It was fun to come across Lexblog founder Kevin O’Keefe‘s archived mentions of Sabrina Pacific, Dennis Kennedy and yours truly. It is flattering to think that the three of us may have inspired one of the top entrepreneurs (and nice guys) in legal tech history:
I like LLRX for its info on Internet marketing.
The best way to learn to use AI effectively is to let AI help you.
Jerry Lawson
Since ABA’s Experience magazine is behind a paywall, I let LLRX.com reprint their January interview with me. I enjoyed the interview, especially since I got to acknowledge the other ABA members who had made an impression on me over the years, including:
Cat Moon 😺 likes to say she “lives in the I live in the open mindedness of not knowing enough about anything.”
I dunno. She knows just about everything we need to know about one topic:
“Every single instance of an attorney filing something in court that cites a fake case generated by AI is
Don’t really like to get into current affairs outside the legal tech field here, but money is money, so for the benefit of my readers I’ll pass along the best analysis I’ve seen of the probable unintended effects of our President’s economic agenda.
Economist Noah Smith‘s essay “The Latest Episode of Mad King
Nicole Black’s Sui Generis blog is one of my favorites, a good guide to what’s hot and what’s not, what deserves our attention and what doesn’t. Her recent post The Year Ahead in Legal Tech: AI, Innovation, and Opportunity Tech Trends to Expect in 2025 is overwhelmingly about AI. That should tell you something if
Detecting scams used to be relatively easy. Social engineers nearly always left clues that made spotting and avoiding them easy.
Things have changed. Scammers are enormously more sophisticated. The Washington Post’s personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary‘s top three rules will go a long way toward keeping you safer:
As an Apple Watch fanboy, I often tell my skeptical friends, “Get one. It will improve your quality of life.” Apple Watches have their benefits but are trivial compared to the benefits I’ve gotten using AI for my home and personal needs. AI can help you with everything from finding a recipe for that weird
Negotiation may be the single most crucial skill for lawyers. Upgrading your skills may pay significant dividends. Consider these approaches:
Formal training. Programs like the university consortium Program of Negotiation or Bar Association CLE programs will get you headed in the right direction.
Self-study. Start with classics like Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In or
Hordes of social media posts—and even some media outlets like Newsweek—are reporting that the Grok AI app (described by Elon Musk as the “smartest AI on Earth”) concluded that there is a 75% chance that Donald Trump is a Russian asset.I’m no fan of Trump, but I have to point out that Grok’s analysis
