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Tech-Enabled A2J: How COVID-19 is inspiring firms to create ATJ tech solutions

In our ongoing column, Tech-Enabled A2J,  Kristen Sonday, co-founder & COO of Paladin, takes a look at how legal start-ups and legal technology innovations are…

Kristen Sonday June 17, 2020

Forum magazine: Georgetown undergrads aid the wrongfully convicted

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Forum magazine. Every other semester, a small class of undergraduate students at Georgetown University ventures far…

Chris O'Leary June 15, 2020

Outlaws: President of LGBT Bar discusses implications of upcoming Supreme Court decisions

With the U.S. Supreme Court ready to decide on landmark federal law that could prohibit sex discrimination in the workplace for LGBTQ employees, many gay…

Natalie Runyon May 27, 2020

Legal design, not legal tech, best enables access to justice

Charles Dickens’ Bleak House begins in the legal world — at the Lincoln’s Inn in London. Smoke rises from the chimneys, mixing with waterside pollution…

Anders Spile May 26, 2020

Cannabis Law: A Question of Federalism for Our Time

Recreational Cannabis is legal in almost a dozen states and medical marijuana in 33 states with more on the way. Public opinion polls reflect a…

Gina Jurva April 14, 2020

Tech-Enabled A2J: Meeting Clients Where They’re At Because the Future of ATJ Tech is Consumer

In an new column, “Tech-Enabled A2J”, we will take a look at how legal start-ups and legal technology innovations are impacting the push toward better…

Kristen Sonday March 30, 2020

To Pay or Not to Pay: Managing Government Risk in the Age of Ransomware Attacks

 We’ve all heard the horror stories of ransomware attacks seizing up government systems and vital records such as in the recent Robinhood cyber-ambush where hackers…

Gina Jurva February 26, 2020

Luminating Latina Lawyers: Judge Lourdes Ventura’s Inspirational Journey to New York State Supreme Court Judge

For Judge Lourdes Ventura, who was recently elected to the New York Supreme Court’s 11th Judicial District after presiding in the New York City Civil…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color December 19, 2019

New Legal Access Apps Spark Great Interest at the Legal Hackers Meet Up

Unless you have a bit of Elliot Alderson in you, you might be put off by a group with “hackers” in its name. But despite…

Eric Seader December 11, 2019

CWAG Webinar: How Data Can Help Prosecutors Disrupt the Human Trafficking Supply Chain

Data, data and more data — that’s the force multiplier law enforcement needs in order to stay one step ahead of criminal enterprises that engage…

Gina Jurva October 11, 2019

Pew Charitable Trusts: Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Civil Justice Systems

The civil justice system does not adequately serve most people who have legal problems, and the attempts to address the issue with technology have been…

David Curle September 13, 2019

Are We Closer to a Tipping Point on Regulatory Reform in Legal Services?

A number of U.S. states, including California and Arizona, have been considering reforms in the ways the practice of law is regulated, in particular rules…

David Curle September 11, 2019