Why Lawyers Still Matter in the Age of AI

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Lawyers have always occupied a slightly awkward place in the public imagination. Gallup’s annual honesty and ethics survey routinely places lawyers near the bottom of the list, with only about 20% of Americans rating our profession highly for ethical standards. Apparently, we are widely viewed as the masters of technicalities and the architects of expensive delay. That…

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Rage Bait

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On December 1, 2025, Oxford University Press named rage bait its Word of the Year. Rage bait is defined as content deliberately engineered to provoke outrage in order to drive engagement. Most commentary framed this as a social-media problem. But for litigators, rage bait isn’t new. It’s just been rebranded. Our profession has been monetizing…

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The ABA’s 2025 AI Task Force Report: What Lawyers Need to Know Now

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The American Bar Association Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence has released its 2025 report, marking the culmination of two years of intensive work on how artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal profession. Rather than treating AI as a distant or speculative concern, the report is grounded in the clear premise that AI is…

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AI for Contract Drafting

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Artificial intelligence has officially become a practical tool in everyday legal work, not just for litigators but also for transactional lawyers. A recent American Bar Association article, How Lawyers Are Using AI to Draft Better Contracts Faster by Megan Mulligan (Oct. 7, 2025), offers a useful snapshot of how lawyers are already incorporating AI into…

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Confidentiality Doesn’t Disappear in the Cloud

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Cloud-based software services and AI tools have become routine in modern law practice. Lawyers use them to draft documents, send and receive communications, manage cases, store files, and analyze information. Lawyers often use these tools without giving much thought to what happens to confidential client data once it leaves the lawyer’s computer. Do third parties…

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