A.I. is dead, long live A.I.
“Have we missed the latest product innovation in AI and law or there is nothing out yet?” It seems like everyone has been talking about A.I. and law in the last year. Denton has invested in the IBM Watson-powered software ROSS. And just last week Vanderbilt University organised a conference titled ‘Will your next lawyer […]
Robots and Lawyers: Google Campus. Review of event.
With only 400 startups worldwide and a market predicted at $400 billion, legal tech has a short history with a limitless future. Unsurprisingly, the nature of legal tech is extremely regulated with significant non-uniform regulation and risk-averse, disaggregated stakeholders. However, this solid shield against innovation has only encouraged many gatherings of lawyers and technologists to […]
Lexoo Law Tech Startup Did it!
We are a little late reporting on our friends at Lexoo‘s exciting news – last month they raised $1.3 million in a funding round. Nice work team Lexoo, flying the flag for LawTech in London! Lexoo launched in July 2014 providing an on-demand marketplace to connect clients, often London startups, with validated lawyers for “free”. The revenue model […]
General Counsel’s love AI (?)
The number of in-house counsel’s is growing significantly, a big threat to law firms. Businesses are fed up with paying high billable hours and lawyers are bored of working crazy hours. A recent survey at General Counsel 2015, by The Economist and sponsored by LexisNexis (of course) found some interesting things in relation to LawTech opportunities. […]
Cuts create opportunity for Community Crowd Funding Startup
We have all heard about the cuts to numerous public services and the legal profession has been hit through cuts to legal aid. Sadly this has a real impact on people who need access to legal support. Some law firms have increased their allocation of corporate social responsibility (yawn) but this is not going to […]
Video of our last event: LawTech: Speakers Lexoo & Living Lawyers Founders
Legal Geek Event Review, Photos and Video
** Scroll down for more photos and video ** We organise 4 amazing #LegalTech events every year in San Francisco, New York and London. Each event is held in a different, super cool, super relaxed location. Keep your eyes peeled for details. We like to keep you lot on your toes. To join the community please join the […]
LawTech: Speakers Lexoo & Living Lawyers Founders
As part of LegalGeek.co series of Tech and Law events we are hosting an evening of networking and speakers. JOIN NEXT EVENT ON MEETUP FREE to secure ticket, note: last event sold out. Event Schedule: 7.00 – 7.30 Arrive & register 7.30 – 8.00 Intros & speed networking drinks 8.00 – 8.30 Founder Living Lawyers, talk on:“Women who Law […]
Legal Round Table Event – Disrupt Legal Industry with Tech
Following a successful event in San Francisco we are hosting another legal round table event in London to talk about new tech innovations being used to disrupt and innovate the Legal Industry and the implications (positive and negative). Event Schedule: 7.00 – 7.15 Networking and drinks 7.15 – 8.30 Roundtable discussion 8.30 – 9.00 More networking […]
Why can’t we write Legal Documents in Plain English
What is plain english and how is relevant to law? Plain English is about presenting information so that it can be read once and understood for the intended audience. The information is clear and accurate and can be acted upon – this evolution has obviously missed the legal industry. I have had to review many […]
