Aba Journal: Legal Rebels

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 53:06:37
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Synopsis

The ABA Journal Legal Rebels Podcast features men and women who are remaking the legal profession and highlights the pioneers who are changing the way law is practiced and setting the standards that will guide the profession in the future.

Episodes

  • How a social justice innovation lab is developing new types of legal services

    16/02/2022 Duration: 32min

    The Innovation for Justice lab launched at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law in 2018 with the goal of designing, building and testing new solutions to addressing the justice gap impacting millions of Americans. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.

  • How this contracts platform uses AI to help users manage and analyze key documents

    19/01/2022 Duration: 35min

    Evisort co-founder Jake Sussman says when the company began developing its contract management and analysis platform, its goal was to use artificial intelligence as a last resort. But it soon became clear that AI was the only way to solve the contract challenges that Evisort wanted to help users tackle. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.

  • How an e-discovery platform has evolved to meet the new challenges facing clients

    15/12/2021 Duration: 34min

    AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of e-discovery platform Everlaw, likes to say his company’s technology is designed to help clients find needles in a haystack. But he notes that the haystacks that law firms and corporate in-house teams have to confront have grown in size and complexity in recent years. This has prompted cloud-based Everlaw to enhance and broaden its e-discovery offerings. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.

  • How a law prof is training paraprofessionals to represent immigrants in legal proceedings

    17/11/2021 Duration: 33min

    Law prof Michele Pistone says there aren’t enough immigration lawyers and pro bono attorneys to meet the demand of immigrants seeking legal assistance. This justice gap is a primary reason that she created a program to train paraprofessionals to handle legal work in the immigration realm. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.  

  • Why this BigLaw firm is embracing an ‘augmented automation solution’ for clients

    13/10/2021 Duration: 35min

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced last month that it had teamed up with Workiva Inc. to create an application that automates the S-1 form that companies must file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when going public. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.

  • Why an online legal marketplace has added tech companies and other alternative providers

    15/09/2021 Duration: 24min

    Priori is an online platform known for using data and technology to connect in-house legal teams with lawyers and law firms who can assist with a wide variety of projects. But Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder at Priori, says the company noticed that clients were sometimes turning to its online marketplace for help with problems that “might be best solved by a ‘new law’ company or a nontraditional legal provider.” Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications, Nota, and Smokeball.

  • This online platform aims to help pro se litigants with complex civil cases

    18/08/2021 Duration: 30min

    Sonja Ebron and her wife, Debra Slone, saw firsthand how difficult it can be to represent yourself in civil cases through experiences they had being sued and suing others. Ebron says the couple’s legal battles spanning several different practice areas ultimately prompted them to develop a platform called Courtroom5, an online toolbox that helps self-represented litigants handle their cases from start to finish.  Unlike many other technological tools for pro se litigants, Ebron says Courtroom5 is particularly well-suited to help people with complex civil matters and can be utilized by consumers nationwide.  “Our goal is to simplify the process as much as possible for people who first of all really don’t want to be in court and secondly don’t have the legal background,” she says. The company, which is based in Durham, North Carolina, is also working to add a feature to help users connect with lawyers for a-la-carte services. In this new episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, Ebron discusses the build-up to the la

  • How one bankruptcy software company had a banner year despite filings hitting a low

    21/07/2021 Duration: 33min

    NextChapter’s success last year came in its first full year after being acquired by legal research company FastCase. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.

  • A new evidence management tool aims to help public defenders process video and audio

    16/06/2021 Duration: 29min

    Two University of Chicago alums and technologists have developed a technology platform known as JusticeText, an AI-powered evidence management tool primarily geared toward public defenders. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.

  • New AI-powered legal writing tool aims to help lawyers craft winning briefs

    19/05/2021 Duration: 31min

    A former assistant attorney general has created an AI-powered legal writing tool to help other lawyers craft case-winning briefs in an efficient manner. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.

  • How one firm is trying to convince technology clients to embrace subscription pricing

    14/04/2021 Duration: 31min

    When two women discussed starting their own law firm two years ago, the experienced in-house lawyers agreed that they should take a subscription-pricing approach with clients. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.

  • Experienced cloud-based law firm thrives during COVID-19, firm co-founder says

    17/03/2021 Duration: 28min

    “You make a lot more money when you come work for us than you do at a traditional firm,” says Kevin Broyles, a co-founder and managing partner of FisherBroyles.

  • Virtual onboarding has provided some unexpected benefits, firm shareholder says

    10/02/2021 Duration: 27min

    John Van Amsterdam says his law firm has prioritized frequent virtual contacts with new attorneys and staff, generating particularly good feedback from lateral hires.

  • Law firms should not rush lateral hiring, due diligence expert says

    13/01/2021 Duration: 30min

    Michael Ellenhorn, the founder and CEO of Decipher, says law firms would be wise not to quicken the hiring process too much.

  • Deloitte is monitoring regulatory reforms but is focused on growing new practice

    16/12/2020 Duration: 32min

    For now, Don Fancher says Deloitte is focused in the United States on growing the legal business services practice that it launched in July.

  • Constant communication has been key amid COVID-19, law school dean says

    18/11/2020 Duration: 21min

    L. Song Richardson, the dean at the University of California at Irvine School of Law, discusses with the ABA Journal's Lyle Moran how to making remote learning successful during a pandemic.

  • Firms of the future: COVID-19 prompts more law firms to pursue real estate downsizing

    14/10/2020 Duration: 32min

    In recent years, a growing number of law firms reduced their brick-and-mortar office space as a way to cut costs and also better meet the changing workplace needs of their attorneys. Sherry Cushman says the COVID-19 pandemic has further enhanced the desire of firms to shrink their real estate footprint.

  • This Louisiana judge continues to innovate during the COVID-19 crisis

    16/09/2020 Duration: 23min

    Judge Scott Schlegel talks about his initial tactics into delivering justice online and delve into how he and his court responded to COVID-19.

  • Bench trial by video? This lawyer says it went better than expected

    19/08/2020 Duration: 23min

    Chicago lawyer Kathy Ehrhart and her firm represented two of the three defendants in a civil case focused on alleged breach of contract concerning a real estate transaction. Though the video proceedings were not without some technical challenges, Ehrhart says the overall experience was better than she expected. "I think as time went on through the trial, we all felt an increasing ability to recapture some of those things that otherwise are lost," she says. Special thanks to our sponsor Alert Communications.

  • Legal reform advocates need to more actively engage the public

    15/07/2020 Duration: 31min

    Supporters of broad reforms to how the legal profession is regulated must do a better job drawing the public into ongoing conversations in several states about such issues, says Paula Littlewood, the former longtime executive director of the Washington State Bar Association. "We need to break outside what I call the echo chamber of the profession and really start bringing the consumer and the public to the table to understand what changes could really enhance their ability to access legal services," Littlewood tells the ABA Journal's Lyle Moran in this episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast. "If you talk to a family member, you talk to a taxi driver and you explain the concept of a limited license legal technician, I can guarantee you that nine times out of 10 the answer is, 'Well, that totally makes sense.'" Special thanks to our sponsor Alert Communications.

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