peters, president of Greybridge PR in N...
Ep 020: Live from Moscow: Two Interviews on the State of Legal Tech in Russia
November 26, 2018 08:27 - 33 minutes - 50.6 MBIn this episode of LawNext, we take you live to Russia, where we interview two of the leading experts on Russian legal technology to get their insights and perspectives on the state of innovation and development there. What they say may surprise you. Host Bob Ambrogi recently visited Moscow as the keynote speaker at the Skolkovo LegalTech conference. While there, he recorded these two interviews on the state of the legal tech industry in Russia: Holger Zscheyge, managing director of the p...
Episode 20: Live from Moscow: Two Interviews on the State of Legal Tech in Russia
November 26, 2018 08:27 - 34 minutes - 52 MBIn this episode of LawNext, we take you live to Russia, where we interview two of the leading experts on Russian legal technology to get their insights and perspectives on the state of innovation and development there. What they say may surprise you. Host Bob Ambrogi recently visited Moscow as the keynote speaker at the Skolkovo LegalTech conference. While there, he recorded these two interviews on the state of the legal tech industry in Russia: Holger Zscheyge, managing director of the p...
Ep 019: NetDocuments CTO Alvin Tedjamulia on Helping Lawyers Learn to Love the Cloud
November 20, 2018 03:24 - 42 minutes - 60 MBWhen Alvin Tedjamulia cofounded NetDocuments in 1998 as the first cloud-based platform for document and email management, few lawyers had any concept of what it meant to work in the cloud. Today, NetDocuments has grown to become one of the leading DMS systems in legal, counting some of the world’s leading law firms and corporations as its customers. Now chief technology officer at NetDocuments, Tedjamulia is in charge of strategic planning, cloud engineering, research and development, and ...
Episode 19: NetDocuments CTO Alvin Tedjamulia on Helping Lawyers Learn to Love the Cloud
November 20, 2018 03:24 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBWhen Alvin Tedjamulia cofounded NetDocuments in 1998 as the first cloud-based platform for document and email management, few lawyers had any concept of what it meant to work in the cloud. Today, NetDocuments has grown to become one of the leading DMS systems in legal, counting some of the world’s leading law firms and corporations as its customers. Now chief technology officer at NetDocuments, Tedjamulia is in charge of strategic planning, cloud engineering, research and development, and ...
Ep 018: Adam Ziegler on How Harvard Put 360 Years of Case Law Online
November 12, 2018 10:13 - 37 minutes - 52.5 MBThe recently launched Caselaw Access Project is the capstone to a massive undertaking executed over three years to digitize all U.S. case law, some 6.4 million cases dating back to 1658. Leading the project was Adam Ziegler, director of the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School, which partnered with Ravel Law to digitize the school’s entire library of U.S. cases. In this episode of LawNext, Ziegler joins host Bob Ambrogi to describe the project and its significance for legal researc...
Episode 18: Adam Ziegler on How Harvard Put 360 Years of Case Law Online
November 12, 2018 10:13 - 38 minutes - 53.8 MBThe recently launched Caselaw Access Project is the capstone to a massive undertaking executed over three years to digitize all U.S. case law, some 6.4 million cases dating back to 1658. Leading the project was Adam Ziegler, director of the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School, which partnered with Ravel Law to digitize the school’s entire library of U.S. cases. In this episode of LawNext, Ziegler joins host Bob Ambrogi to describe the project and its significance for legal researc...
Episode 17: Headnote Founder Sarah Schaaf on Simplifying How Lawyers Get Paid
November 05, 2018 11:00 - 40 minutes - 57.6 MBSarah Schaaf wanted to revolutionize how lawyers get paid. After growing up with lawyer parents and then becoming a lawyer herself, including a stint in Google’s legal department, she saw the problems lawyers had in collecting from clients. She envisioned a platform as easy to use as PayPal or Venmo, but made specifically for the legal field and fully compliant with lawyers’ professional responsibilities. Headnote, the company she co-founded and leads as CEO, is both a payment processing p...
Ep 017: Headnote Founder Sarah Schaaf on Simplifying How Lawyers Get Paid
November 05, 2018 11:00 - 39 minutes - 55.9 MBSarah Schaaf wanted to revolutionize how lawyers get paid. After growing up with lawyer parents and then becoming a lawyer herself, including a stint in Google’s legal department, she saw the problems lawyers had in collecting from clients. She envisioned a platform as easy to use as PayPal or Venmo, but made specifically for the legal field and fully compliant with lawyers’ professional responsibilities. Headnote, the company she co-founded and leads as CEO, is both a payment processing p...
Episode 16: Lawmatics Founder Matt Spiegel on Automating Legal Marketing
October 22, 2018 20:18 - 35 minutes - 50.1 MBThey say you can’t go home again, but Matt Spiegel came back to legal technology after selling the first company he founded, MyCase, and then moving to other verticals. Earlier this year, Spiegel launched his second legal technology startup, Lawmatics, a cloud-based platform designed to automate legal marketing, CRM and client intake. Spiegel had been a criminal defense lawyer when, in 2009, he founded MyCase, the legal practice management platform. In 2012, he sold MyCase to AppFolio, an...
Ep 016: Lawmatics Founder Matt Spiegel on Automating Legal Marketing
October 22, 2018 20:18 - 34 minutes - 48.8 MBThey say you can’t go home again, but Matt Spiegel came back to legal technology after selling the first company he founded, MyCase, and then moving to other verticals. Earlier this year, Spiegel launched his second legal technology startup, Lawmatics, a cloud-based platform designed to automate legal marketing, CRM and client intake. Spiegel had been a criminal defense lawyer when, in 2009, he founded MyCase, the legal practice management platform. In 2012, he sold MyCase to AppFolio, an...
Ep 015: Clio’s Acquisition of Lexicata, with Lexicata CEO Michael Chasin
October 16, 2018 04:09 - 34 minutes - 56.3 MBIt was big news earlier this month when practice management company Clio announced that it had acquired Lexicata, the first cloud-based CRM and client-intake platform for lawyers. It was the first acquisition by 10-year-old Clio, which says it will continue to operate Lexicata but will also develop its technology into a new, more advanced client-engagement platform, Clio Grow. Lexicata CEO Michael Chasin and law school classmate Aaron George founded the company in 2014, after previously fo...
Episode 15: Clio’s Acquisition of Lexicata, with Lexicata CEO Michael Chasin
October 16, 2018 04:09 - 35 minutes - 57.8 MBIt was big news earlier this month when practice management company Clio announced that it had acquired Lexicata, the first cloud-based CRM and client-intake platform for lawyers. It was the first acquisition by 10-year-old Clio, which says it will continue to operate Lexicata but will also develop its technology into a new, more advanced client-engagement platform, Clio Grow. Lexicata CEO Michael Chasin and law school classmate Aaron George founded the company in 2014, after previously fo...
Ep 014: DoNotPay Founder Joshua Browder On Replacing Lawyers with Bots
October 11, 2018 10:00 - 27 minutes - 40.3 MBAt just 17 years old, Joshua Browder made international news when he created DoNotPay, a chatbot that helped appeal parking tickets, reportedly saving motorists in the U.S. and UK millions of dollars. Now 21, he has just released a series of apps designed to help consumers solve common legal problems without the help of a lawyer -- including one to file small claims lawsuits in any U.S. jurisdiction. In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi catches up with Browder during the recent Cli...
Episode 14: DoNotPay Founder Joshua Browder On Replacing Lawyers with Bots
October 11, 2018 10:00 - 28 minutes - 41.6 MBAt just 17 years old, Joshua Browder made international news when he created DoNotPay, a chatbot that helped appeal parking tickets, reportedly saving motorists in the U.S. and UK millions of dollars. Now 21, he has just released a series of apps designed to help consumers solve common legal problems without the help of a lawyer -- including one to file small claims lawsuits in any U.S. jurisdiction. In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi catches up with Browder during the recent Cli...
Episode 13: Building Trust Through Blogs – A Conversation with LexBlog Founder Kevin O’Keefe
October 09, 2018 17:16 - 36 minutes - 51.8 MBKevin O’Keefe believes that lawyers get their best work from relationships and a strong word-of-mouth reputation, and that blogging is the perfect way to build relationships and reputation. In 2003, he founded LexBlog, a company devoted to helping lawyers and law firms launch their own blogs. Today, LexBlog has grown to a network of nearly 20,000 legal professionals worldwide blogging on the platform. More recently, LexBlog launched a global legal news and commentary network based on legal...
Ep 013: Building Trust Through Blogs – A Conversation with LexBlog Founder Kevin O’Keefe
October 09, 2018 17:16 - 35 minutes - 50 MBKevin O’Keefe believes that lawyers get their best work from relationships and a strong word-of-mouth reputation, and that blogging is the perfect way to build relationships and reputation. In 2003, he founded LexBlog, a company devoted to helping lawyers and law firms launch their own blogs. Today, LexBlog has grown to a network of nearly 20,000 legal professionals worldwide blogging on the platform. More recently, LexBlog launched a global legal news and commentary network based on legal...
Episode 12: Judging Judges – How Gavelytics’ Judicial Analytics are Reshaping Litigation
October 01, 2018 10:00 - 39 minutes - 55.4 MBWhat if a lawyer could know how a judge is likely to rule in a case or how heavy is a judge’s workload? Rick Merrill was a litigator at a large law firm who became frustrated over his inability to get meaningful information about the judges before whom he appeared. So last year, he launched Gavelytics, a California company that uses analytics and artificial intelligence to analyze docket data and provide lawyers with a range of insights about judges’ propensities, workloads and leanings. I...
Ep 012: Judging Judges – How Gavelytics’ Judicial Analytics are Reshaping Litigation
October 01, 2018 10:00 - 39 minutes - 55.8 MBWhat if a lawyer could know how a judge is likely to rule in a case or how heavy is a judge’s workload? Rick Merrill was a litigator at a large law firm who became frustrated over his inability to get meaningful information about the judges before whom he appeared. So last year, he launched Gavelytics, a California company that uses analytics and artificial intelligence to analyze docket data and provide lawyers with a range of insights about judges’ propensities, workloads and leanings. I...
Ep 011: Avvo Founder Mark Britton on Why He Started It and Why He Left
September 24, 2018 13:00 - 50 minutes - 75.3 MBEarlier this year, Mark Britton left Avvo, the often-controversial company he founded in 2006 and led as CEO, after selling it to web behemoth Internet Brands. Explaining his departure in a memo to his staff, he wrote, “It’s time for me to go.” In this episode of LawNext, Britton reflects on his 12 years at Avvo. In a face-to-face interview with host Bob Ambrogi, he recounts why he started the company and explains why he left. He discusses what he believes his company achieved and what he...
Episode 11: Avvo Founder Mark Britton on Why He Started It and Why He Left
September 24, 2018 13:00 - 53 minutes - 79 MBEarlier this year, Mark Britton left Avvo, the often-controversial company he founded in 2006 and led as CEO, after selling it to web behemoth Internet Brands. Explaining his departure in a memo to his staff, he wrote, “It’s time for me to go.” In this episode of LawNext, Britton reflects on his 12 years at Avvo. In a face-to-face interview with host Bob Ambrogi, he recounts why he started the company and explains why he left. He discusses what he believes his company achieved and what he...
Episode 10: Dr. Khalid Al-Kofahi, Head of AI at Thomson Reuters
September 17, 2018 20:17 - 31 minutes - 44.6 MBIn July, Thomson Reuters unveiled Westlaw Edge, the next generation of its legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to help legal professionals find answers and perform research more efficiently. The engineering of the AI that went into that was spearheaded by Dr. Khalid Al-Kofahi, vice president of research and development at Thomson Reuters and head of the company’s Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing in Toronto. Al-Kofah...
Ep 010: Dr. Khalid Al-Kofahi, Head of AI at Thomson Reuters
September 17, 2018 20:17 - 31 minutes - 45.4 MBIn July, Thomson Reuters unveiled Westlaw Edge, the next generation of its legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to help legal professionals find answers and perform research more efficiently. The engineering of the AI that went into that was spearheaded by Dr. Khalid Al-Kofahi, vice president of research and development at Thomson Reuters and head of the company’s Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing in Toronto. Al-Kofah...
Episode 9: Bill Henderson on the Need to Change Non-Lawyer Ownership Rules
September 10, 2018 06:09 - 36 minutes - 51.7 MBShould legal ethics rules be changed to allow non-lawyer ownership of legal services providers? So controversial is the question that it was major news in July when the State Bar of California voted to appoint a task force to study and make recommendations on the issue. What spurred the bar to take this action was the Legal Market Landscape Report it commissioned from William D. Henderson, professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, who is Bob Ambrogi’s guest on today’s episode t...
Ep 009: Bill Henderson on the Need to Change Non-Lawyer Ownership Rules
September 10, 2018 06:09 - 37 minutes - 52.4 MBShould legal ethics rules be changed to allow non-lawyer ownership of legal services providers? So controversial is the question that it was major news in July when the State Bar of California voted to appoint a task force to study and make recommendations on the issue. What spurred the bar to take this action was the Legal Market Landscape Report it commissioned from William D. Henderson, professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, who is Bob Ambrogi’s guest on today’s episode t...
Ep 008: Shruti Ajitsaria, Head of Fuse, Allen & Overy’s Legal Tech Incubator
September 04, 2018 06:23 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBIn September 2017, venerable Magic Circle law firm Allen & Overy launched Fuse, setting aside a portion of its London office for a collaborative innovation space to develop and test new legal technologies, and it named lawyer Shruti Ajitsaria to head the project. On this episode of LawNext, Ajitsaria joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss why Allen & Overy started Fuse, explain what it does, and describe its work to date. Ajitsaria says Fuse is not an incubator, per se, but a collaborative te...
Episode 8: Shruti Ajitsaria, Head of Fuse, Allen & Overy’s Legal Tech Incubator
September 04, 2018 06:23 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBIn September 2017, venerable Magic Circle law firm Allen & Overy launched Fuse, setting aside a portion of its London office for a collaborative innovation space to develop and test new legal technologies, and it named lawyer Shruti Ajitsaria to head the project. On this episode of LawNext, Ajitsaria joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss why Allen & Overy started Fuse, explain what it does, and describe its work to date. Ajitsaria says Fuse is not an incubator, per se, but a collaborative te...
Ep 007: Jeff Pfeifer of LexisNexis on Data-Driven Lawyering
August 23, 2018 21:04 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBWhat does it mean to practice data-driven law? On this episode, Bob speaks with Jeff Pfeifer, the LexisNexis vice president charged with driving overall product strategy for LexisNexis Legal and Professional, North America. Over the past several years, Pfeifer has spearheaded a series of acquisitions and product developments, all with the goal of establishing LexisNexis as the leader in legal analytics and enabling what he calls data-driven law. Pfeifer oversaw the company’s 2016 acquisiti...
Episode 7: Jeff Pfeifer of LexisNexis on Data-Driven Lawyering
August 23, 2018 21:04 - 32 minutes - 45.9 MBWhat does it mean to practice data-driven law? On this episode, Bob speaks with Jeff Pfeifer, the LexisNexis vice president charged with driving overall product strategy for LexisNexis Legal and Professional, North America. Over the past several years, Pfeifer has spearheaded a series of acquisitions and product developments, all with the goal of establishing LexisNexis as the leader in legal analytics and enabling what he calls data-driven law. Pfeifer oversaw the company’s 2016 acquisiti...
Ep 006: Dera Nevin’s Around-the-World Tour of Legal Innovation
August 15, 2018 23:02 - 52 minutes - 72.9 MBIt was around the world in 40 days – the legal tech world that is. Earlier this year, Dera Nevin traveled to 19 destinations in 15 countries on six continents over 40 days, meeting with legal hackers and legal entrepreneurs all over the world. The trip, in conjunction with the Global Legal Hackathon, taught her lessons about legal technology and innovation on a global scale, and even taught her something about herself. In this episode of LawNext, Nevin – who is now writing a book (mayb...
Episode 6: Dera Nevin’s Around-the-World Tour of Legal Innovation
August 15, 2018 23:02 - 51 minutes - 72.2 MBIt was around the world in 40 days – the legal tech world that is. Earlier this year, Dera Nevin traveled to 19 destinations in 15 countries on six continents over 40 days, meeting with legal hackers and legal entrepreneurs all over the world. The trip, in conjunction with the Global Legal Hackathon, taught her lessons about legal technology and innovation on a global scale, and even taught her something about herself. In this episode of LawNext, Nevin – who is now writing a book (mayb...
Episode 5: How Dan Linna is Indexing (and Teaching) Legal Innovation
August 10, 2018 03:28 - 41 minutes - 56.4 MBWhat does legal innovation look like? For all the talk about innovation in law, who are the real innovators and what are they doing? This week’s guest, Daniel W. Linna Jr., an attorney and law professor, helps us answer that question. Linna is the creator of the Legal Services Innovation Index, where he is cataloging and indexing innovations at law firms and law schools. Through his work, he is helping us understand how law firms can better deliver legal services to their clients and h...
Ep 005: How Dan Linna is Indexing (and Teaching) Legal Innovation
August 10, 2018 03:28 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBWhat does legal innovation look like? For all the talk about innovation in law, who are the real innovators and what are they doing? This week’s guest, Daniel W. Linna Jr., an attorney and law professor, helps us answer that question. Linna is the creator of the Legal Services Innovation Index, where he is cataloging and indexing innovations at law firms and law schools. Through his work, he is helping us understand how law firms can better deliver legal services to their clients and h...
Ep 004 - LegalZoom’s GC On Its $500 Million Investment
August 03, 2018 19:18 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBThe $500 million secondary investment announced recently by online legal services company LegalZoom is the largest investment ever in a legal technology company. It comes as the company continues to expand both its services and its geographic reach. With a valuation of $2 billion and a customer base of 4 million, what will this investment mean for LegalZoom now and into the future? In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi speaks with Chas Rampenthal, general counsel and corporate s...
Episode 4 - LegalZoom’s GC On Its $500 Million Investment
August 03, 2018 19:18 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBThe $500 million secondary investment announced recently by online legal services company LegalZoom is the largest investment ever in a legal technology company. It comes as the company continues to expand both its services and its geographic reach. With a valuation of $2 billion and a customer base of 4 million, what will this investment mean for LegalZoom now and into the future? In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi speaks with Chas Rampenthal, general counsel and corporate s...
Episode 3: Casetext’s Quest to Make Legal Research Affordable
July 28, 2018 00:24 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBFive years ago, legal research platform Casetext launched with a goal of making legal research more affordable and more intuitive. In the years since, the company has attracted $20 million in venture financing and won the 2017 award for new product of the year from the American Association of Law Libraries for its AI-driven research tool CARA. In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi sits downs with two of the company’s founders: Jake Heller, chief executive officer, and Pablo Arre...
Ep 003: Casetext’s Quest to Make Legal Research Affordable
July 28, 2018 00:24 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBFive years ago, legal research platform Casetext launched with a goal of making legal research more affordable and more intuitive. In the years since, the company has attracted $20 million in venture financing and won the 2017 award for new product of the year from the American Association of Law Libraries for its AI-driven research tool CARA. In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi sits downs with two of the company’s founders: Jake Heller, chief executive officer, and Pablo Arre...
Episode 2: Westlaw Edge: AI-Powered Legal Research
July 16, 2018 18:08 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBOn July 12, Thomson Reuters formally launched Westlaw Edge, its next-generation legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to help legal professionals find answers and perform research more efficiently. This was arguably the biggest news to come out of Thomson Reuters’ legal division since its launch eight years ago of Westlaw Next. The day before the official announcement, I had the opportunity to speak with two of the executives who led the developmen...
Ep 002: Westlaw Edge: AI-Powered Legal Research
July 16, 2018 18:08 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBOn July 12, Thomson Reuters formally launched Westlaw Edge, its next-generation legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to help legal professionals find answers and perform research more efficiently. This was arguably the biggest news to come out of Thomson Reuters’ legal division since its launch eight years ago of Westlaw Next. The day before the official announcement, I had the opportunity to speak with two of the executives who led the developmen...
Ep 001: Nicole Bradick, Theory and Principle
July 08, 2018 19:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBI am very pleased and honored to kick off my first episode with guest Nicole Bradick. A veteran legal technology innovator and entrepreneur, Nicole is CEO of Theory and Principle, the technology design and development company she founded last January. Formerly partner and chief strategy officer with legal-technology development firm CuroLegal, Bradick is a 2014 Fastcase 50 honoree, recognizing “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders,” and was profil...
Episode 1: Nicole Bradick, Theory and Principle
July 07, 2018 00:06 - 25 minutes - 35 MBI am very pleased and honored to kick off my first episode with guest Nicole Bradick. A veteran legal technology innovator and entrepreneur, Nicole is CEO of Theory and Principle, the technology design and development company she founded last January. Formerly partner and chief strategy officer with legal-technology development firm CuroLegal, Bradick is a 2014 Fastcase 50 honoree, recognizing “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders,” and was profile...