Web & Tech
FAQs on Chat GPT for Solo and Small Law Firms
In the three months since ChatGPT’s November 30, 2022 release, inaccuracies about the product have been swarming throughout the solo and small law firm community. Common misconceptions include the mistaken belief that ChatGPT scrapes web content, or that OpenAI, ChatGPT’s parent owns all copyright to user input and resulting output. Many of these myths arise…
Read MoreDisability and Legal Tech Design
[This post gives an overview of the #ABATECHSHOW 2023 presentation Accessibility in Legal Tech by attorneys Haley Moss and Lisa Mueller, based on a summary by ChatGPT as edited by Carolyn Elefant] Disability Definitions The speakers opened the session with some foundational definitions: Disability – According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: A…
Read MoreWeb 3.0 + Lawyer Engagement Agreements – Part II – Accepting Cryptocurrency and NFTs as Payment for Legal Fees
Part I of this post on Web 3.0 + Engagement Agreements discussed considerations for representing DAOs in lawyer engagement agreements. Here in Part II, we’ll move on to what terms to include in your retainer agreement to ethically accept cryptocurrency or NFTs as payment for legal services. Accepting Cryptocurrency Payments For Legal Fees For starters,…
Read MoreWeb 3.0 + Lawyer Engagement Agreements -Part I – Representing a DAO
Ready or not, Web 3.0 is going mainstream. According to the Gartner Hype Cycle for Blockchain and Web3 published in July 2022, wider consumer and business adoption of Web 3.0 commercial applications like blockchain wallets, cryptocurrency, NFT games and smart contracts are on course to reach a tipping point in the next two to five…
Read MoreCatching Up With Briefcatch – A Superpowered Editing Tool
Back in 2018, I reviewed Briefcatch, a supercool word add-on editing tool invented by legal writing guru Ross Guberman that that makes intelligent proofing and style suggestions and assigns a grade to your writing. While I raved about the product in my original post, alas, as a Mac user, I was never able to actually…
Read MoreLawyers and Judge Handle Zoom CATastrophe PURRfectly
A cat may have nine lives…but a video of a lawyer appearing as a cat at a virtual court hearing is trending towards nine million views. If you’re not already fur-miliar with what happened, here’s a quick hiss-tory of the Zoom Cat-astrophe. Rod Ponton, a county attorney in Texas logged into a Zoom hearing on…
Read MoreA Decade’s Worth of Tech for Lawyers That Made Me Swoon
For me, finding the right law firm technology is just like falling in love. Every interaction is effortless. You feel a magnetic, almost addictive attraction that makes you want to spend more time getting to know everything about the object of your affection. You become a better person because you’ve found something that to bring…
Read MoreAnother Day, Another Directory for Lawyers
Via Bob Ambrogi’s Law Sites blog, I learned of the launch of Modern Attorney, a new legal directory intended to serve the needs of today’s millennials. Developed by Next Chapter which was recently acquired by Fastcase, Modern Attorney includes the types of information believed to be important to millennial in choosing a lawyer – such…
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