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Adventures In Legal TechArtificial Flavor - How AI Has & Will Irrevocably Change the Practice of Law with Stephen EmbryI talked with a legaltech journalist about the many ways in which artificial intelligence will impact the legal vertical. Episode Highlights 01:04 - Unique tech solutions for law firms. 01:43 - Generative AI’s impact on law practice. 03:00 - Stephen Embry joins as guest expert. 05:55 - Threat to the traditional law firm model. 09:40 - Shifting from billable hours to value-based fees. 14:51 - Tech Law Crossroads blog origin. 18:19 - Stephen’s South by Southwest experience. 21:08 - Valuing law work by outcome, not hours. 24:14 - Law automation: Replacing non-productive work. 27:40 - The...2025-04-0737 min
Legal Talk Network - Law News and Legal TopicsThis year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than everFor one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the biggest of all time—emanating for the first time from the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Techshow co-chair Stephen Embry talks to the ABA Journal’s Victor Li about what to expect from this year’s show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-1233 min
ABA Journal: Legal RebelsThis year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than everFor one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the biggest of all time—emanating for the first time from the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Techshow co-chair Stephen Embry talks to the ABA Journal’s Victor Li about what to expect from this year’s show.2025-03-1233 min
ABA Journal Podcasts - Legal Talk NetworkThis year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than everFor one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the biggest of all time—emanating for the first time from the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Techshow co-chair Stephen Embry talks to the ABA Journal’s Victor Li about what to expect from this year’s show.2025-03-1233 min
Legal Talk NetworkThis year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than everFor one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the biggest of all time—emanating for the first time from the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Techshow co-chair Stephen Embry talks to the ABA Journal’s Victor Li about what to expect from this year’s show.2025-03-1128 min
Legaltech Week02/21/25: Trump cancels SEC's Westlaw subscription, Deposely offers free AI litigation tool, & moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 03:43 Trump Cancels The SEC’s Westlaw Subscription For Probably The Dumbest Possible Reason (Selected by Joe Patrice) 14:40 My JELL-O Theory of Legal Tech (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 30:50 Wondering what the Big 4 are up to? Stuart Bedford, KPMG’s global head of legal services, makes it pretty clear (Selected by Stephen Embry) 41:50 Upsolve: Building the turbotax of bankruptcy and battling UPL r...2025-02-2757 minLegaltech Week02/07/25: Women + AI summit, our experiments with OpenAI Deep Research, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 03:20 Women + AI Vanderbilt Summit (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 21:50 Funding Freezes, Crowdfunding, And Legal Tech: The Ever-Changing Access-To-Justice Landscape (Selected by Niki Black) 27:10 Three stories on experiment with OpenAI's Deep Research for performing deep research (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 36:40 Please, Please Stop Using ChatGPT If You’re Not Checking Cites (Selected by Joe Patrice) 48:17 Recent product roll outs fro...2025-02-1358 minLegal Talk Network - Law News and Legal TopicsPreviewing ABA TECHSHOW 2025With TECHSHOW coming up on April 2-5, Molly Ranns and JoAnn Hathaway welcome conference co-chairs Julie Bays and Stephen Embry to learn more about the offerings for 2025 attendees. TECHSHOW is unique amongst many legal tech conferences in that it is truly accessible for all legal professionals—from law students to solo attorneys to Big Law, and everything in between. Attendees with any level of technology expertise will find opportunities to gain fresh insights into leveraging tech to improve legal practice. They discuss the new location for the 2025 conference, share tips for new attendees, and preview notable topics, speakers, and ev...2025-02-1034 min
State Bar of Michigan: On Balance PodcastPreviewing ABA TECHSHOW 2025With TECHSHOW coming up on April 2-5, Molly Ranns and JoAnn Hathaway welcome conference co-chairs Julie Bays and Stephen Embry to learn more about the offerings for 2025 attendees. TECHSHOW is unique amongst many legal tech conferences in that it is truly accessible for all legal professionals—from law students to solo attorneys to Big Law, and everything in between. Attendees with any level of technology expertise will find opportunities to gain fresh insights into leveraging tech to improve legal practice. They discuss the new location for the 2025 conference, share tips for new attendees, and preview notable topics, speakers, and ev...2025-02-1034 minLegaltech Week01/24/2025: First law school to require AI education certification, a surge in contracting tech, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions A sudden surge in tech focused on contract playbooks (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Legal tech for Plaintiffs' contingency fee lawyers draws investment dollars (Selected by Stephen Embry) Case Western Reserve School of Law becomes first law school in the U.S. to require legal AI education certification for all first-year law students (Selected by Victor Li) Bloomberg Law's new AI tools (S...2025-01-3057 minLegaltech Week01/17/2025: Tom Goldstein case, Harvey's mysterious $3B valuation, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 01:57 Tom Goldstein case (Selected by Joe Patrice) 17:55 CES 2025: lessons learned for legal (Selected by Stephen Embry) 29:09 Report on the LSC's Innovations in Tech conference (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 36:27 Businesses Would Report AI Layoffs to New York Under Hochul Plan (Selected by Niki Black) 46:10 Harvey's 'aggressive' $3B valuation (Selected by Joe Patrice) 48:44 Cynthia Outlook tool (Selected b...2025-01-2356 minLegaltech Week01/03/2025: Our biggest episode of the year: 2024 Recap and 2025 PredictionsEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week is our annual recap and predictions episode, which is our favorite session of the year. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 04:40 Reflections on 2024 21:56 The legaltech trends that defined 2024 (Selected by Niki Black) 24:45 A Notebook LM Year in Review (Selected by Greg Lambert) 31:38 Huge legal tech funding rounds (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 48:50 GenAI and large language models are being applied b...2025-01-091h 02Legaltech Week12/06/2024: Law school applications up 35% from 2023, Elon Musk tries legal tech, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 05:15 The Legal Tech Fund Summit (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 08:57 Generative AI And Access To Justice: Incremental Solutions Or Overhyped Promises? (Selected by Niki Black) 21:00 Elon Musk Feeds AI 'All Court Cases,' Promises It Will Replace Judges Because He's An Idiot (Selected by Joe Patrice) 32:56 PACER Sucks More Than Usual... And We Know Exactly Who To Blame (Selected by J...2024-12-121h 01Legaltech Week10/25/2024: New TR program gives Nonprofits access to CoCounsel, Everlaw & Netdocs user conferences, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:00 - Thoughts on the Netdocs user conference (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephen Embry) 11:01 - Everlaw Summit: My thoughts on attending this conference in SF this week (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 19:22 - Thomson Reuters Launches Program To Provide CoCounsel AI to Legal Services and Legal Nonprofits (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 25:00 - Attorney vs. lawyer (Selected by Niki Black) 2024-10-2848 min
Legal Innovation Spotlight40 - The Challenges, Benefits, and Realities of AI Adoption for Legal Professionals with Stephen EmbryIn this episode, Ted sits down with Stephen Embry, publisher of TechLaw Crossroads, to explore the transformative potential of generative AI in the legal field. Stephen shares insights on AI adoption in law firms, the surprising gap between perceptions and reality, and the critical role AI could play in shaping associate training. Tune in for an engaging discussion on how AI might redefine legal practice, offering both challenges and opportunities for the profession.In this episode, Stephen shares insights on how to:Integrate generative AI tools in legal practiceIdentify AI use cases for...2024-10-0948 minLegaltech Week09/13/24: Special guests from vLex discuss news, AI learns to reason through problems, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:01 - Special guests from vLex: Ed Walters, chief strategy officer, and Robin Chesterman, global head of product, will join to discuss to discuss the major updates to Vincent AI 29:38 - Filevine Conference recap, and Filevine's Depo CoPilot 39:00 - Nonlawyer entities could provide legal services in Washington in proposed pilot program (Selected by Victor Li) 43:30 - Legal Ethics in the AI Era...2024-09-171h 00Legaltech Week08/09/24: Jones Day Partner scoffs at Google antitrust ruling, the GPT wrapper behind new AI, & moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 04:30 - Maybe Don't Tweet That Destroying Evidence Subject To Lit Hold Is A Good Idea? Retired Jones Day Partner scoffs at Google anti trust ruling (selected by Joe Patrice) 13:52 - David v. Goliath Trial Begins this Month in Case that Challenges Thomson Reuter’s Longstanding Copyrights in Legal Research Materials (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 20:55 - Delta v. CrowdStrike and Microsoft should mak...2024-08-1656 min
Creek Talk Podcast - A Buffy & Dawson's Creek Recap ShowA Very Special Movie Episode--DISTURBING BEHAVIOR (1998) 👁️🧠Happy FRIDAY Creek Talkers! 😉This week, we're giving you a Very Special Movie Episode Recapping 1998's sci-fi/horror film, "Disturbing Behavior" 🤯👁️🧠with Very Special Guest, Colton from @dawsonsdeek on Instagram!💥Check out Colton's new film, "Guys at Parties Like It" on TUBI!-----------------------------------------Something strange is happening on the island of Cradle Bay.Steve Clark and his family move to Cradle Bay after a family tragedy. Steve befriends Gavin and his jitterbug Rachel, who tries to warn Steve that Dr. Caldicott is turning all of the troubled teens into brainw...2024-07-191h 38Legaltech Week07/12/24: When does GenAI progress stop, what lawyers learned during pandemic, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 05:22 - GenAI: What if this is as good as it gets (Selected by Joe Patrice) 12:25 - Do lawyers really want to save (billable) time? (Selected by Stephen Embry) 26:55 - New Citators from vLex and Paxton Underscore That They Are The Holy Grail for Legal Research Companies (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 34:36 - What Lawyers Learned During the Pandemic (Selected by Victor Li...2024-07-1856 min
FDCC SpeaksBeyond the Court Reporter: The Future of Depositions with Stephen Embry & Karl Seelbach2024-04-1439 minLegaltech Week03/29/24: Neil Gorsuch's research, first legal LLM built from lawfully obtained data, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 05:26 - In a Gen AI First, 273 Ventures Introduces KL3M, a Built-From-Scratch Legal LLM (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 18:16 - Judges To Generative AI: You're Out Of Order! (Selected by Niki Black) 34:30 - Neil Gorsuch Confidently Declares That He Did The Research (He Did Not Do The Research) (Selected by Joe Patrice) 43:28 - Europe wields new tech law to protect E...2024-04-0856 min
Pioneers and PathfindersStephen EmbryOur guest today is Stephen Embry, a legal tech guru and longtime lawyer. Among Stephen’s many endeavors is TechLaw Crossroads, a blog devoted to the practical impact of technology and innovation on law practice. He writes frequently on the clash of cultures between tech and innovation on the one hand, and the traditional, precedent-grounded legal profession on the other. Today, he is a national litigator and advisor—primarily in the mass tort, business and consumer class action, and privacy and data breach arenas. Additionally, Stephen is the past chair of the ABA’s Law Practice Division and the past chair...2024-04-0333 minLegaltech WeekMarch 1: Justices on social media law, ROSS cofounder returns to legal tech, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:54 - Justices appear skeptical of Texas, Florida social media laws (Selected by Victor Li) 12:56 - Sora: deep fake video on steroids or just a flash in the pan (Selected by Stephen Embry) 22:56 - Court Orders Lawyer to Pay Opposing Counsel After Citing Fake AI-Generated Case (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 27:14 - LegalOn launches Gen AI assistant for contract drafting (Selected by Jean...2024-03-0758 minLegaltech WeekFeb. 23: Techshow and the infinite AI product updates, hallucinated cases, and chatbotsEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:35 - ABA Techshow 24:10 - Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 34:35 - Firm Submits Fee Request Based On ChatGPT Search... Judge Is Less Than Impressed (Selected by Joe Patrice) 48:00 - Our chatbot is a seperate legal entity responsible for its own actions. Wait. What?? (Selected by Stephen...2024-02-2657 minLegaltech WeekJanuary 26: Litigator lost her voice, AI brought it back; plus two guest panelistsEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:52 - ‘Not Going Away’: A Star Greenberg Traurig Litigator Lost Her Voice. AI Brought it Back (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 13:40 - Jumping Into the Rabbit Hole: Experts Offer 3 Big 'Deepfake' Insights for Legal in 2024 (Selected by Isha Marathe) 25:45 - AI ‘hallucinated’ fake legal cases allegedly filed to B.C. court in Canadian first (Selected by Greg Lambert) 34:23 - An AI ethics...2024-02-0257 minLegaltech WeekJan 19 2023: What causes legal tech flops, and what role does the c-suite play; plus AI music rightsEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 04:15 - Legalweek expectations 13:33 - What causes product flops in the legal space? Should legal tech be founded by technologists or lawyers? (Selected by Stephen Embry and Bob Ambrogi) 38:55 - AI-generated music is everywhere; is any of it legal? (Selected by Victor Li) 48:23 - Gen AI Will Require Robust KM Teams: A Chat with Legalweek Speaker Oz Benamram (Selected by Jean O'Grady)2024-01-2055 minLegaltech WeekDecember 15, 2023: Michael Cohen's GPT brief, UK issues GenAI guidelines, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:12 - Let's all blame Schwartz! (Selected by Joe Patrice) 12:00 - UK Judicial Office issues guidelines for judges in England and Wales to use Gen AI (Selected by Stephen Embry and Stephanie Wilkins) 21:28 - Does Chat GTP have seasonal affective disorder? (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 26:20 - Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric (Selected by Niki Black) 2023-12-221h 02Legaltech WeekDecember 8, 2023: Troubling finds in Smokeball small firm survey, new AI ethics guidelines, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:35 - The Legal Tech Fund Conference (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 10:20 - AI Ethics Guidance Arrives Amid Rapid Legaltech Deployments (Selected by Niki Black) 20:00 - Associate Raises, Productivity, and Salaries (Selected by Joe Patrice) 31:50 - Is virtual law firm FisherBroyles about to lose 140 lawyers? Details of ‘significant new venture’ to come (Selected by Victor Li) 36:26 - Smokeball survey revea...2023-12-1251 minLegaltech WeekDecember 1, 2023: Double-Spacing debate, ChatGPT v Supreme Court, Sam Altman, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:49 - Altman Was Out, Until He Wasn't: Legal Tech Reacts to OpenAI's Leadership Shuffle (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 12:07 - 2023: A Legal AI Odyssey (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 16:45 - Lawyering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Selected by Niki Black) 23:30 - 5th Circuit takes aim at pro se filers with proposed GenAI rules (Selected by Stephen Embry) 33:50 - Heated Litigation...2023-12-0453 minLegaltech WeekNovember 17, 2023: Thomson Reuters' new release, Gen AI passes the MPRE with no training, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:20 - Thomson Reuters Launches AI-Assisted Legal Research (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady) 15:10 - Lexis AI tools (Selected b Jean O'Grady) 24:50 - Gen AI Passes the MPRE With No Prior Ethics Training (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 27:55 - FL Bar proposed advisory AI ethics opinion (Selected by Niki Black) 47:08 - Pre/Dicta adds outcome predictions for four...2023-11-1855 minLegaltech WeekNovember 10, 2023: China's legal robot, special guest Colin Levy, Pras Michel trial part 2, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:40 - Colin Levy joins us to discuss his new book 14:46 - China's legal robot (Selected by Joe Patrice) 25:03 - Have we sacrificed personal relationships for convenience? what are the implications? (Selected by Stephen Embry) 34:20 - WK Future Ready (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 45:36 - Beyond Word of Mouth: Proven Data-Driven Client Acquisition Methods (Selected by Niki Black) 52:50...2023-11-1659 min
Technically Legal - A Legal Technology and Innovation PodcastDon’t Believe the Hype? A More Practical View of Using AI in Legal (Stephen Embry – TechLaw Crossroads)This episode is conversation with attorney and legal tech aficionado Stephen Embry. He is also the man behind the TechLaw Crossroads blog which is a great resource for practical and real world insight about legal tech and how technology is impacting the practice of law. Stephen discusses his journey from practicing law to becoming a technology advisor for legal professionals and firms. Embry emphasizes that good lawyers will embrace artificial intelligence technology to increase efficiency and serve their clients better, leaving more time for strategic thinking and advisory roles. But, he also points ou...2023-11-0930 minLegaltech WeekOctober 27, 2023: Lexis+ AI launch, DOJ + pro bono union, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:30 - Lexis+ AI Product Launch 22:50 - ACC/Everlaw survey suggests clients are pushing tech in a big way (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephen Embry) 38:27 - The 2023 Start/Stop Survey: CoCounsel Best New Product, Analytics Segment Shakeout (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 45:40 - DOJ will connect with pro bono tech platform (Selected by Victor Li) 50:42 - NetDocuments’ AI-Driven Pat...2023-10-3155 minLegaltech WeekOctober 20, 2023: LSAT changes, big news from vLex, Kirkland Ellis tech product, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:44 - Two new legal conferences last week: KM & Innovation in NYC and LegalOps in Vegas (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Connie Brenton) 24:10 - LSAT scraps 'logic games' section, adds more logical reasoning (Selected by Victor Li) 25:00 - Standing by in case of 'dystopian problems,' court allows use of keyword search data to find suspects (Selected by Victor Li) 31:52...2023-10-2358 min