I’ve been thinking a lot about the posts Bob Ambrogi has written this year about the silos in the legal world and specifically how these silos are holding back progress in improving Access to Justice. See: Legal tech and A2J; Free law and A2J If I have anything to offer to the professional world, maybe… Continue reading What (Tech?) Does A2J Need?
Category: legal tech
The PL in UPL
Picture it. Lexington, Kentucky. Fall 2006. I was a newish law librarian at an academic law library with a significant public patron traffic load. My boss told me “what ever you do, remember you’re not here as a lawyer so you can’t give legal advice, just legal information.” When asked what that meant, I was… Continue reading The PL in UPL
There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
I am recently returned from ILTA 2023 which was held in Orlando, Florida in a Disney-adjacent hotel and conference center. As I haven’t been to DisneyWorld since December of 2000, and my father’s birthday was the Saturday immediately following the conference, I decided to do a two-fer and also hit a few Disney theme parks.… Continue reading There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Legal Technology and Innovation Competency
I had some projects that I wanted to work on this summer after I turned in some writing commitments and I’m happy/proud/shocked to announce that I completed one. Well, completed v1.0 of one. As you may know, one of the things that I am obsessed with is Legal Technology and Innovation training and education. It… Continue reading Legal Technology and Innovation Competency
It’s Not a Small World After All
At the time I am writing this, I am sitting in my little stone house in the Indiana countryside. Meanwhile, friends, co-workers, and seemingly everyone I am connected to on LinkedIn is heading to London for the LegalGeek conference. And friends, let me tell you that I am salty as Hell about this. Now, to… Continue reading It’s Not a Small World After All