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The Bright Legal Future

WA Bar News

Judges and clerks spend a substantial amount of time researching legal issues and writing memos and briefs. I’m reminded of a protection order case I worked on in law school in which I had to bring my laptop and flash drives (and explain what a flash drive was to the judge) to present video evidence in court. She wasn’t wrong.

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Everything You Should Know About AI Legal Tech

Percipient

It can also help with legal research, finding relevant case laws or statutes quickly without endless hours of manual searching. AI-Powered Legal Research Tools AI legal research tools take the hassle out of finding case law, statutes, and precedents. The good news?

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15 Top Tools for Lawyers To Help Grow Their Law Firms

MyCase

eDiscovery Tools Legal research and eDiscovery tools give you a simpler and more efficient way to manage discovery and analysis. Unlike traditional discovery, which requires manual review of documents and evidence, eDiscovery lets you automate searches, categorization, and information gathering.

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Westlaw Precision: Next-Generation Legal Research With a Human Touch

Attorney at Work

Thomson Reuters has launched Westlaw Precision, its most dramatic update to the Westlaw research platform since Westlaw Edge in 2018. For this new version, Westlaw tackled the underlying issues that slow down legal research — namely lack of precision in search results, which leads to extra hours reviewing cases that aren’t relevant.

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Forecasting the Forecasters: Upcoming Trends in Judicial Analytics

Attorney at Work

In the past, attorneys navigated these twists and turns by relying on intuition, experience and anecdotal evidence. There was no effective way to perform practical legal research on state trial court records. But things are starting to change.

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Five Legal Technology Trends of Note From the TechnoLawyer Top Products Awards of 2021

Attorney at Work

With the delete key a tap away, it’s vital to defensibly collect this evidence while you can. WebPreserver generates a certificate for authenticating this evidence in court. Legal Research Tools That Find the Previously Unfindable. Two TechnoLawyer award winners do just that.

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Essential Steps for Effective Trial Preparation

Jonathan Leach LLC

This involves reviewing all available documents, evidence, and witness statements. A good lawyer will create a case theory based on the case’s evidence and legal principles and present it clearly and concisely. Organize and Manage Evidence Efficiently organizing and managing evidence is crucial.