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Gear Up for Competitive Intelligence 2.0

How is the changing legal landscape affecting your business? Eight ways to step up your competitive intelligence game and prevent being blind-sided.

Mark Beese - August 29, 2018
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Wayne Hassay: Embracing Legal Services Plans Is Good for Lawyers, Good for Access to Justice

Q&A with Mary Juetten and Wayne Hassay: Steady income from high-volume, affordable legal services is fuel for this midsize law firm's growth.

Mary Juetten - August 21, 2018
Try Outsourcing When You Can’t Clone Yourself

How do you staff up during big cases and busy seasons and avoid ethics issues? Five ethics rules of engagement when outsourcing legal work.

Kristin Tyler - August 17, 2018
2018 Marketing and Business Development Survey
Survey Reveals Disturbing Undercurrents Beneath the “New Normal”

LexisNexis Interaction 2018 Law Firm Marketing & Business Development Survey is a fascinating look at how firms and marketers are settling into a “new normal,” where they plan to direct their marketing and business development dollars, and whom ...

Susan Kostal - July 31, 2018
Using Tech to Expand the Pro Bono Provider Pie

When the phrase “legal tech” comes to mind, it's usually associated with the tools that propel law firm operations, or even automating tasks otherwise performed by lawyers to reduce corporate legal spend. But what if legal tech ultimately shines ...

Susan Kostal - July 19, 2018
TALS A2J Q&A with Ann Pruitt
Ann Pruitt of TALS: Promoting Legal Wellness Via Technology

In Attorney at Work's A2J Q&A series, Mary Juetten introduces the inspiring people behind innovative programs and initiatives. In this interview, she asks Ann Jarvis Pruitt, Executive Director of the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, about ...

Mary Juetten - July 13, 2018
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Blockchain 101: What Attorneys Need to Know Now

Blockchain is one of the hottest business buzzwords of the past year. Many associate it with cryptocurrencies, thanks to the explosion of bitcoin and its counterparts. However, blockchain has far broader implications that affect businesses ...

Arup Das - May 21, 2018
Five Ways to Support Diverse Legal Tech Entrepreneurs

In recent years, a frustrating paradox has emerged: Far more legal technology is being built than ever before, yet somehow the justice gap in America keeps widening. A whopping 86 percent of low-income individuals who need legal help in the U.S. ...

Kristen Sonday - May 18, 2018
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Will AI Change the Way We Work for Better or for Worse?

Across industries, we have repeatedly seen that innovative technology does not replace the unique value-add of humans. Still, the uncertainty of change can leave any profession anxious. A recent study found half of the lawyers at London’s ...

Laura van Wyngaarden - May 15, 2018
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Five Ways to Make Connections at Avvo Lawyernomics 2018

Lawyernomics is one of the tentpole legal technology conferences every year. There are only a few other events at the intersection of law and technology that bring you a comparable combination of content, attendees, vendors and, of course, ...

Avvo - May 5, 2018
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