Among benchmarking concerns, librarian smackdowns, and fines for hallucinations, I fear I sometimes fail to take advantage of ‘good enough’ solutions. I share this internal tool to demonstrate why perfect doesn’t have to be the enemy of good. Need: We use our client’s templates as a model for desired formatting but we also like to […]
Author: mrclawster
Research Memo: Hallucinated Cases
Issue: Numerous legal pros have been eager to point out that citing to hallucinated case law is NOT technical incompetence. It’s a failure to read the cases. So, we have a violation of other ethical rules; duty of candor, for example. What then, might a violation of the duty of tech competence actually look like? Summary […]
Vibe Check Viz
It’s possible to register a client’s trademark even where there are numerous other, similar marks. The mark might ‘create a unique commercial impression’ for purposes of trademark law. Trademark law protects the public from confusingly similar marks but it doesn’t prevent the proliferation of trite branding. In this simple visualization, we started with a search […]
Clio Draft Pleading Starter
Pleading starters are a good way to get started in document automation. These templates simply generate the caption and signature block, allowing you to jump right into the substantive portion of your document. The attached template demonstrates some basic concepts for building one of these. It can be downloaded and edited for a firm’s personal […]
Power of Attorney Workflow
This Minnesota short-form power of attorney template demonstrates some of the basic features of a standard workflow; repeating items, linkable content, multi-select, and other features. Photo by Florian Klauer on Unsplash
Research Memo: Closing the Justice Gap with Non-Lawyer Support
Can non-lawyer participation help close the justice gap? Introduction: Legal tech vendors often talk (earnestly, I believe) about building efficiency into the practice of law, enabling firms to set lower, flat rate prices and, in turn, enabling firms to capture a portion of the $437b ‘latent legal market.’ These billion dollar numbers are a bit back-of-the […]
Research Memo: Ethical Pricing on Automations
My document automation tool saves me loads of time. Can I still charge my regular flat fee? But is it ethical? This question is sure to follow any presentation relating to the value of legal tech. It’s especially common in conversations about document automation. For example, if I can reduce the time it takes me […]