A weekly round-up and review of news in legal technology and innovation, selected by industry leading journalists. Hosted by lawyer and journalist Bob Ambrogi.
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August 12, 202658 min
08/07/26: Legal Tech embraces vibe coding, big law entry level hiring declines, and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: (00:00) Introductions (3:53) Big Law Entry-Level Hiring Declines for 2nd Year in a Row (Selected by Stephen Embry) (12:55) LexisNexis Bets On Build-A-Bear Model For Legal AI (Selected by Joe Patrice) (22:54) Thomson Reuters Says Its Homegrown AI Model Now Rivals the Frontier Labs – I Take A Closer Look At the Benchmarks (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) (32:24) The Law Firms Working With Tech Companies to Build Custom Tools (Selected by Rhys Dipshan) (40:24) Bar Exam Tech Woes (Selected by Victor Li)
August 3, 202656 min
07/31/2026: AI Evidence blurs line between reality and fiction, Chinese AI model impact on legal tech, and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: (00:00) Introductions (06:21) AI Evidence Blurring the Line Between Reality and Fiction (Selected by Niki Black) (17:26) When Zero Data Retention Stops Being Zero: The New Reality in AI Governance (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) (26:11) What Chinese Open-Weight AI Models Mean for Legal Tech (Selected by Rhys Dipshan) (38:09) The Emerging Landscape of Custom Legal Research Tools (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
July 29, 202656 min
07/24/26: Free Legal Claude Connector, AALL recap, OpenAI's rogue model, and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: (00:00) Introductions (03:55) AALL: A Good Time Was Had by All (Selected by Stephen Embry) (18:12) OpenAI Says Rogue AI Models Broke Free from Human Control. Some See It as a "Warning Shot" (Selected by Julie Sobowale) (35:28) NYC Bar Provides Roadmap for Navigating AI Privilege Issues (Selected by Niki Black) (41:06) New Jersey Introduces "First-of-its-Kind" AI Tool for Public Defenders (Selected by Victor Li) (43:57) Built By Lawyers, For Lawyers: DingDuff Is a Free Claude Connector That Its Founders Say Rivals the Legal Research Giants (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
July 21, 20261 hr 0 min
07/17/26: Litera rebrand, Amazon enters legal market, and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: (00:00) Introductions (04:23) TX Bar AI Use Survey (Selected by Niki Black) (16:49) AI-First Law Firms Don't Work Fewer Hours, They Work Smarter Hours (Selected by Joe Patrice) (32:38) Rising Pro Se Filings Push Federal Courts to Examine Case Management in the AI Era (Selected by Rhys Dipshan & Stephen Embry) (47:31) Increasing Popularity of Smart Glasses Could Lead to More Workplace Disputes (Selected by Victor Li) (52:02) Litera Relaunches Its Brand Around a Unified Vision: One AI Agent Spanning the Practice and Business of Law (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
July 13, 202657 min
07/10/26: UChicago bans laptops, an interview with Anthropic, and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: (00:00) Panelist Introductions (03:04) UChicago Law Bans Laptops from 1L Classrooms As Part of Sweeping New AI Strategy for Legal Education (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) (25:54) Agentic AI For Forensics Investigations Is Fast, Auditable, And About To Bloody Daubert (Selected by Joe Patrice) (38:38) Is Corporate and Legal Ready for a Shift from Subscription-Based AI to Usage-Based? Apparently Not. (Selected by Stephen Embry) (47:25) Who's Investing in Legal Tech This Year? Here's the Data / Top Legal Tech Funding Rounds of 2026 (So Far) (Selected by Rhys Dipshan) (54:48) Are AI Prompts Privileged? Time Will Tell. (Selected by Niki Black)
July 2, 202657 min
06/16/26: New Tool for Fractional GCs, Perplexity enters Legal, and more
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology. This week's topics: (00:00) Panelist introductions (2:44) Thomson Reuters Event (Selected by Joe Patrice) (34:00) University of Texas Law Dean Shifts AI Policy to Prevent "Cognitive Deskilling" (Selected by Victor Li) (40:03) Fighting Hallucinations: How to Choose the Right AI Citation Checkers (Selected by Niki Black)
June 22, 202657 min
06/19/26: Anthropic withdraws Fable 5, AI might already be sexist, and more
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology. This week's topics: (00:00) Panelist introductions (05:18) Legora Builds a Pub at LegalTechTalk and Other LegalTechTalk Low Down (Selected by Caroline Hill) (14:46) AI-Generated Transcript Mistake Doesn't Impact Court Ruling: eDiscovery Case Law (Selected by Doug Austin) (25:44) Does AI Give Male Lawyers Better Resumes? (Selected by Joe Patrice) (32:24) This Week Saw A Slew Of New Legal Tech CEOs. But Why? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 42:00) Every Lawyer in the Case Is Guilty of Failing to Verify Cites. It's Not Good to Piss Off Federal District Court Judges (Selected by Stephen Embry)
June 11, 202647 min
06/04/26: Ironclad founder joins OpenAI to develop products for legal, and more
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist introductions 17:05 Can a Legal AI Platform Be Powerful, Fun and Free All at the Same Time? Lavern Surely Thinks So. (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 24:48 Ironclad Founder Jason Boehmig Joins OpenAI To Develop Products for the Legal Sector (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 33:30 A Data Breach Lawsuit Against a Law Firm With a Slightly New Twist (Selected by Stephen Embry) 41:29 The Em Dash Is Dead. Long Live the En Dash! (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
May 14, 202657 min
05/08/26: The Legal Tech giants powering ICE, and more
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist introductions 3:09 A new open source legal AI tool vibe coded by former Latham & Watkins associate William Chen is causing market excitement, with end users claiming it will change their negotiation strength. (Selected by Caroline Hill) 17:22 The Legal Tech Giants Powering ICE, Part 1 — How Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis Helped Support America's Immigration Surveillance Machine / The Legal Tech Giants Powering ICE, Part 2 — The Pushback: Employees, Shareholders, Lawyers and the Fight Over May 31 (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 28:17 Google's AI Summary Invents State Ethics Rules… And It's Not A Hallucination Problem (Selected by Joe Patrice) 38:36 Prosecutor suspended by state supreme court for artificial intelligence use in court docs (Selected by Victor Li) 49:31 Rethinking How We Train the Next Generation of Lawyers (Selected by Niki Black)
April 18, 20261 hr 0 min
04/17/26: Jude Law enters... the law, Claude Legal, and more
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist introductions 3:16 Legal tech company Legora announces global ad campaign featuring actor Jude Law (Selected by Victor Li) Victor introduces the episode's first major story, using it as a "big news" kickoff. The panel discusses Legora's decision to use a major Hollywood actor in its marketing and what that signals about the maturation and competitiveness of the legal tech market. 15:44 Legal Tech Funding: 2026 Is on Track to Outpace 2025 (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) Victor pivots directly to Stephanie, who outlines how 2026 funding is trending ahead of 2025, with outsized rounds concentrating capital among a small group of leading companies and reshaping the competitive landscape. 26:27 Inside an "AI-Native Law Firm" Started by Cooley, Fenwick and Thomson Reuters Veterans (Selected by Rhys Dipshan) Victor hands off to Rhys, who describes a new AI-native firm built by industry veterans. The discussion focuses on what "AI-native" actually means in practice and whether this model represents a fundamental shift in law firm structure. 40:44 Claude Legal Is Here, and It's Worth a Closer Look (Selected by Niki Black) Victor introduces Niki's segment on Claude Legal. She walks through its capabilities and potential impact, emphasizing how it fits into legal research workflows and enhances analytical depth. 50:59 Lawsuits are and will proliferate against LLM providers based on potential product liability theories (Selected by Stephen Embry) Victor transitions to Stephen, who explains how traditional product liability theories could apply to AI systems, predicting an increase in litigation as reliance on LLMs grows. 57:09 The latest AI hallucination involved zero AI (Selected by Joe Patrice) Victor closes with Joe's story, a humorous but pointed example of a so-called "AI hallucination" that had nothing to do with AI, illustrating how the term is often misused.
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