Legaltech Week

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
 
This week's topics:
 
(00:00) Introductions
(3:53) Big Law Entry-Level Hiring Declines for 2nd Year in a Row (Selected by Stephen Embry)
(12:55) LexisNexis Bets On Build-A-Bear Model For Legal AI (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(22:54) Thomson Reuters Says Its Homegrown AI Model Now Rivals the Frontier Labs – I Take A Closer Look At the Benchmarks (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(32:24) The Law Firms Working With Tech Companies to Build Custom Tools (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)
(40:24) Bar Exam Tech Woes (Selected by Victor Li)

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
 
This week's topics:
(00:00) Introductions 
(06:21) AI Evidence Blurring the Line Between Reality and Fiction (Selected by Niki Black)
(17:26) When Zero Data Retention Stops Being Zero: The New Reality in AI Governance (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
(26:11) What Chinese Open-Weight AI Models Mean for Legal Tech (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)
(38:09) The Emerging Landscape of Custom Legal Research Tools (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
 
This week's topics:
(00:00) Introductions
(03:55) AALL: A Good Time Was Had by All (Selected by Stephen Embry)
(18:12) OpenAI Says Rogue AI Models Broke Free from Human Control. Some See It as a "Warning Shot" (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
(35:28) NYC Bar Provides Roadmap for Navigating AI Privilege Issues (Selected by Niki Black)
(41:06) New Jersey Introduces "First-of-its-Kind" AI Tool for Public Defenders (Selected by Victor Li)
(43:57) Built By Lawyers, For Lawyers: DingDuff Is a Free Claude Connector That Its Founders Say Rivals the Legal Research Giants (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
 
(00:00) Introductions
(04:23) TX Bar AI Use Survey (Selected by Niki Black)
(16:49) AI-First Law Firms Don't Work Fewer Hours, They Work Smarter Hours (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(32:38) Rising Pro Se Filings Push Federal Courts to Examine Case Management in the AI Era (Selected by Rhys Dipshan & Stephen Embry)
(47:31) Increasing Popularity of Smart Glasses Could Lead to More Workplace Disputes (Selected by Victor Li)
(52:02) Litera Relaunches Its Brand Around a Unified Vision: One AI Agent Spanning the Practice and Business of Law (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
 
This week's topics:
(00:00) Panelist Introductions
(03:04) UChicago Law Bans Laptops from 1L Classrooms As Part of Sweeping New AI Strategy for Legal Education (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(25:54) Agentic AI For Forensics Investigations Is Fast, Auditable, And About To Bloody Daubert (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(38:38) Is Corporate and Legal Ready for a Shift from Subscription-Based AI to Usage-Based? Apparently Not. (Selected by Stephen Embry)
(47:25) Who's Investing in Legal Tech This Year? Here's the Data / Top Legal Tech Funding Rounds of 2026 (So Far) (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)
(54:48) Are AI Prompts Privileged? Time Will Tell. (Selected by Niki Black)