Podcast appearances and mentions of molly mcdonough

Two legal tech experts join Talk Justice's Molly McDonough to discuss how emerging tools with generative AI could fit into the future of legal services—and who they'll be accessible to—on the latest episode of LSC's Talk Justice podcast.

Two legal tech experts join Talk Justice's Molly McDonough to discuss how emerging tools with generative AI could fit into the future of legal services—and who they'll be accessible to—on the latest episode of LSC's Talk Justice podcast.

The authors of the article “Reducing Family Separations in New York City: The Covid-19 Experiment and a Call for Change” join Talk Justice Co-host Molly McDonough to discuss reducing child removals in New York City and systemic flaws in the child welfare system on the latest episode of LSC's Talk Justice podcast.

The authors of the article “Reducing Family Separations in New York City: The Covid-19 Experiment and a Call for Change” join Talk Justice Co-host Molly McDonough to discuss reducing child removals in New York City and systemic flaws in the child welfare system on the latest episode of LSC's Talk Justice podcast.

Experts discuss the user-experience of remote court proceedings and explore additional possibilities for technological innovation in the courts on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. Talk Justice Co-host Molly McDonough is joined by guests Jennifer Leitch, executive director of the National Self-Represented Litigants Network in Canada, and Danielle Hirsch, court management consultant with the National Center for State Courts.

Experts discuss the user-experience of remote court proceedings and explore additional possibilities for technological innovation in the courts on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. Talk Justice Co-host Molly McDonough is joined by guests Jennifer Leitch, executive director of the National Self-Represented Litigants Network in Canada, and Danielle Hirsch, court management consultant with the National Center for State Courts.

We are joined this week by two guest panelists, Roy Strom and Julie Sobowale. This week's Top Stories: 5:10 - Security Council Arria Formula Meeting Highlights UNITAD Innovation and Partnership as Model for Accountability (Selected by Molly McDonough) 13:17 - Big Law has Never Looked More Like This Fully Remote Firm (Selected by Roy Strom) 22:21 - Spending in Legal Departments has Almost Doubled in the Last Year: CLOC Survey (Selected by Julie Sobowale) 27:14 - Just Calling a Product 'Artificial Intelligence' Isn't Good Enough (Selected by Joe Patrice) 39:06 - How Law Schools Should Teach Tech, with April Dawson (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 50:14 - Microsoft is Finally Retiring Internet Explorer in 2022 (Selected by Victor Li) Visit LawSitesBlog to learn more about attending our live events and receiving early updates about show topics.

7:06 - Neuralink implant enables monkey to play Pong without touching anything. Tests in humans next. (Selected by Molly McDonough) 15:22 - Litera buys another company. What is its strategy and how will avoid chaos in implementing so many acquisitions? Why should you care? (Selected by Caroline Hill) 21:26 - Digression about British expressions 23:06 - Orrick Spin-Off Joinder Launches ‘System-of-Record’ for Corporate Legal Departments (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 38:46 - SALI announced a universal legal tech API, will it catch on? (Selected by Victoria Hudgins) 48:09 - Judicial Analytics in New York: Looking Back To See the Future (Selected by Niki Black)

Stories This Week: 3:36 - Launch Factory seeks legal tech founders 8:58 - Thompson Reuters ALSP report 12:38 - Lawyer referral services 23:22 - Digitizing state courts to increase access to justice. 30:10 - Drunk Cylon? 30:49 - Legal tech M&A study 35:44 - iManage's ROI study & the nature of industry polling 47:38 - Matt Homann and the Virtual Conference Manifesto 54:05 - Vendor commercials & conferences 56:38 - Rant & Raves: Jones Day gets hacked   Our panelists this week are: Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast; and Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider. Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal, moderates.

This week saw the first virtual version of Legalweek, typically one of the largest legal tech and legal industry conferences. How well did the physical conference translate to the virtual world? Our panelists share their thoughts.  Stories this week include: 4:07 - Legal Week(year) 15:20 - Collaboration between legal tech companies and law firms 24:00 - Judicial ethics and Reality TV 30:40 - Troutman’s hire of a “remote” partner 41:20 - 23andMe going public 47:32 - A new company that rates Saas vendors’ contracts 51:17 - Box acquires an e-signature company 52:38 - Panelists’ rants & raves   Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law;and  Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates. 

We introduce a new segment this week: panelists’ rants and raves, a lightning round of what made us mad or glad this week. Other stories we discuss include: a look-ahead to virtual Legalweek, an ABA ethics opinion on responding to negative online criticism, ROSS’s litigation gambit calling Thomson Reuters a monopoly, whether virtual firms are here to stay, and ODR comes to Manhattan small claims court.  Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law;and  Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

A quiet week overall in legal technology news, but a Law.com article on the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and diverse attorneys generates impassioned discussion among the panelists.  Other stories we discuss include: an in-depth analysis of the legal tech market, the acquisition of a popular legal newsletter publisher, the hurdles to teaching tech to remote law students, the ABA Journal’s latest class of Legal Rebels, and a challenge to legal tech companies from Joe Patrice to develop a much-needed app.  Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law;and  Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

In our first show of the new year, our panel of legal tech journalists share their thoughts on the events this week at the Capitol, and then turn to the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation. They also share their predictions for 2021, and consider the question, “What exactly is legal tech?”  This week’s panelists are: Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.  Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates. 

Today we have a special holiday show, and what better way to do it than with our good friends Jared Correia from our Legal Toolkit Show and our producer Molly McDonough, as well as a special guest (stay tuned to find out who it is). Sources: The North Pole

Today we have a special holiday show, and what better way to do it than with our good friends Jared Correia from our Legal Toolkit Show and our producer Molly McDonough, as well as a special guest (stay tuned to find out who it is). Sources: The North Pole

In a special year-end episode of Legaltech Week, our panel of legaltech journalists share their picks for the top stories of the year in legal technology and innovation. What were they? You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.  Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

Our panel of legaltech journalists discuss the week’s top story: The decision to close down its operations by legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, under pressure from a lawsuit filed against it by legal research giant Thomson Reuters. Does Thomson Reuters have a legitimate claim or is it using litigation to squelch a competitor? Our panelists share their opinions.  Other stories we discuss this week include: Benjamin Moore fires its entire in-house legal department; London firm DWF posts strong half-year financial results, owing in part to its managed services business; Irish AI-powered spend management company Brightflag raises $28 million; the House passes the Open Courts Act, in a step towards making PACER free; and a new ethics opinion addresses attorneys withdrawing from representations due to COVID concerns.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

Virtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format.  Other stories our panel of legaltech journalists discuss this week include: Exterro’s nine-figure acquisition of AccessData, the federal judiciary’s surreptitious lobbying against making PACER free, the expansion of trial court research and analytics company Trellis into Illinois and Delaware, hackers targeting the COVID-19 distribution chain, law firms doing business cases on contingency, and a lawsuit reminder of why lawyers should use email encryption.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, author of TechLaw Crossroads; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

Virtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format.  Other stories our panel of legaltech journalists discuss this week include:  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, author of TechLaw Crossroads; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

You may be surprised to know there was news this week other than the election. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: ballot initiatives in California and Massachusetts raise data privacy issues, Deloitte acquires UK top 200 law firm Kemp Little, a report examines the viability of captive ALSPs, legal tech patents soar in China, an ethics opinion raises COVID-19 issues, chatbots for legal marketing, and new lawyer-matching site that also provides free practice software.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, author of TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal tech journalists offer their views on the virtual version of the Clio Cloud Conference. Plus, our  panel of legal journalists discuss the week’s top stories, including a new global directory of legaltech, a new ethics opinion on tech competence, a $60 million investment in discovery company DISCO, and more.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates. 

This week on Legaltech Week, we share a moment of silence to remember Gayle McCormick O’Connor, a stalwart of the legal technology industry who died last Sunday. We also discuss the remarkable story of an indicted former legaltech founder whose published a book claiming he was an FBI mole.  Other stories this week include: a legal analyst gets caught with his pants down, Baker McKenzie launches an AI project to anticipate clients’ legal needs, legaltech veterans launch major growth capital fund as other investors seek out legal tech targets, a botched redaction with a twist, and more.   This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates. 

This week on Legaltech Week, Nicole Bradick, founder and CEO of legal tech design firm Theory and Principle, joins us to discuss Read the F*ing Directions, a voter education site developed for Spread the Vote. She also gives a preview of the upcoming Justice Tech & Design Gathering.  Plus, our  panel of legal journalists discuss the week’s top stories, including the glut of virtual conferences, a report on captive ALSPs at Am Law 100 firms, new ‘Market Standards’ from LexisNexis for data-driven M&A research, Google giving search data to police, and tech incompetence at the Supreme Court.   This week’s panelists are: Caroline Hill, editor-in-chief of Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among this week’s stories: the Legalweek New York conference makes it official, going virtual and rebranding as Legalweek(year); two legal industry veterans launch LexFusion, aiming to change the legal tech sales paradigm; a law firm battles to use a trade name in states that still prohibit it; Minnesota launches a pilot program for paraprofessionals to provide legal services; and a Good Housekeeping seal of approval for legal AI.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among them: the acquisition of practice management company Rocket Matter, scalability vs. headcount at ALSPs, the challenge of naming a legaltech company, Fragomen’s acquisition of SimpleCitizen, Texas judiciary embraces long-term virtual hearings, man sentenced to death via Zoom, U.K. returns to lockdown, and the continuing foibles of the bar exam.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

After a week off, our panel of legal journalists has a lot of news to catch up on. Among this week’s stories: the acquisition of MyCase, the rise of deposition tech, the new Lexis+, Casetext extends its AI brief writing, Winston & Strawn’s new virtual support center, SCOTUS telephonic arguments, WFH ethics opinions, self-driving car homicide, and Goodnight Moon meets court tech. Plus, we consider the future of legal tech conferences.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal, Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

Our panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: the Utah Supreme Court approves sweeping regulatory changes to address access to justice, e-discovery company Reveal acquires AI company NexLP, Biglaw lawyers flock to distributed firms, the Wall Street Journal issues a robot lawyer scare, and a possibly more palpable purpose for facial recognition technology.   This week’s panelists are: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

A panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: how Zoom helped a law firm avoid layoffs, new data on the pandemic’s impact on law practices, technical difficulties for online bar exams, big tech companies face the fire on Capitol Hill, ‘legal deserts’ and how tech can help, and New Zealand sets standards for algorithms.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

The Legaltech Week panel of journalists tackles another week of legal news. Among the top stories we discuss this week: fun with mute buttons, civil rights edition; the privacy and due process dangers of Zoom courts; excessive attorneys’ fees in a data breach case; and a new legal news service from Thomson Reuters.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

The Legaltech Week panel of journalists convenes for another look back at the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. Among the stories they discuss this week are a Law.com series on the machines influencing criminal justice decisions, ROSS’s response to Thomson Reuters’ lawsuit, an EU court quashes the Privacy Shield, a bail hearing illegally recorded, and the California bar exam goes virtual.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

The Legaltech Week panel of journalists is back for a look at the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. Among the topics this week are a new legal research service from LexisNexis, concerns about self-driving cars and crime, another naked lawyer on Zoom, possible backlash against DoNotPay, law firms commit to a data-driven diversity initiative, a look at the law firm of the future, and the legal tech companies that received PPP loans.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

The Legaltech Week panel of journalists is joined this week by Rohan Pavuluri, cofounder and CEO of bankruptcy platform Upsolve, to discuss his recent article arguing that rules prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law -- rules that he says give lawyers a monopoly on providing legal services -- effectively work to promote racial inequality.  Also, we’re joined by a new panelist this week: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News, for our usual roundtable on the week’s top stories. The weeks’ other panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates. The Legaltech Week panel of journalists is joined this week by Rohan Pavuluri, cofounder and CEO of bankruptcy platform Upsolve, to discuss his recent article arguing that rules prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law -- rules that he says give lawyers a monopoly on providing legal services -- effectively work to promote racial inequality.  Also, we’re joined by a new panelist this week: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News, for our usual roundtable on the week’s top stories. The weeks’ other panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

At the close of a week in which issues of racism and racial injustice have consumed the nation and the world, we abandon our usual news round-up for an in-depth conversation about diversity in law. Joining us to share his insights and perceptions is Bryan Parker, cofounder and CEO of Legal Innovators, a startup dedicated to changing the hiring, pricing and diversity of junior legal talent.  Parker joins this week’s line-up of panelists: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor-in-chief, Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

For our second episode of Access to Justice week, we’re joined by Molly McDonough, an 18 year veteran of the ABA Journal, to discuss how technology can help solve the Access to Justice gap, how COVID-19 has presented some unique Access to Justice problems (and solutions), and take a collaborative approach to addressing Access to Justice.

Our weekly Legaltech Week journalist roundtable, rounding up the top legaltech news, kicks off this time with news that one of our panelists was a contestant on Cash Cab. And if you don’t know what that is, then you’ll have to listen to the episode.  Joining host Bob Ambrogi this week are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor-in-chief, Legaltech News.  Among the other stories the panelists discuss: How the ubiquity of mobile-phone cameras is changing criminal law and justice, the First Amendment implications of President Trump’s Twitter crackdown, lessons learned from the first Zoom trial in Texas, a U.K. firm’s selection of Oracle for its practice management platform, and another practice management platform’s new lead-ranking tool.

The Legaltech Week journalist roundtable is back, with a week-in-review discussion by leading legaltech journalists from the U.S. and U.K. who discuss and dissect the week’s top stories.  Joining host Bob Ambrogi this week are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Among the stories the panelists discuss: doing away with “brick-and-mortar” requirements for law offices, judges question the need for large courthouses and -- by the way -- learn to love Zoom over other video platforms, a new government-backed legaltech sandbox in the U.K., a law firm gets caught by an email scam and loses its lawsuit to hold the bank accountable, and lots of audience chatter about Zoom v. Microsoft Teams.

Legaltech Week takes a turn in a new direction this week, presenting a week-in-review discussion by leading legaltech journalists from the U.S. and U.K. who discuss and dissect the week’s top stories.  Joining host Bob Ambrogi are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief, Legaltech News. Among the stories the panelists discuss: the California Bar takes a step towards a regulatory sandbox, video conferencing security and what lawyers really need, making sense of newly launched platform Lupl, a legaltech incubator in India, a ransomware attack against a law firm to the stars (and a related question of journalism ethics), and major investments in contracts tech.

On The Road host Jared Correia welcomes Andrew Gay, Jesse Harink, and Molly McDonough to discuss the Launch//Code Competition at the 2019 Clio Cloud Conference. They give an overview of the finalists and their Clio-integrated projects and discuss the ways this competition is intended to encourage increased legal tech/lawyer collaboration for a more seamless practice of law. Check out the winners here! Andrew Gay is manager of Clio's App & Developer Ecosystem. Jesse Harink is an employee experience team lead at Clio. Molly McDonough is the former editor and publisher of the ABA Journal and a longtime legal affairs journalist. She was a judge for the 2019 Launch//Code competition. Special thanks to Clio for sponsoring this episode.

Would you ever think that calling up a natural history museum and asking for their 'crusties' would be a legitimate scientific request? Well, it is, and that's what Dr. Molly McDonough does. She studies mammals and their DNA, sometimes pulling out the genetic code from animals that have been dead for more than a hundred years. For those of you (like me) who have ever scratched your head thinking 'what the heck is DNA anyway?,' Molly gives a GREAT explanation in this episode! Molly stands in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History gerbil collection, surrounded by specimens in drawers. photo c/o Molly McDonough --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Print may seem like it's going out of style but the ABA Journal is still going strong. In this episode of The Digital Edge, hosts Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway talk to Molly McDonough about news stories lawyers want to read and how the ABA Journal has adapted to changes in media consumption. They also discuss the ABA Journal's role as the primary source of legal technology information for attorneys. Molly McDonough, joined the ABA Journal staff in 2001 and has been editor and publisher since Feb. 3, 2017. Special thanks to our sponsors, ServeNow, Scorpion, Answer1, and Clio.

Diversity at law firms, especially at the higher levels of partnership continues to be a hot topic of discussion. But is that all that it is, a discussion item? To this day, fewer than 20 percent of equity partners are women and even fewer are lawyers of color. This has been the case for more than a decade even though there are now more women in law school than men. Molly McDonough, editor of the ABA Journal, spoke about this issue with Subha Barry, of Working Mother Media, Vivia Chen of the Careerist blog, Lynn Charytan and Jeff Smith of Comcast Cable, and law firm partner Hilary Preston of Vinson & Elkins. Special thanks to our sponsors Amicus Attorney.

Diversity at law firms, especially at the higher levels of partnership continues to be a hot topic of discussion. But is that all that it is, a discussion item? To this day, fewer than 20 percent of equity partners are women and even fewer are lawyers of color. This has been the case for more than a decade even though there are now more women in law school than men. Molly McDonough, editor of the ABA Journal, spoke about this issue with Subha Barry, of Working Mother Media, Vivia Chen of the Careerist blog, Lynn Charytan and Jeff Smith of Comcast Cable, and law firm partner Hilary Preston of Vinson & Elkins. Special thanks to our sponsors Amicus Attorney.

Have you considered attending the 2017 ABA Annual Meeting in New York City this August? In this special episode of Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles and Molly McDonough hear about what special events and venues await attendees from ABA President Linda Klein and the associate executive director of Meetings and Travel, Marty Balogh. From a CLE lecture given by IBM Watson to a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Lincoln Center, Klein and Balogh share how this year’s meeting will offer entirely new educational and networking opportunities.

Have you considered attending the 2017 ABA Annual Meeting in New York City this August? In this special episode of Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles and Molly McDonough hear about what special events and venues await attendees from ABA President Linda Klein and the associate executive director of Meetings and Travel, Marty Balogh. From a CLE lecture given by IBM Watson to a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Lincoln Center, Klein and Balogh share how this year’s meeting will offer entirely new educational and networking opportunities.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Stacy Stern, president of the vast legal portal Justia. Stern, one of the co-founders of Findlaw, was named a Legal Rebels Trailblazer in early 2017. She talks here about the expansion of Justia, which champions free law for all in the United States and Mexico.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Shantelle Argyle and Daniel Spencer. Argyle and Spencer, profiled as Legal Rebels in 2015, founded Open Legal Services in Salt Lake City in 2014. Even though the two didn’t initially plan to launch a not-for-profit law firm straight out of law school, they’ve since become evangelists for the model. They talk here about the not-for-profit model they embraced and the growth of their firm.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Shantelle Argyle and Daniel Spencer. Argyle and Spencer, profiled as Legal Rebels in 2015, founded Open Legal Services in Salt Lake City in 2014. Even though the two didn’t initially plan to launch a not-for-profit law firm straight out of law school, they’ve since become evangelists for the model. They talk here about the not-for-profit model they embraced and the growth of their firm.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Stacy Stern, president of the vast legal portal Justia. Stern, one of the co-founders of Findlaw, was named a Legal Rebels Trailblazer in early 2017. She talks here about the expansion of Justia, which champions free law for all in the United States and Mexico.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sarah Glassmeyer. Glassmeyer, a trained law librarian and free law enthusiast, was named a Legal Rebel in 2016. She talks here about her relatively new job at the ABA’s Center for Innovation and the melding of her interests there. She gives a preview of what’s to come from the center.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sam Glover, founder of Lawyerist, a one-time blog turned robust legal information site. Sam was named a Legal Rebel Trailblazer in February 2017. Here he talks about a new venture at Lawyerist: TBD Law, a unique conference collaboration with ‘09 Legal Rebel Matt Homann of Filament in St. Louis.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Nicole Black. Black was in the Journal’s first Rebels class in 2009. Just like then, when she was designated the “Boss of Blogs,” she continues to be a prolific blogger and Twitter user. She talks about blogging today and her gig at MyCase, which offers practice-management services to lawyers.

In this special ABA Techshow episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Ed Walters and Kevin O’Keefe. Walters, a one-time BigLaw associate and co-founder of the legal-research service Fastcase, was named a Legal Rebel Trailblazer in October 2016. Kevin O’Keefe was in the Journal’s inaugural Rebels class in 2009. The two talk here about their new integration of Fastcase and Lexblog, enabling bloggers on the Lexblog platform to link directly to caselaw they’re analyzing in their blog posts.

In this special ABA Techshow episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Ed Walters and Kevin O’Keefe. Walters, a one-time BigLaw associate and co-founder of the legal-research service Fastcase, was named a Legal Rebel Trailblazer in October 2016. Kevin O’Keefe was in the Journal’s inaugural Rebels class in 2009. The two talk here about their new integration of Fastcase and Lexblog, enabling bloggers on the Lexblog platform to link directly to caselaw they’re analyzing in their blog posts.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sarah Glassmeyer. Glassmeyer, a trained law librarian and free law enthusiast, was named a Legal Rebel in 2016. She talks here about her relatively new job at the ABA’s Center for Innovation and the melding of her interests there. She gives a preview of what’s to come from the center.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sam Glover, founder of Lawyerist, a one-time blog turned robust legal information site. Sam was named a Legal Rebel Trailblazer in February 2017. Here he talks about a new venture at Lawyerist: TBD Law, a unique conference collaboration with ‘09 Legal Rebel Matt Homann of Filament in St. Louis.

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Nicole Black. Black was in the Journal’s first Rebels class in 2009. Just like then, when she was designated the “Boss of Blogs,” she continues to be a prolific blogger and Twitter user. She talks about blogging today and her gig at MyCase, which offers practice-management services to lawyers.

So you want to get the name of your firm under as many eyes or into as many ears as possible. You know some sources that can accomplish this but what is the best way to approach them with a pitch? In this report from On The Road, host Laurence Colletti talks to Adam Camras, Molly McDonough, Elie Mystal, and Sam Glover about the best ways for lawyers to pitch to the media in order to get exposure for your firm. Some of their tips include being intentional about building a relationship, knowing the publication, and straight up flattery. Adam Camras is the Chief Executive Officer of LAWgical, the company that owns and operates leading legal brands, including Legal Talk Network, ServeNow, and ServeManager. Molly McDonough is the managing editor of the ABA Journal. Elie Mystal is managing editor at Above the Law Redline and editor-at-large at Breaking Media. Sam Glover is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Lawyerist.com, an online magazine and reference manual for solo and small firm lawyers.

What does gerbil DNA tell us about viruses? Molly McDonough of the Division of Mammals discusses her research on the origin of viruses by using gerbil DNA.

In this edition of Lawyer2Lawyer, hosts Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams invite Allen Pusey and Molly McDonough of the ABA Journal to recap the past year’s legal news. Consider this a crash course on news stories such as Edward Snowden, gun control, and Obamacare. The discussion will not only cover the top stories of the year but also find the common themes in this year’s news and foretell what to keep an eye on in 2014. Pusey has been with the ABA Journal since 2007 and was named editor and publisher in 2011. Prior to the ABA Journal, he worked for 26 years at the Dallas Morning News as an investigative reporter, feature writer, special projects editor, and U.S. Supreme Court correspondent. McDonough is the deputy managing editor of the ABA Journal. She currently oversees online operations and special projects, including the Legal Rebels series and the annual Blawg 100. Molly has covered the courts and the legal profession for more than 20 years. She has been a reporter and editor for the National Law Journal, as well as a reporter for many other news sources. Special thanks to our sponsor, Clio.