News Wrap
Legal AI For Crime, ACAS, Law Punx Ep.1, Juro + Wordsmith
It was only a matter of time before someone applied legal AI to crime…no, not that way….for criminal defence work. In this case, Matey, a …
Hires + Appointments
LegalOn Hires Former Litera Exec Vanessa Davis
LegalOn, an AI pioneer for inhouse contracting needs, has hired experienced legal tech executive Vanessa Davis as its Chief Product Officer. She has worked at …
AI + Law School
Harvey Launches Law Student Program with Stanford, UCLA, NYU +
Harvey has launched a law school alliance program, which will see the genAI pioneer ‘embed its technology into law school curriculums’. Or as they say: …
genAI Skills
Legora Rolls Out ‘Word Actions’ For Templates + Improving Your Writing
Legora has expanded its Word Add-in capability with several of what it’s calling Word Actions, which cover: filling in templates for you, anonymising documents, and …
MCP Alliance
Juro + Wordsmith Form MCP-Based AI Partnership
In what may be the first deal of its kind in the legal tech world, Juro and Wordsmith – both inhouse-focused – have formed a …
Agents
Exterro Explains Its Agentic Tools, Norm Ai Joins CodeX
It’s a double agent day. Compliance agent developer, Norm Ai, has joined Stanford’s CodeX legal tech group. Meanwhile, Exterro has kindly explained to AL why …
Funding
Ex-ROSS Cofounder Bags $5.3m* Seed For Judge Intelligence
Bench IQ, an AI-powered judicial intelligence platform, led by former ROSS co-founder Jimoh Ovbiagele, has raised a $5.3m* Seed round. It follows a $2.1m pre-seed …
Legal AI + Inhouse
Rethinking Legal Workflows: How AI Is Transforming the Solo Legal Department
By Ellen Traweek, LexisNexis. In the world of fast-paced business, the legal department is often the last to enjoy the luxury of ‘extra time.’ For …
Law Punx
Welcome To Law Punx: ‘AI Won’t Solve The Contract Problem’
Welcome to Law Punx, a new podcast by Artificial Lawyer where you – the legal tech community – share your views on topics that really …
AI Market Share
Webber Wentzel Picks Legora, Clients Can Get Supported Use
Webber Wentzel, one of the leading law firms in South Africa and a long-term ally of Linklaters, has picked Legora as its AI productivity platform, …