Aba Journal: Legal Rebels
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 44:13:36
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Sinopse
The ABA Journal Legal Rebels Podcast features men and women who are remaking the legal profession and highlights the pioneers who are changing the way law is practiced and setting the standards that will guide the profession in the future.
Episódios
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Why this BigLaw Firm Adopted a Permanent Work-from-Anywhere Policy for its Lawyers and Staff
17/08/2022 Duração: 22minThanks to nearly two-years of COVID-19-related shutdowns and sheltering-in-place orders, working from home has become the new normal. Face-to-face interactions have been replaced by meeting on real-time videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, FaceTime or Microsoft Teams, while cloud-based collaborative programs have become absolutely vital if any work is to be done.
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How technology can improve immigration policy and practice
20/07/2022 Duração: 29minImmigration is an area of law that lends itself well to technological innovations. It is in that intersection in which immigration lawyer Greg Siskind does his work.
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Taking on unauthorized practice of law regulations to expand access to justice
15/06/2022 Duração: 25minAre you struggling with debt? Do you have collectors breathing down your neck, threatening to repossess your property and filing lawsuits against you in court? For many Americans facing this dilemma, their options are fairly limited.
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EmotionTrac analyzes facial expressions in real time to help lawyers pick juries, market themselves
18/05/2022 Duração: 24minFacial recognition software is becoming a greater part of our everyday lives. But the technology is controversial and not without its critics. Questions about its accuracy—especially relating to recognizing minority faces—remain. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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TurnSignl app seeks to provide real-time legal assistance and de-escalation of tension during traffic stops
13/04/2022 Duração: 22minLike many Americans, Jazz Hampton and two of his friends, Andre Creighton and Mychal Frelix, watched in horror as two fellow Minnesotans, Philando Castile and George Floyd, were killed by police officers following what seemed to be routine traffic stops. If only there had been a way to de-escalate those situations while protecting the rights of the person detained, as well as the law enforcement officer involved. So they came up with one. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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With alternative dispute rising in popularity, this platform aims to help mediators and arbitrators
23/03/2022 Duração: 35minAs a young personal injury litigator in Georgia, Gino Brogdon Jr. says he was accustomed to using different technology tools to manage his practice. But when Brogdon began working as a mediator, he realized that there were limited tech options to assist him in the alternative dispute resolution realm. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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How a social justice innovation lab is developing new types of legal services
16/02/2022 Duração: 32minThe Innovation for Justice lab launched at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law in 2018 with the goal of designing, building and testing new solutions to addressing the justice gap impacting millions of Americans. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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How this contracts platform uses AI to help users manage and analyze key documents
19/01/2022 Duração: 35minEvisort co-founder Jake Sussman says when the company began developing its contract management and analysis platform, its goal was to use artificial intelligence as a last resort. But it soon became clear that AI was the only way to solve the contract challenges that Evisort wanted to help users tackle. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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How an e-discovery platform has evolved to meet the new challenges facing clients
15/12/2021 Duração: 34minAJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of e-discovery platform Everlaw, likes to say his company’s technology is designed to help clients find needles in a haystack. But he notes that the haystacks that law firms and corporate in-house teams have to confront have grown in size and complexity in recent years. This has prompted cloud-based Everlaw to enhance and broaden its e-discovery offerings. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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How a law prof is training paraprofessionals to represent immigrants in legal proceedings
17/11/2021 Duração: 33minLaw prof Michele Pistone says there aren’t enough immigration lawyers and pro bono attorneys to meet the demand of immigrants seeking legal assistance. This justice gap is a primary reason that she created a program to train paraprofessionals to handle legal work in the immigration realm. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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Why this BigLaw firm is embracing an ‘augmented automation solution’ for clients
13/10/2021 Duração: 35minWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced last month that it had teamed up with Workiva Inc. to create an application that automates the S-1 form that companies must file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when going public. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.
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Why an online legal marketplace has added tech companies and other alternative providers
15/09/2021 Duração: 24minPriori is an online platform known for using data and technology to connect in-house legal teams with lawyers and law firms who can assist with a wide variety of projects. But Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder at Priori, says the company noticed that clients were sometimes turning to its online marketplace for help with problems that “might be best solved by a ‘new law’ company or a nontraditional legal provider.” Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications, Nota, and Smokeball.
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This online platform aims to help pro se litigants with complex civil cases
18/08/2021 Duração: 30minSonja Ebron and her wife, Debra Slone, saw firsthand how difficult it can be to represent yourself in civil cases through experiences they had being sued and suing others. Ebron says the couple’s legal battles spanning several different practice areas ultimately prompted them to develop a platform called Courtroom5, an online toolbox that helps self-represented litigants handle their cases from start to finish. Unlike many other technological tools for pro se litigants, Ebron says Courtroom5 is particularly well-suited to help people with complex civil matters and can be utilized by consumers nationwide. “Our goal is to simplify the process as much as possible for people who first of all really don’t want to be in court and secondly don’t have the legal background,” she says. The company, which is based in Durham, North Carolina, is also working to add a feature to help users connect with lawyers for a-la-carte services. In this new episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, Ebron discusses the build-up to the la
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How one bankruptcy software company had a banner year despite filings hitting a low
21/07/2021 Duração: 33minNextChapter’s success last year came in its first full year after being acquired by legal research company FastCase. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.
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A new evidence management tool aims to help public defenders process video and audio
16/06/2021 Duração: 29minTwo University of Chicago alums and technologists have developed a technology platform known as JusticeText, an AI-powered evidence management tool primarily geared toward public defenders. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.
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New AI-powered legal writing tool aims to help lawyers craft winning briefs
19/05/2021 Duração: 31minA former assistant attorney general has created an AI-powered legal writing tool to help other lawyers craft case-winning briefs in an efficient manner. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.
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How one firm is trying to convince technology clients to embrace subscription pricing
14/04/2021 Duração: 31minWhen two women discussed starting their own law firm two years ago, the experienced in-house lawyers agreed that they should take a subscription-pricing approach with clients. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.
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Experienced cloud-based law firm thrives during COVID-19, firm co-founder says
17/03/2021 Duração: 28min“You make a lot more money when you come work for us than you do at a traditional firm,” says Kevin Broyles, a co-founder and managing partner of FisherBroyles.
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Virtual onboarding has provided some unexpected benefits, firm shareholder says
10/02/2021 Duração: 27minJohn Van Amsterdam says his law firm has prioritized frequent virtual contacts with new attorneys and staff, generating particularly good feedback from lateral hires.
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Law firms should not rush lateral hiring, due diligence expert says
13/01/2021 Duração: 30minMichael Ellenhorn, the founder and CEO of Decipher, says law firms would be wise not to quicken the hiring process too much.