Winning Isn’t The Only Thing, And It Isn’t Everything
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This Week In Legal Tech: Rating Lawyers By Their Wins And Losses
Win-loss records tell only part of a lawyer’s story, but they can be a useful metric.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
‘Just Win, Baby’ – The Path To Prosperity In A Plaintiffs’ Firm
For young lawyers working in plaintiffs’ firms, Al Davis's famous quote illuminates the path towards professional prosperity, as columnist Jed Cain explains.
The Practice: Something LeBron Said
Hate on the Heat all you want. LeBron put in years of hard work and dedication, and hard work pays off.
From Biglaw to Boutique: Fire in the Belly
If not the money, and not the public good, then what motivates a trial lawyer to win? Tom Wallerstein says you need a fire in your belly...
Predictive Coding Patented, E-Discovery World Gets Jealous
The normally tepid e-discovery world felt a little extra heat of competition yesterday. Recommind, one of the larger e-discovery vendors, announced Wednesday that it was issued a patent on predictive coding (which Gabe Acevedo, writing in these pages, named the Big Legal Technology Buzzword of 2011). In a nutshell, predictive coding is a relatively new […]
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: It’s Not About the Law
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Small Firms, Big Lawyers, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. Let me tell you about a couple of cases I lost. Now, wait: before the Commentariat sharpens its knives (“This guy couldn’t get a big-firm job, then loses all his cases. No wonder […]