Monica Sandler

ILTACON 2025: The Wild, Wild West of legal tech On the surface, ILTACON 2025, the International Legal Technology Association’s largest annual legal technology event, had all the makings of a great conference. But despite the thought-provoking sessions and keynotes, networking opportunities and PR fanfare, I couldn’t shake the sense that we were in the midst of a seismic shift in legal tech, surrounded by the restless energy of a boomtown.

As a planning team member, I am insulted by this click-bait headline. She's unhappy with the influx of AI information. So say THAT instead. #ILTACON is still the #1 legal tech conference. "ILTACON 2025: The Wild, Wild West of legal tech" www.abajournal.com/columns/arti...

"White-wing". Love it, stealing it.

South Dakota's Pilot Bar Alternative Switches Out Studying Outlines For Community Service - Above the Law Great way to start off a legal career!

Kudos to South Dakota. It will be interesting after the whole CA debacle how many states follow in SD footsteps. abovethelaw.com/2025/03/sout...

If ONLY the blue party would pause our intellectual "two wrongs don't make a right" style of leadership and fight fire with fire. I'm exhausted and terrified for what the next 4 years will be like.

Legaltech flocks to Bluesky  - Legal IT Insider The legaltech Twitterati is ditching Elon Musk’s X in favour of social media platform Bluesky, which now has over 22 million followers

@christopherhunt.bsky.social Thanks for helping me be an early adopter. Now ALL the cool kids are joining. 😆
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Miscommunication leads AI-based hiring tools astray AI thinks it’s picking someone to hire, but hiring managers only want a list of candidates to interview.

Will this knowledge change the way existing tools screen applicants? Or will they continue to simply search for key words? Hmmmm🤔 realkm.com/2024/11/13/m...

Unbeknownst to corporate lawyer, scammers used her name to file thousands of trademark applications The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

YIKES ON BIKES!! Attorney identity STOLEN to file over 2000 trademarks. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...

Meet The First-Ever Openly Transgender Lawyer To Argue Before SCOTUS Congratulations on this outstanding accomplishment.

Thrilled to see Gender Affirming Care get to SCOTUS (I think?). The needs being argued by someone who has LIVED it makes it that much more exciting! #equalityforall #saveourtranskids
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Biglaw Firm Gives All Employees Paid Day Off To Vote, Volunteer On Election Day Will your firm offer a paid holiday to support voting rights across America?

This is awesome!
Biglaw Firm Gives All Employees Paid Day Off To Vote, Volunteer On Election Day
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Texas Supreme Court Approves New Program Allowing Licensed Paralegals to Provide Legal Services to Low-Income Residents The Texas Supreme Court approves a new program for licensed paralegals to provide legal services to low-income residents, expanding access to justice in key areas like family law and estate planning.

This is VERY exciting news for my friends in Dallas and Austin! TX Supreme Court Pre-Approved Licensed Paralegals to provide Legal Services to low-income residents.
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General Counsel Suggests Partners Take Less And Pay Associates More, Says Associates’ Favorite Client Ever Clients can see who does all the real work... if they want to.

Brilliant! Thanks @joepatrice.bsky.social !! "It’s more expensive over the long-term to rent than own and the law firm model is all about renting associates." abovethelaw.com/2024/07/gene...

Cyberinsurance Bedevils Law Firms While most lawyers now recognize the need for a cyberinsurance policy, they frequently find themselves balancing the risk of a breach against the cost of the policy.

Whatever the cost, it has GOT to be cheaper than a breach where the firm risks losing money, the confidence of their clients, and potentially the respect of the community. #atlblog Cyberinsurance Bedevils Law Firms
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From the Client’s Perspective: How to Keep Client Relationships From Veering Off Track Sally Schmidt | If you haven't learned your client's preferences, you are basically saying you don't care what's important to them.

ASK What your client needs are, don't assume. www.attorneyatwork.com/from-the-cli...

If You Struggle to Trust People Read This - Leadership Freak All leaders have faith in people. Cynics can't lead. They can boss but they can't inspire. Distrustful people can micromanage, but they can’t engage people. You can't trust everyone, but you must trus...

Short but excellent read: If You Struggle To Trust People, Read This leadershipfreak.blog/2024/06/11/i...

Federal Court Suspends Florida Attorney Over Filing Fabricated Cases Hallucinated by AI Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about two more cases of AI-hallucinated citations in court filings leading to sanctions, and now comes the case of a Florida lawyer suspended from practice after filing c...

Florida Man....um, Lawyer 🤦‍♀️
#dontfeedtheai #commonsense
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Ugh. My ignorance is showing.

ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users, Ars reader says Names of unpublished research papers, presentations, and PHP scripts also leaked.

Aaaaand there it is. 🤦‍♀️ arstechnica.com/security/202...

Alina Habba Swimsuit Pic Hopes To Make Up For ‘Not Knowing Rules Of Evidence’ Trump's lawyer has a swimsuit glam shot and it's all incredibly stupid.

In case you missed the Hot & Incompetent 2024 pageant on X; Thanks @joepatrice.bsky.social !
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Point taken. I don't keep up on the various firm politics. Makes me incredibly biased, I know.

No bar exam required to practice law in Oregon starting next year | Reuters Law graduates will be able to become licensed in Oregon without taking the bar exam, starting in May 2024.

This is AWESOME!! No bar exam required to practice law in Oregon starting next year www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New York Public Defender Resigns After Being Caught On Camera Tearing Down Posters Of Israeli War Ho... A video of the public defender tearing down Israeli hostage posters went viral, and people were calling for her to be fired. Instead, she resigned.

The REALLY shocking part is that this and the October event linked are both WOMEN. 🤦‍♀️ New York Public Defender Resigns After Being Caught On Camera Tearing Down Posters Of Israeli War Hostages. abovethelaw.com/2023/11/new-...

Biglaw Firms Tell Law Schools To ‘Pls Hndle Thx’ Antisemitism Law firms could've publicly informed law students where they draw the line. They decided to fire off a superficial letter blaming law school deans instead.

You have to admire the no-tolerance aspect. Biglaw Firms Tell Law Schools To ‘Pls Hndle Thx’ Antisemitism @joepatrice.bsky.social abovethelaw.com/2023/11/bigl...

Oh noooo one of our own. 😥 I Am Deeply Saddened To Report The Death Of Monica Bay: Friend, Mentor and Role Model to So Many... www.lawnext.com?p=44939 via @bobambrogi @bren924.bsky.social @joepatrice.bsky.social

So this guy has nothing better to do that harass esteemed colleagues who just trying to get work done and include new faces? 🤦‍♀️ Oy. Blum Group Threatens 2 More Biglaw Firms With Litigation Over Their Diversity Initiatives abovethelaw.com/2023/10/blum...

Lawyers From Biglaw Firms Across The World Sign Statement Of Support For Israel After Terror Attacks It's time for lawyers to speak up on behalf of their Jewish colleagues.

This is the best thing I've read all month. Thanks for writing it #stacizaretsky #abovethelaw. Lawyers From Biglaw Firms Across The World Sign Statement Of Support For Israel After Terror Attacks abovethelaw.com/2023/10/lawy...

Law Student Studying Abroad In Israel Decides To Stay In War Zone And Assist Relief Efforts She's not a soldier but still wants to help out.

Now THIS takes brass ovum. Law Student Studying Abroad In Israel Decides To Stay In War Zone And Assist Relief Efforts abovethelaw.com/2023/10/law-...

Nosy Firm Loses 6 Figures For Dropbox Snooping Mind your business, people!

Uh uh uhhh! I'm hearing the screen saver of Dennis Nedry's security protocol in my head. Nosy Firm Loses 6 Figures For Dropbox Snooping abovethelaw.com/2023/10/nosy...

Original Jurisdiction | David Lat | Substack News, views, and colorful commentary about law and the legal profession. Click to read Original Jurisdiction, by David Lat, a Substack publication.

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I miss living in Dallas. Florida has the heat and the crazies, but the roads are worse.

Agree to disagree.