Technology
- The World Justice Project, in partnership with the World Bank, released “Advancing Access to Justice Via Information and Communications Technology: A Literature Review.” [3/21/25]
- Michael Bommarito, Daniel Katz, and Jillian Bommarito published a new paper on the domain-specific tokenizers they developed for the KL3M (Kelvin Legal Large Language Model) dataset and models. [3/21/25]
- The Stanford Legal Design Lab’s AI and Access to Justice Initiative reports on a recent webinar sharing how the Citizens Advice SORT group (part of the broader Citizen Advice network in England) uses generative AI to support their advisors. [3/20/25]
- Writing in Above the Law, Stephen Embry questions whether technology alone can solve rural legal deserts. [3/19/25]
- Michael Navin, of the National Center for State Courts, has a counterpoint to the Arizona Supreme Court’s AI Avatar reporters. [3/18/25]
Regulatory Innovation
- The Arizona Supreme Court has adopted new Arizona Code of Judicial Administration §7-211: Community-Based Justice Work Service Delivery Models. [3/19/25]
- The Financial Times reports that Big Four accounting firm EY is overhauling its UK law business. [3/19/25]
- Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer of vLex, has a piece in the TECHSHOW Issue of Law Practice Magazine on re-regulating UPL in the age of AI. [3/1/25]
- Also in the TECHSHOW Issue of Law Practice Magazine, ethics attorney Lucian Pera provides guidance on the ethics issues with litigation funding. [3/1/25]
Courts & Rules
- California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero delivered the State of the Judiciary Address, discussing, among other things, the expansion of remote proceedings, the recent bar exam failure, and reforms to the State Bar’s operations. [3/18/25]
- Maya Buenaventura and Paul Heaton, of RAND, discuss the impact of access to civil legal aid on improved housing stability. [3/12/25]
- The Pew Courts & Communities project released an interactive chart detailing the breakdown of case types in state courts in 2024. [3/6/25]
The Profession
- The State Bar of California is recommending that the California Supreme Court offer provisional licenses for candidates who fail or withdrew from the February Kaplan-authored exam, ABA Journal reports. [3/17/25]
