This section will be geared towards those who conduct legal research, including lawyers with firms, the courts, government, corporations and law reform and other legal institutions,
contract research lawyers, and law librarians in the private and public sectors.
Not exact matches
County officials initially made outreach to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office, the state Energy
Research and Development Authority and the county's outside bond
lawyers to check the appropriateness of using EPCs for such work before going ahead with the
contract.
Companies listed here are trying to come up with better ways to do legal
research, negotiate
contracts, manage legal documents, match consumers with
lawyers, search patents, manage a law office, track and bill time, and much more.
For example, if you're a
contract lawyer — investing in a top of the line
research system is really important but if you only conduct legal
research once every few months, use Google Scholar — it's free.
Discussions on artificial intelligence and law seek to find the diminishing demarcation between the human - only part of
lawyering (multi-disciplinary integration, especially regarding strategy; «reading» the client; emotional intelligence) and those
lawyering skills more efficiently accomplished by artificial intelligence (legal pattern recognition
research for document and
contract review).
Lawyers need to also take advantage of new tools which development in technology have brought about to work more effectively — lawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive ana
Lawyers need to also take advantage of new tools which development in technology have brought about to work more effectively —
lawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive ana
lawyers now have access to tools that help make
contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up
research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive analytics.
She also anticipates a rise in
contract lawyers to handle project - based solutions such as
research and proposal writing.
In earlier posts I've argued that
lawyers are not yet adopting (in material percentages at least) the AI - based tools that can supplement attorneys» traditional, people - intensive — «manual» — ways of reviewing documents for litigation discovery, automating aspects of due diligence in deals, performing
contract management of thousands of a company's agreements, or conducting legal
research (see here and here).
Bloomberg Law also recently announced that the law firm DLA Piper had
contracted to integrate the legal
research service throughout its 1,400 -
lawyer firm.
The article also mentions one
lawyer, Mark Alexander, a Dallas attorney, who has outsourced
research of certain issues, like securities fraud or breach of
contract, to India for $ 60 an hour, thus sparing his clients his $ 395 / hr fee.
New York
lawyers may ethically
contract with overseas nonlawyers to perform legal support services such as legal
research, document review and drafting of pleadings or legal memoranda, according to a recent ethics opinion issued by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
The developments will change how
lawyers learn, do
research, make decisions, develop case strategy and complete document review in support of deals,
contracts and litigation.
Nowadays most of the law firms,
lawyers & attorney use outsourcing services for the numerous time - consuming tasks like legal
research & writing, litigation services, legal Document review service,
Contract management which allow them to focus on other clients based activities to maximize the profit of the business.
Ambrogi identifies a bunch of Web sites launched in recent months, such as JD Supra, docstoc and Tractis (see also, my earlier post), all of which help
lawyers get noticed, keep informed, manage
contracts and get
research help.
Alexia is an inactive
lawyer who formerly practiced in Charleston, but then opened her own business providing legal
research / drafting and litigation strategy consulting services on a
contract basis to solo and small firm attorneys.
For years, law firms would
contract out to companies that would capture that information and put it into a database that the
lawyers could use to do
research.
Huq also questioned Truss on diversity in the legal profession, referring to
research by YLAL about the salaries of junior legal aid
lawyers and asking if the Lord Chancellor would consider reinstating the training
contract grant scheme which was abolished by the Coalition government in 2010.
Now, legal tech is beginning to really impact the work
lawyers do related to their legal training and experience:
contract review, risk analysis, pleadings, legal
research, and other areas.
Our
lawyers have expertise in biotechnology patents, licensing biotechnology innovation, biological material transfer
contracts, confidentiality agreements and sponsored
research agreements, litigation and dispute resolution, designing around patents and regulatory approvals of new drugs (including biologics) and foods.
On each matter ask your
lawyer whether it would be possible for her to subcontract out some of the
research work by using a part - time
contract lawyer or even an overseas
research service.
In Seattle there are many
lawyers who, for whatever reason, do not wish to work full time and so
contract out their legal
research services for anywhere from $ 30 to $ 70.
Data science and machine learning algorithms will assist
lawyers by: (1) demonstrating relevance in legal
research; (2) identifying legal risks and informing decision making (analytics); (3) analyzing and managing
contracts and compliance; and (4) managing electronically stored information (ESI).
Related to Ted's «
contracting out» topic and, tangentially, to the «role of the
research lawyer» topic, you may be interested to read an article in the current Canadian
Lawyer mag, which I received today.
There were only two
lawyers working in the hospital, which is the second - largest hospital - based paediatric
research facility, and their roles were largely confined to reviewing
contracts for
research.
The Chamber of Digital Commerce announced the new group uniting the ecosystem leaders —
lawyers, IT - community representatives and
research centres to promote the real - world application of smart
contracts.
CORE STRENGTHS • Working knowledge of investigating the facts of a case • Demonstrated ability to
research pertinent laws, regulations, and legal articles • Highly skilled in writing reports to assist
lawyers to prepare for trials • Able to organize and present the information in a factual way • Hands - on experience in keeping the case information in computer databases • In - depth knowledge of drafting letters,
contracts, and mortgages • Proficient in managing clerical duties about a law office