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Whether or not there is truth in the rumours that upstart, Harvey, has been keen to acquire the much-admired vLex, it was interesting to read the analysis by Isha Marathe, of Legaltech News, on the topic, as reported via legal market heroes, House of Butter. The HoB report concludes, “If Harvey wants to make true on the third item in its tech …
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Have spent little time using AI. It seems fast and convenient. But I find myself always wondering about its answers.… more »
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Slaw is Canadian, co-operative, and about any and all things legal. Since 2005, Slaw.ca has been Canada’s online legal magazine, written by and for the Canadian law community: lawyers, librarians, technologists, marketers, students, educators and everyone in between. With perspectives from academia, law firms, non-profits, regulatory bodies and beyond, Slaw explores how law is practised, […]
2024 Year in Review - Slaw
Dec 30, 2024 · It has been a year of paradoxes and extremes. From economics to politics, global phenomena have spread onto our shores. Populism, strongman tactics, fear of the other, class division, and the marching forward of technological progress all put their stamp on our profession. Bulls and Tent Cities Economically: the TSX roared to a 20% return […]
Law Society Discipline of Lawyer-politicians: Lessons from Law …
Oct 2, 2024 · The decision of the Law Society of Alberta in Law Society of Alberta v Shandro (2024 ABLS 14) has received media attention, but primarily for the result.In the process of dismissing three citations against politician Tyler Shandro, the Hearing Committee panel makes some important points about politicians who happen to be lawyers – points that are worthy of more attention independent of the ...
Canada Has a New Open Access Legal Citation Guide - Slaw
Jul 22, 2024 · The Canadian Open Access Legal (COAL) Citation Guide/Guide canadien de la référence juridique en accès libre (RJAL) is now available: https://canlii.ca/t/7nc6q. Over the course of two years, law librarians from across Canada worked together to create the COAL-RJAL Guide. The English version of the Guide is now freely available and hosted on CanLII (2024 CanLIIDocs 830), and the French ...
Monday’s Mix - Slaw
Jan 22, 2024 · Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. À bon […]
AI’s Impact on Law: Why the Transformation Narrative Is Overstated
Dec 31, 2024 · A common message we hear today is that AI will soon bring about sweeping changes to the practice of law, making us so much more efficient that we’ll have plenty of time for other things. I’ve kept my finger on the pulse of AI since ChatGPT appeared in 2022. I’m a …
Unavoidable AI?: The Increasing Ubiquity of Generative AI and …
Jan 25, 2024 · More than a year after the public release of ChatGPT, excitement continues to build about the use of generative AI in the delivery of legal services. Notes of caution persist, too, as examples of lawyers using AI badly continue to trickle out (see, e.g. here and here). Although the full impacts of generative AI on […]
Strategic Growth in the Legal Services Market – Expansion or ...
Jan 3, 2025 · Strategic and profitable growth has nothing to do with size. Instead, it has everything to do with market positioning. [This is Part Two of a two-part series on Strategic Growth in the Legal Services Market and the foundation for the second half of my September 2024 keynote address to the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association in Calgary.]