Technology
- Multiple outlets are reporting on judicial decisions that rely on hallucinated cases: e.g., ABA Journal; Bloomberg Law. [7/30 & 7/30]
- Ogletree hosted a summer hackathon to bring summer associates up to speed on the firm’s generative AI tools, Law360 reports. [7/29]
- TechCrunch reports on Sam Altman’s warning about the lack of legal confidentiality for users’ conversations in ChatGPT. [7/25]
Regulatory Innovation
- The LegalTech Fund’s recent podcast discusses alternative business structures and management services organizations. [8/5]
- A D.C. Courts Task Force on regulatory reform is recommending a community justice worker program. [7/31]
- IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System has released a framework that regulators and industry leaders can use when developing new AI regulatory innovation initiatives. [7/31]
- A medical-legal partnership in Colorado that launched in 2024 has referred 135 eligible cases to Colorado Legal Services for assistance, helping 64 individuals avoid eviction or reverse eviction judgments. [7/29]
Courts, Rules & Access to Justice
- Hawaii is welcoming out-of-state defense attorneys to assist the public defender program, Above the Law reports. [8/5]
- The Pew Charitable Trusts surveyed people on how members of the public grade the courts. [8/4]
- John Grisham penned an opinion piece in USA Today supporting funding for legal aid. [7/30]
- Washington State AG’s Office has released the results of a civil legal needs survey focused on veterans and service members. [7/23]
- The 2025 NCSC National Trends in State Courts has been released. [7/22]
- The Aberdeen News reports that a South Dakota nonprofit launched the Justice Bus, a mobile legal aid office to serve residents in legal deserts. [7/8]
The Profession
- The ABA Journal reports on several aspects of the bar examination: the feasibility of off-site exams in light of the California bar snafu; NCBE efforts to prepare for the delivery of the NextGen UBE in July 2026. [8/1, 7/22]
- Bloomberg Law interviews former California State Bar executive director Leah Wilson on the February bar exam, among other things. [7/30]
- The CCJ/COSCA Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform (CLEAR) has published its research and recommendations to state supreme courts. ABA Journal also reports. [7/30 & 8/1]
- A short Bloomberg Law video discusses the states exploring alternatives to the bar exam along with broader exam issues. [7/26]
- Many outlets are reporting on the American Association of Law Libraries annual meeting, including Above the Law and LawSites. [7/25 & 7/22]
- Law360 reports that the New York legal services strike appears to have reached a tentative agreement. [7/24]
- Ohio is the latest state (following Florida and Texas) to reconsider ABA accreditation for law schools, ABA Journal reports and Reuters also reports. [7/23 & 7/18]