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John Simek Featured in ABA Journal

April 19, 2018

Recently, Sensei’s John Simek was featured in “60 tips, tricks and technologies to improve your life and practice on and offline” by Jason Tashea of the ABA Journal. 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.
Excerpt: Hosted by Techshow co-chairs Debbie Foster and Tom Mighell alongside co-vice chairs Lincoln Mead and John Simek, the rapid-fire panel covered more ground than captured below. However, themes emerged around AI, cybersecurity, general digital well-being and practice management. Here is some of what the panel had to share:

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AI for legal briefs: EVA by ROSS Intelligence, CARA Research Suite and Judicata are just some of the options lawyers can use to leverage AI to improve their legal work. EVA, which is free, will tell a user if the cases they cite are still valid or if there are cases challenging the holding. “If you want to get a handle on your research, this is a great place to look at it,” Mighell said.

AI for conference calls: Vocera, Tetra, Jog.ai are tools to invite to a phone meeting. Some will produce transcripts, others have AI functions to determine what was important and who was speaking. However, Mighell noted that lawyers should “think first before recording confidential conversations.”

Fastcase AI Sandbox: This platform lets you experiment with your data without ceding control by letting the user bring the tools to the data—the user doesn’t upload the data to a company’s site. Simek said it’s not for the small firm, however, because the cost will start at about $75,000 a year.