Updated to add two more items. December brings a lot of distractions, so here are some articles of probable interest to our CodeX agendas that you may have missed. But first, a reminder that tomorrow’s CodeX meeting will feature Benjamin Grosof, CTO/CTO/co-founder of Coherent Knowledge, 1:30 p.m. (Pacific) to 2:30 p.m. (room N102 Neukom building Stanford Law School.)
If you aren’t in Silicon Valley, you can attend via remote. You can sign up to get the weekly announcements here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/codex_group_meetings.)
From Bloomberg Law Big Law Business
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- “36 Law Firms Pilot Ideas to Resolve Gender Divide,” by Stephanie Russell-Kraft. “Thirty six law firms have signed on to implement and pilot ideas generated by the Women In Law Hackathon, a June event at Stanford Law School in which teams of lawyers pitched ideas to increase gender parity in their workplaces.”See also: “Women in Law Hackathon and “Q&A with Diversity Lab’s Caren Stacy…”
From Forbes:
- “Law Has Many Mouthpieces But Lacks a Voice,” by Mark A. Cohen. “Victor Borge likened lawyers to clarinets—both have cases, mouthpieces, and need a constant supply of hot air to function. There are just over 1.3 million licensed lawyers in the U.S. according to the American Bar Association … That’s a lot of hot air and mouthpieces. Paradoxically, the legal profession lacks a strong, unified voice desperately needed at this time of profound and accelerated change. That powerful legal voice must address big challenges to the rule of law including preservation of the Bill of Rights, access to justice, equal justice, global migration, human trafficking, and a growing erosion of confidence in democratic institutions.”
From ALM’s Legaltech News:
(Note: free but must register first time)
- “Neota v. Seal v. ROSS: “Cases From an Artificial Intelligence ‘Shark Tank’ Session,” by Ian Lopez.
“A recent Cowen Group session gave the floor for legal technology companies to reach out to law firm, in-house and service provider leaders.”
- “Artificial Intelligence: Helping Lawyers More Thank You Know,” Benjamin Whetsell, Paper Software. “Four ways AI is already helping you be efficient in your everyday activities.” See also: Startup Snapshot: Paper Software.
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“The 11 Legal Tech Starups Currently Backed by Y Combinator,” by Gabrielle Orum Hernandez. “The Silicon Valley startup giant has focused most of its investments in legal technology in alternatives to traditional legal services.”
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“Women of Legal Tech: Annika K. Martin, From Journalism to Law,” compiled by moi. “Curiosity helps her determine how and why an incident happens and how to resolve it.”
Monica Bay is a CodeX Fellow and a freelance journalist and analyst. She is a member of the California bar. Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu. Twitter: @MonicaBay