Episodes

  • How agentic artificial intelligence could shake up the legal industry

    How agentic artificial intelligence could shake up the legal industry
    Jul 16 2025
    For lawyers, artificial intelligence agents could completely change the way that they do their jobs, handling things such as legal research, document creation and managing workflows with little human supervision. But if we’ve learned anything since the dawn of the generative AI revolution, the potential benefits of agentic AI come with risks and possible consequences, as well.
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    39 mins
  • How ethics reforms in Arizona led to LegalZoom's law firm

    How ethics reforms in Arizona led to LegalZoom's law firm
    Jun 11 2025
    When Arizona changed its ethics rules in 2020 opening the door for alternative business structures and nonlawyer ownership for law firms, it sent shock waves throughout the legal industry. Nicole Miller, the chief legal officer of LegalZoom, speaks to the ABA Journal's Victor Li about LegalZoom’s experience in Arizona thus far, as well as general issues relating to regulatory reform and alternative business structures.
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    34 mins
  • To buy or not to buy? For Cleary Gottlieb, acquiring an AI company was a no-brainer

    To buy or not to buy? For Cleary Gottlieb, acquiring an AI company was a no-brainer
    May 14 2025
    Law firms acquire or merge with one another all the time. But when it comes to technology companies, firms usually keep it in-house or enter into a partnership with an outside vendor. They rarely go ahead and just buy a tech company. So when Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton announced in March that it had acquired artificial intelligence products developers Springbok AI, it made headlines.
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    39 mins
  • Generative AI can help overworked immigration lawyers navigate these tumultuous times

    Generative AI can help overworked immigration lawyers navigate these tumultuous times
    Apr 16 2025
    "May you live in interesting times." For immigration lawyers, that old proverb is now a reality. Ever since the start of the second Trump administration, immigration lawyers have been busier than ever, and they have plenty on their plates.
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    40 mins
  • This year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than ever

    This year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than ever
    Mar 12 2025
    For one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the biggest of all time—emanating for the first time from the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Techshow co-chair Stephen Embry talks to the ABA Journal’s Victor Li about what to expect from this year’s show.
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    34 mins
  • Should we expect new regulations on data privacy and consumer protection?

    Should we expect new regulations on data privacy and consumer protection?
    Feb 12 2025
    It’s a well-worn saying that the law always lags behind technology. It makes sense. We all remember the old song about how a bill becomes a law and how long the whole process can take. By the time you get to the verse about a president signing something into law, technology has either evolved into something even more cutting edge or become obsolete—replaced by a newer, shinier toy.
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    41 mins
  • What's the forecast for generative AI in 2025?

    What's the forecast for generative AI in 2025?
    Jan 15 2025
    If last year was when generative artificial intelligence went mainstream, could this year be the one when it gets even bigger? Will we see more people, law firms, companies and government agencies adopt, use or integrate it into their day-to-day activities? Will we see more rules and regulations from states or the federal government regarding its use? What about law schools and generative AI? Will we see more start to teach it? And will lawyers finally learn more about what to do, or not to do, when it comes to using it?
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    38 mins
  • 2024 in Review: Generative AI dominated legal tech

    2024 in Review: Generative AI dominated legal tech
    Dec 11 2024
    More money is flowing into legal tech than ever before, as several gigantic deals dominated the headlines and enlarged quite a few bank accounts. And the push for regulatory reform extended to attorney admissions—between a demand for an online bar exam and an exploration of alternative pathways to licensure, one of the longtime pillars of the legal profession could be ready to make way. That’s just a few of the topics that will be covered in this special year-in-review episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast.
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    44 mins