Number of legal professionals using generative artificial intelligence rises
THE GLOBAL LEGAL POST — More than a quarter of law firms and legal departments say they are using generative AI (Gen AI) technology, a sharp increase in users over the past 12 months, according to a Thomson Reuters study.
Read More about Number of legal professionals using generative artificial intelligence risesLaw firms continue to hire DEI program leaders despite federal push
BLOOMBERG LAW — Top law firms are moving forward with diversity, equity and inclusion programs, even as some rivals make changes in response to federal pressure.
Read More about Law firms continue to hire DEI program leaders despite federal pushUS Justice Department bars its attorneys from participating in ABA events
REUTERS — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday barred its attorneys from traveling to or speaking at American Bar Association events, in the latest salvo by President Donald Trump’s administration against the nation’s largest voluntary lawyer group.
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REUTERS — As most major law firms stay silent on U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal industry, some of the firms’ lawyers are pushing back on their own.
Read More about Some lawyers leave law firms over response to executive ordersOpinion: How some judges are defending lawyers against federal action
THE WASHINGTON POST — The White House is waging war on lawyers. Some judges are having none of it.
Read More about Opinion: How some judges are defending lawyers against federal actionUniversity of Virginia Law professor Amanda Frost says White House executive orders against law firms face an uphill battle in court
BLOOMBERG LAW — The US Supreme Court may soon decide whether a single federal judge can stop President Donald Trump from denying the rights of citizenship to hundreds of thousands of newborn babies—even those whose parents aren’t parties to the cases before him.
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Amanda Frost says White House executive orders against law firms face an uphill battle in courtHow Maryland law firms are responding to executive orders targeting the legal profession
THE DAILY RECORD — Most Maryland law firm leaders don’t want to talk publicly about President Donald Trump‘s executive orders targeting firms that represent or employ his perceived enemies.
Read More about How Maryland law firms are responding to executive orders targeting the legal professionA look at accommodations for neurodiverse attorneys at law firms
ILTA — Last April, I went out of my comfort zone and wrote a blog about neurodiversity in legal professions.
Read More about A look at accommodations for neurodiverse attorneys at law firmsHow the legal profession can prepare employees for the use of artificial intelligence
BLOOMBERG LAW — In-house legal teams and law firms are of two minds on artificial intelligence—concerned about getting left behind during a once-in-a-generation technology transition, but also quietly wondering if AI might be mutton dressed as lamb.
Read More about How the legal profession can prepare employees for the use of artificial intelligenceA look at the rise of artificial intelligence in the practice of law
STREET INSIDER — In the marble-clad hallways of traditional law firms, a quiet revolution is taking place. Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, is now transforming the day-to-day operations of legal practice.
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