December is just flying away, as is 2015, and here in New York the weather is so skewed that I have a hard time figuring out what season we are in! In D.C., the cherry blossoms are appearing. At least California is finally getting water, via snow!

Anyway, first and from the heart, I hope you all have a fantastic holiday, however you observe the last two weeks of the year. I wish you joyful noise and soothing quiet; inspiring companions and enough solitude; unexpected beauty; corduroy if you are somewhere with water that freezes somehow; strong health; music always; a dog at your feet and a cat in your lap; work that you love, play that invigorates you; good surprises; and at least one bowl of peppermint ice cream.

Now let’s catch up with some recent news of probable interest to our CodeX crowd:

• Penn Law Event: Dec. 9 was a day when I really wanted to be able to clone myself so I could attend both The Cowen Group’s LexisNexis Government Think Tank dinner and the Penn Law School entrepreneurs gathering at Bloomberg headquarters in NYC. Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business’ Casey Sullivan covered the Legal Startups Pitch Night, which drew 100+ people “to network, and discuss how budding legal tech entrepreneurs can co-exist with their Big Law counterparts.”

Among the participants was “Alma Asay, a former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher litigator who started case management software company Allegory Law, said her own startup has received $995,000 in funding to date,” noted Sullivan.

• No Go: Over at Above the Law, Jeff Bennion wrote about “Things that Didn’t Happen in 2015,” including “web-based legal services that replace lawyers; wearables that are game changers, and an iPad that can replace a laptop.”

• Utah Limited Paralegal Practitioners:  “The Utah Supreme Court has given approval to a new category of legal professional called ‘limited paralegal practitioners,’ who are authorized to help clients fill out and file documents, but not allowed to appear in court,” reports Blake Edwards, on BBBLB.

“Designed to lower the cost of basic legal services and address the state’s legal services gap, the limited paralegal practitioners, or “LLPs” for short, are likely to help clients with simple matters—such as filing for divorce, settling debts, and resolving eviction issues—instances where they otherwise might not be able to afford an attorney,” he writes.

• Judge’s FRCP Guide: In the wake of the Dec. 1 adoption of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Electronic Discovery Institute has published the 2nd edition of its Federal Judges’ Guide to Discovery. “The book targets ‘the vast majority of judges in the country who don’t live and breathe e-discovery,’ said EDI president Robert Owen, partner in charge, New York, at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. Owen served as editor-in-chief of the project and Patrick Oot, a partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon and co-founder of EDI, is executive editor,” yours truly reported.

Here comes ’16: You know it’s the end of the year when legal tech reporters start talking about Legaltech New York. Check out Sean Doherty’s column in ATL. (Teaser: kCura Relativity 9.3 and Lexis Practice Advisor).

Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX and a freelance journalist for Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business. She is a member of the California bar. @MonicaBay. Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu.