Skills in Clio Work an Example of How Knowledge Integrates Across a Law Firm
Clio has introduced "Skills" within its Clio Work platform, an AI‑driven feature that records individual lawyers' drafting preferences and firm‑wide standards. The tool embeds these preferences directly into documents, eliminating the need to re‑train the AI each session. By capturing partner‑specific styles for demand letters, redline analysis, and matter summaries, Clio Work ensures consistent output across the firm. The rollout also hints at future integration with the LexBlog Library, potentially unifying two decades of legal commentary into the same AI ecosystem.
The ABA Model Rules Make the Case for Preserving a Lawyer’s Digital Publishing in a Library
Twenty‑one years after urging lawyers to blog, the author cites ABA Model Rules to argue that attorneys should preserve their digital publications in libraries. Paragraphs 6 and 7 of the rules frame archiving as a public‑service duty, emphasizing access, education, and law...
An MCP Connection to Claude May Soon Be a Necessity for Legal Tech Companies and Their Customers
Trellis Law, an AI‑driven legal research platform focused on state trial courts, has launched an integration with Anthropic’s Claude using the Model Connectivity Protocol (MCP). The service aggregates trial‑court data from 45 U.S. states, structuring judges, opposing counsel, dockets and...
Claude Could Become a Lawyer’s Portal to the Law, Look at Legal Data Hunter
Anthropic introduced Claude for Legal, embedding Legal Data Hunter's global corpus into its AI platform. The European startup has indexed 18 million legal documents from over 110 jurisdictions, exposing the dataset via an MCP server for real‑time AI queries. Lawyers can...
Texas LawPods Are Great. Imagine Adding the Insight of Texas Lawyers.
The Texas State Library’s Library Development and Networking Division has rolled out virtual court kiosks, dubbed “LawPods,” in county law libraries. Six sound‑dampening pods at the Harris County Law Library let self‑represented litigants privately Zoom into court, consult librarians, and...
The Gap in Anthropic’s Legal Push May Be the Legal Practitioner’s Insight
Anthropic announced a major expansion into legal technology, unveiling more than 20 new MCP connectors that link its Claude AI to the software platforms lawyers rely on, alongside 12 practice‑area specific plugins. The company also struck partnerships with the Free...
Legal Publishing Deserves to Live Beyond a Website and In a Law Library
Legal publishing by lawyers often lives only on firm websites and can disappear. The LexBlog Library offers a permanent, open‑access repository where such content is archived and linked to legal research platforms. By preserving articles, the Library enhances citation potential,...
Where Is Substack Headed?
Substack, once the premier newsletter platform, is losing high‑profile writers such as The Ankler to open‑source alternatives like Automattic’s Passport. Creators cite limited site control, restrictive customization, and a shift toward social‑media features as key frustrations. The platform’s 10 % revenue...
What Is the Difference Between Perma.cc and the LexBlog Library
The LexBlog Library and Perma.cc both aim to keep legal citations permanently accessible, but they do so in opposite ways. Perma.cc, created by Harvard Law School’s Innovation Lab, takes a reactive snapshot of a webpage only when an author decides...
Building in the Open
LexBlog’s founder recounts how openly sharing weekly development updates and roadmaps helped the legal‑blogging platform grow without a traditional sales force. By candidly discussing challenges, crediting contributors, and engaging directly with the community, LexBlog built credibility and a loyal user...
Law Librarians Have a Plan for AI. The Publishing of Legal Practitioners Is Not In It.
A white paper released in October by a coalition of senior law librarians outlines a three‑part strategy to shape AI‑driven legal research. The plan calls for a central coordinating body, comprehensive training for legal information professionals, and a shared knowledge...
Stopping for a Carnegie Librarie
The Carnegie Corporation of New York recently mailed $10,000 checks to roughly 1,500 historic Carnegie libraries, a surprise outreach that underscores the organization’s renewed commitment to the institutions Andrew Carnegie built a century ago. President Dame Louise Richardson framed the...
Who Should We Be Talking To
LexBlog is launching the LexBlog Library, a structured, citable repository of over two million pieces of legal practitioner publishing. The platform treats practitioner insights as secondary law, positioning them alongside traditional scholarly sources for citation by judges, researchers, and AI...
Who Remembers When Section 230 Was Something?
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act turned 30, marking three decades of legal immunity for online hosts. The provision let early legal message boards and listservs operate without fear of publisher liability, fostering user‑generated discourse. Over time, that shield...