One Way to Attack Institutional Inertia
LawDroid founder and access to justice advocate Tom Martin has seen a lot of organizational organizational inertia in his day:
People keep doing the same things they’re doing. They keep buying from the same company. They keep wanting to use their tools in the same way.
Inertia is powerful indeed. I’ve found one small way
Do Blogs Still Boost Lawyer Marketing?
Are blogs passé? I’d argue that blogs are still one of the most effective — and underrated — marketing platforms for lawyers.
Social media is ephemeral. An Instagram post today will be old news tomorrow. A blog offers permanence. It will always be there and always under your control. They make an ideal hub for
The Downside of Too Much Confidence
Colin Levy, one of the smartest and most accomplished people I know, recently observed that he sometimes lacks confidence, reporting he’s “doubting his experience.”
Few things he could say would make me respect him more.
It’s the people who are always certain they are right that are the problem.
New Book from Michael Murray: Legal Issues of Gen & Agentic AI
Anyone writing seriously about AI and the law learns to watch certain bylines. Michael Murray’s is one of them, and his latest book just moved to the top of my reading list.
Legal Issues of Generative and Agentic Artificial Intelligence (July 2026) is hot off the presses. It tracks the fastest-moving questions in American law
AI Security: A Human In The Loop Is Essential. It’s Not Enough.
“Human in the loop” has quickly become one of the most reassuring phrases in the modern AI vocabulary. It suggests prudence, restraint, and—above all—control. If a human must approve the system’s actions, what could go wrong?
Human in the loop, often shortened to HITL, describes any arrangement in which a person reviews or authorizes an
Comparing AI Chatbots, AI Agents and Agentic AI
What are AI agents and how do they differ from AI apps most of us have been using for the past few years?
AI Chatbots like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini are built on large language models. They respond to prompts and provide answers. They give us information, but don’t take any actions.
AI Agents are
Run Your AI Apps Locally: Why You Should Consider Moving from the Cloud to a Platform You Own
Most lawyers encounter artificial intelligence through cloud services like Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT. They type a question, upload a document, and receive an answer produced on computers operated by someone else.
This arrangement is convenient. It also means that the lawyer is relying on an outside company to process the information, maintain appropriate security, follow
Agentic AI: The Prognosis Does Not Look Good
An AI agent can be attacked by an email you never open. No click. No download. No opened attachment. Just a “confused deputy,” an agent that has failed to distinguish a prompt from data, a problem known as prompt injection.
Three Prompt Injection Vulnerability Examples
Security researchers recently demonstrated prompte injection mechanisms with
New Book “How To AI” Is A Keeper
The obvious trap for a book about AI is that the rapid pace of new developments makes most books age quickly. It’s kind of like writing a treatise on current K-Pop stars.
Christopher Mims’ new book How to AI: Cut Through the Hype. Master the Basics. Transform Your Work will have more lasting value.