The year 2017 has been an extraordinary year for hurricanes impacting the U.S. and the Caribbean. It is heartbreaking to see pictures and videos of the destruction and devastation. Recovery will take many years for some of these areas and many families have lost photo albums and prized possessions that cannot be replaced. The number
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Celebrating the 200th Episode of the Kennedy-Mighell Report
Keeping a podcast going for 11 years is quite the accomplishment, particularly for lawyers. The Internet is littered with lawyer blogs and podcasts that start strong, fade after a few months and are dead within a year.
But as regular listeners know, the Kennedy-Mighell Report is a consistently entertaining and informative production. (I should note…
Podcast: How Augmented Intelligence and Cognitive Computing Serves the Legal Profession
Mr. Brian Kuhn serves as the Global Co-Leader for the IBM Watson Legal Practice driving global strategy and execution across clients, legal markets and internal
groups. He is responsible for defining the intersection of legal blockchain and legal artificial intelligence for IBM. In this podcast, he talks with Jim Calloway and Sharon Nelson about …
Risky Business: Managing Law Firm Risks
Lawyers help their clients manage many legal and business risks. But law firms have many risks of their own to manage today. From ransomware and other cyber attacks to losing a key client or key lawyer, the way to
manage these risks is to think about the risks in advance and make plans from creating an incident …
Client Portals: Now More Important than Ever
My “Big Idea” for the Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine was a column titled The Law Firm Portal: A Must-Have Client Service Tool. I hope you can take the time to read it. 
In all honesty perhaps the biggest idea today for solo and small firm lawyers (who have not already done …
ICYMI One Year Ago – Cyber Security for Small Firms and Solo Practices on Digital Detective podcast
One year ago I was the guest on Digital Detectives podcast on the topic of Cyber Security for Small Firms and Solo Practice.
This is an important subject and I decided this podcast deserved a repeat promotion. I had occasion to listen to the podcast recently and my five
cybersecurity tips are still important …
BIg Ideas from Law Practice Magazine
The Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine is one of my favorite publications each year. As a member of the LP Magazine board, I love watching it take shape.
The most recent Big Ideas issue not only has great content, but also one of my favorite covers for the magazine ever.
Among the many …
Podcast: Teaching the Technology of Law Practice to Law Students
We really enjoyed recording our recent Digital Edge podcast- Teaching the Technology of Law Practice to Law Students.
Our guest was Darin Fox, an associate dean at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He oversees the law library, information technology, and the school’s law practice technology training program, called the Digital Initiative Project. …
Who’s in Control? The Algorithms that “Run” our Legal Research Platforms
Post by Darla Jackson, OBA Practice Management Advisor
Algorithms greatly affect the results produced by legal research tools. While legal information professionals have understood this for some time, only recently has an independent study documented the variance in legal research results produced by the unique algorithms employed by different research platforms. A report of the …
Podcast – Running with the Machines: Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law
There's a lot of discussion these days about Artificial Intelligence and how AI and robots are replacing many jobs. Lawyers are starting to listen and think about how this trend might impact them. For the near future, most of those who pay attention to such trends in legal tech generally say it won't necessarily be…