General
The Leadership Shifts That Drive Law Firm Growth
Exploring the difference between stagnant and growing law firms, in this episode of the ‘Be That Lawyer’ podcast. The post The Leadership Shifts That Drive Law …
Steal This
The Prompt That Thinks Before It Builds
A structured prompt invites would be app builders to think like product managers, turning vague requirements into clear, buildable plans. Once defined, those plans can be handed to Claude Code, bridging the gap between idea and software through disciplined reasoning.
Knowledge Management
The System Beneath the System
AI doesn’t fail because of the technology—it fails because of poor knowledge systems. Fix the structure beneath, and AI becomes useful.
AI & Machine Learning
Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
Anthropic appears to have accidentally revealed the inner workings of one of its most popular and lucrative AI products, the agentic AI harness Claude Code, to the public.
Knowledge Management
The Hidden Complex System Behind Every Legal Matter
The modern law firm runs not on briefs or courtrooms but on matters--complex systems of people, documents, and decisions unfolding over time. New digital platforms aim to structure this complexity and capture the knowledge generated along the way. The result may transform legal work from a series of isolated engagements into a cumulative intelligence.
Innovation
The Quicker Pencil: Liberate Product Managers
In large law firms, technology has traditionally arrived with the stately pace of a committee procession--carefully engineered, impeccably secured, and occasionally distant from the problem that inspired it. AI coding tools are now giving product managers a quicker pencil, allowing them to sketch working ideas before the committees have even assembled.
Friday, 1 May 2026
General
Law Student Fights To Protect Voter Privacy Rights In Jeopardy
You'll never guess who! The post Law Student Fights To Protect Voter Privacy Rights In Jeopardy appeared first on Above the Law .
Thursday, 30 April 2026
General
Non-Practicing Lawyers — Visible And Invisible
It’s all about the NPLs, baby! The post Non-Practicing Lawyers — Visible And Invisible appeared first on Above the Law .
General
Biglaw Discovers That Charging $2,000/Hour Is Easier Than Actually Collecting It
Wells Fargo report delivers mostly good news for Biglaw, but a negative trend lurks. The post Biglaw Discovers That Charging $2,000/Hour Is Easier Than Actually…
AI & Machine Learning
Walk Through: Chamelio – New Agentic Features For Inhouse Teams
This week’s other AL TV Product Walk Through is with Chamelio, the legal intelligence platform for inhouse teams, and in particular takes a look at ...
AI & Machine Learning
NVIDIA Fund + Atlassian Join $50m Legora Investment
NVIDIA’s venture capital arm NVentures and Atlassian have invested in Legora. The $50m Series D extension that they joined brings the total round to $600m. ...
Contract Technology
Claude For Word Is Weak, Suggests Ivo
Ivo, a contract intelligence platform, did one of those classic AI vs human tests, but this time included Claude for Word as a competitor. It ...
Sunday, 19 April 2026
AI & Machine Learning
Harvey’s Gabe Pereyra on Legal Agents + World Models
Agents are the future of legal AI, but how will they really work at scale, and what is a law firm world model? Plus, how ...
Regulation & Compliance
Microsoft Copilot Specifically Targets Lawyers With New Capabilities
Microsoft Copilot is specifically targeting lawyers as well now with the launch of new capabilities that they state are for ‘legal, finance, and compliance prof…
Contract Technology
Juro Launches Operator Contract Chat
Juro has launched Operator, which provides natural language ‘conversational access to a business’s contracts and data’ in order to surface key information…
AI & Machine Learning
Freshfields Celebrates Worldwide Google AI Tools Roll Out
Freshfields would like you to know that ‘5,000 professionals firmwide now use AI tools built with Google’s Gemini models, one year into the firm’s strateg…
Regulation & Compliance
BBC sting heaps pressure on immigration lawyers and SRA
A BBC undercover investigation has again thrown the spotlight on immigration lawyers, claiming that “a shadow industry of law firms and advisers" is helping mig…
General
SME law firms reduce reliance on client account interest
SME law firms performed strongly last year, making good profits without relying on client account interest and controlling their overheads well, according to ne…
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
AI & Machine Learning
Legal Innovators California: June 10 + 11, Top Speakers Announced
Legal Innovators California, the landmark West Coast legal tech event, will take place on June 10 and 11, in the heart of the Bay Area. And here ...
Contract Technology
ClearyX Launches CX+ For Contract AI Needs
ClearyX, the ALSP created by top New York firm Cleary Gottlieb, has launched CX+, a contract insights and due diligence platform. They added that it ...
Monday, 13 April 2026
AI & Machine Learning
Webinar: What’s the right data strategy for future AI success?
In this webinar with Elite, we will look at law firms’ data strategies and how they are implementing AI, and discuss what the best recipe is for future su…
AI & Machine Learning
Battle of the brands: Legora signs Jude Law as Harvey & Legora PR deals grow
In the latest eyebrow-raising brand deal, legal GenAI provider Legora announced today (13 April) that it has signed a new global campaign with actor Jude Law, w…
AI & Machine Learning
Simmons & Simmons welcomes students to first dedicated AI internship
International law firm Simmons & Simmons today (13 April) welcomes eight students to its inaugural AI law internship programme. Running from 13 to 24 April …
AI & Machine Learning
Charting Change in Legal: What firms are really seeing in AI return on investment
As generative AI adoption accelerates, how are leaders measuring value, reallocating time, and reshaping roles – and what risks are emerging as automation…
General
Exclusive: iManage set to announce platform evolution “as significant as the Cloud”
iManage today (14 April) teases the launch of the next evolution of its platform, with CEO Neil Araujo telling Legal IT Insider that it’s as significant as the …
Friday, 10 April 2026
General
Defense Department Lawyering Almost As Good As Hegseth’s Pullups
But with more grunting. The post Defense Department Lawyering Almost As Good As Hegseth’s Pullups appeared first on Above the Law .