Got it. Sounds awesome
Thanks for tip re: snipd. Have been using downcast for a while and I like it — but have been curious to see how AI enabled features could help with, eg , recommendations
Noob here — which subreddit do you publish the Reddit guide ?
I've just published my thoughts on the NSW Supreme Court's new restrictions on AI use in litigation. The court essentially bans the use of GenAI tools without distinguishing them from public chatbots. It's a step backward when we need to be embracing innovation.
bit.ly/4eZ2w33
Thanks for this and very much looking forward to reading this. Have been generally following this issue in US and Canada but need to learn more about how courts in other jurisdictions are addressing
I’m old enough to remember a situation where some kids had computers and other kids didn’t and the kids that had the computers had a massive advantage when it came Time to writing papers and reports
My memory is that for households the killer app was being was Word processing ie being able to write papers
Tremendous. Thanks so much for sharing this. Can’t wait to check it out
I would very much like to learn more about this — I do a lot of prompting and training clients to prompt , but have very little experience with the use case you’re describing. Eager to learn more
“We are not to allow our youth to be corrupted by bad examples, but only to present them with stories and models of good people, so that they may imitate the good and avoid the bad” — Plato, the Republic, Book II, 377
(You have been haikued)
Weighing my bowl now,
Rice grains sparse, a hollow sigh—
Chipotle’s small scoop
I aspire to become one for legal writing.
The big shift? We’re realizing that neither activity is uniquely “human” anymore. What’s next? It’s unclear, but the line between human-only and machine-capable tasks is blurring fast.
AI, meanwhile, takes on tasks like reviewing cases or explaining statutes, showing surprising creativity and adaptability.
Smart contracts automate actions like escrow services—verifying payments, enforcing terms—with no human intervention.
Smart contracts and AI are rewriting the rules for tasks we thought only humans could handle.
This is not legal advice
Also remember — just saying “this is not legal advice” is not dispositive if under the facts and circumstances, a reasonable person would interpret the communication as legal advice
Also remember “when people say ‘verbal’
they really mean ‘oral’ since verbal just means “in words” so technically a “verbal agreement” could be written or oral
Undercover cops — be sure to get this in writing before you do this. Remember “A verbal agreement is. Is not worth the paper it’s printed on” Bryan O’Loghlen — misattributed to Samuel Goldwyn
Don't give up. You can't just give up after the first 10 tries. Keep doing the same thing. Maybe it will be different this time.
youtu.be/S7gxnEXs3D4?..., except "Mike *#&^ing Whelan" instead of Rick Dalton and me instead of Brad Pitt.
I, for one, think you very much English. You English with the best of them, and don't you forget it.
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Exciting to see LA Superior Court -- the busiest court in the world, moving forward on using electronic service of documents -- much better than mailing paper around.
Yesterday hundreds of readers learned about the 7 all-star 🌟 prompts for writing great client updates. Did you miss it?
lawsnap.substack.com/p/try-these-...
right now this is dummy data in the table -- working on doing the legal research on all the state regs, and adding that to the app.
building a compliance tool for small trucking companies. type in origin and destination and -- eventually -- it will summarize the regs for each of the states along the route. cloud-splitter-572b95c0db37.herokuapp.com
Lawyers: Your job is to manage risk, not eliminate it. AI tools bring big risks—and big potential. You can’t afford to sit this out. You need to learn how to use these tools responsibly *and* advise clients navigating their own AI risks. Staying still isn’t safe; it’s falling behind.
