Is A Crypto Collapse Inevitable?
Jerry Lawson and Elizabeth Southerland identify technical reasons why the crypto bubble is bursting, including the fact that theoretically unbreakable encryption schemes like those underpinning...
View ArticleDesign Your Law Practice
Jerry Lawson recommends the new book, Design Your Law Practice: Using Design Thinking To Get Next Level Results, to any law firm or lawyer interested in innovation that will make their practice more...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas War Project
With our new Israel-Hamas War Project - read the first article here - we are doing what we can to help Truth catch up with Falsehood. Our goal is to document accurate, timely and actionable resources...
View ArticleResearch Guide: Law of International Armed Conflict
High emotions generated by the Israel-Hamas conflict make this a time of wild claims and counterclaims. Few subjects are timelier and more critical than the Law of Armed Conflict, (LOAC), frequently...
View ArticleBook Review – The Legal Tech Ecosytem
Colin Levy’s extensive experience makes him well qualified to write about lawyer use of technology, and Jerry Lawson's assessment of this new book is that it provides a clear-eyed view of how lawyers...
View ArticleAI and the Organized Bar: Lessons from the eLawyering Project
The Internet changed the way lawyers communicate, but it otherwise made only modest changes in the nature of legal work. Generative AI will be a tsunami. Can or should the American Bar Association and...
View ArticleBook Review: Transformative Negotiation Strategies for Everyday Change and...
Jerry Lawson writes - So you think you know how to negotiate? You’ve done some deals, maybe a lot, maybe some for big bucks. Maybe attended some classes. Maybe read some books. Surely you can’t have...
View ArticlePublishing for Profit: Selecting the Best Publisher
Jerry Lawson offers his expert advise on how lawyers (and other ambitious people) can profit by publishing. One method is to begin by focusing on your desired result. What are the best publishers for...
View ArticleReview – Law Democratized: A Blueprint For Solving The Justice Crisis
Jerry Lawson rhetorically asks Is anyone in the country better qualified than Renee Knake Jefferson to write about access to justice? Professor of Law at the University of Houston, co-reporter for the...
View ArticleA Chat With Legal Rebel Richard Granat
Jerry Lawson had a conversation with Richard Granat, a lawyer, frequent speaker on legal technology, blogger, and consultant. His professional work has earned many awards, including the ABA's Legal...
View ArticlePowerPoint has Its Problems. It’s Worthy Anyway.
Jerry Lawson discusses how antipathy toward slide shows is understandable but misdirected. A slide show is a tool, an instrument like a hammer, airbrush or violin. Lawson advocates the position that...
View ArticleSlide Show Formatting Basics
Legal tech expert and frequent speaker Jerry Lawson affirms that the best substantive presentation material looks even better if packaged well. Formatting slide shows is an art. Compliance with some...
View ArticleWhen Should Presenters Apologize?
Referencing decades of experience as a presenter and an attendee at presentations, Jerry Lawson cautions us not to begin a presentation with an apology, which can be compelled by a tech glitch or some...
View ArticleBook Review – Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and...
The 2024 election results have prompted discussion about the effectiveness of “guardrails” that might restrain Presidential activities that could harm the nation. Jerry Lawson's review notes that Glenn...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence, ABA Formal Opinion 512 And Access To Justice
Jerry Lawson evaluates the American Bar Association's Formal Opinion 512, "Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools" as a mixed bag. Lawson states that the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional...
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