Buy new technology? You must also invest your time in learning it

Nov 3, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Tech comes naturally to ‘digital native’ millennials? That’s a myth

The flip side of thinking that technology should be easy (covered last post) is believing that it is too hard for those lacking natural talent. The most common iteration of this belief is the myth of the digital native. Because they grew up surrounded by technology, the next generation has…

Oct 13, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

For Fastcase founders, the message is: Change, and do it faster! (podcast)

Legal technology has changed since 1999, when Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal founded the legal research service Fastcase–but not as much as they'd like.

Oct 12, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Sorry, technology isn’t easy—you take the time to learn, or you lose

A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it isn’t very good. That pithy turn of phrase speaks to a critical concern in a tech-enabled world. The user experience is paramount. People are impatient. If users have to search around for a button to click,…

Oct 3, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

The leadership opportunity for law schools

The recent global recession, new technology and many other factors have changed the job market and work environments for attorneys. The pessimistic outlook on the value of the JD is reflected in a 43 percent decline in law school applicants since 2006. It is a moment of transformational change, calling…

Sep 29, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

Sarah Glassmeyer: Opening a window on closed data

Sarah Glassmeyer

Sep 22, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Gurinder Sangha: Writing off legal troubles

Writing off legal troubles

Sep 21, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Maura Grossman: She’s the star of TAR

She’s the star of TAR

Sep 20, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

David Colarusso: The data scientist at law

The data scientist at law

Sep 15, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Dewey B Strategic’s Jean O’Grady leads lawyers through the tech maze (podcast)

Most people see librarians as the quiet personification of technical obsolescence. Jean O’Grady is out to change that. Far from sitting in a dusty room full of outdated books and CD-ROMs and telling visitors to keep quiet, the senior director of research and knowledge at DLA Piper in Washington, D.C.,…

Sep 14, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Deborah Z. Read: A new ‘PaTH’ for her firm

A new PaTH for her firm

Sep 13, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Manik Suri: Changing government on both ends

Changing government ‘on both ends’

Sep 8, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

J.J. Prescott: Go to court without leaving home

Go to court without leaving home

Sep 7, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Mary Shen O’Carroll: Googling up law department efficiency

Googling up law department efficiency

Sep 6, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Jimoh Ovbiagele: Putting AI in law practice

Putting AI in law practice

Sep 1, 2016 11:45 AM CDT