Dennis Kennedy’s top lesson learned from 2024 is right on target:
Oh my god, there are so many legal AI experts everywhere. There’s a lot of talk, a lot of people claim that they’re experts. I saw that Stanford is doing a conference in a couple months about best practices in Generative AI. It’s been
Carolyn Elefant has some good advice: “Check everything ChatGPT does.“
I have found two rules of thumb useful:
* Never trust ChatGPT advice on any important issue.
* Always ask ChatGPT for advice on every important issue.
I treat AI as a sort of super law clerk. I would always verify any law
Stephen Embry’s article Billable Hour Tiers for Associates: Progressive or Lipstick on a Pig? has the diagnosis right:
Bloomberg Law recently reported that the venerable firm Steptoe would allow associates to choose their own billable hour targets. The program will start next year. An associate can choose to bill 2200 hours and receive top pay,
The 2024 election results make Glenn Fine’s new book Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government timely and essential reading. It deals with a relatively little-known group that may provide some limits on corrupt or overreaching Presidential actions in these difficult times. LLRX.com has my detailed review.
No doubt Trump
Lots of good stuff at the AI Law Librarians blog, including their prompt library. Have one to share?
AI Prompt Library for Law: Research, Drafting, Teaching and More
Gotta love it.
Michael Ravnitzky is a national treasure. He earned my respect during my civil service days as a counsel to Inspectors General at multiple agencies.
He is a FOIA expert and a relentless seeker of important government information that the public should know. He filed many FOIA requests and followed up on the most important tenaciously.
41 down. 9 to go. Thanks to Robert Ambrogi for tracking this.
Ernie Svenson‘s comments on AI skeptics are right, as usual:
I’ve seen this movie before. The plot is always exactly the same: new tech emerges and gains some buzz. Then naysayers and nitpickers who haven’t used the tech emerge and, eventually when adoption is massive, they retreat back into the dark loam of smug
“Crypto is like Vegas without the drinks or dinners or shows. And you’re playing an unlicensed, unregistered casino.”
Ben McKenzie, writing in Fast Company
Yep.
Generative AI for Dummies is not really for dummies.