All articles by Joanna Goodman
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FeatureGenAI finds its voice
Voice-first interaction is recasting AI as a digital colleague rather than a tech tool. This could be the ‘new frontier’ for GenAI.
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NewsPointing the finger
With lawyers’ ethics under increasing scrutiny, the profession’s regulators have come out fighting, issuing a raft of reviews and reports. But deeper cultural change may also be needed, reports Joanna Goodman.
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FeatureAI and mid-sized firms roundtable: Intelligence testing
For mid-market firms, the advent of generative AI is a double-edged sword. The technology can handle routine tasks and free up billable time, but also obscure intrinsic flaws in processes.
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FeatureAI change agents
Agentic AI offers law firms a new level of automation and the possibility of removing the need for human interaction.
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FeatureIP in the age of AI
Alleged copyright infringements in the training of AI models, compulsory mediation and the boundaries of Brexit are among the recent landmark developments exercising IP lawyers. Joanna Goodman reports.
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FeatureNew world disorder
The exponential rise of GenAI heralded a deluge of new security threats – are law firms up to the challenge?
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FeatureGenAI two years on
Looking back at the first generation of legal AI shows how dramatically the profession’s tech scene has changed.
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FeatureImitation game
Brexit has cast a long shadow over the intellectual property sector, while artificial intelligence tools await the certainty test cases will provide.
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OpinionBalancing innovation and regulation as AI marches on
Joanna Goodman reviews 'Living with the Algorithm: Servant or Master? AI Governance and Policy for the Future' by Tim Clement-Jones.
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FeatureNeurodiversity: Tech that can help in the workplace
From noise-cancelling headphones and standing desks, to software like note-taking apps and collaboration tools, technology can play a part in supporting neurodivergent employees.
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FeatureOversight seeing
Artificial intelligence continues to dominate lawtech, but will the challenges of regulation slow the pace of innovation?
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NewsTech solution to access to justice crisis 'tantalisingly close'
As the clock ticks on the government-funded LawtechUK programme, focus is on unmet legal need.
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FeatureGenAI – the power of conversation
The advent of GenAI demands a fundamental shift in law firm thinking. Now tech is less about search and more about conversation.
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FeatureStaying at number 1
Brexit was a headache for lawyers keen to maintain London’s pre-eminence as a centre for dispute resolution. But the capital has defied the doomsayers. Business is booming on the back of a surge in class actions, reports Joanna Goodman.
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FeatureRoundtable: Making AI work for law
The legal sector’s engagement with the staggering potential of artificial intelligence has surprised long-time observers of this traditionally cautious profession. Joanna Goodman reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion.
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FeatureEarning and learning
Solicitor apprenticeships have proved a good news story for the profession – widening access and expanding law’s talent pool. The challenge, Joanna Goodman reports, is to ensure numbers keep increasing.
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FeatureReset moment
The new government won’t deliver the growth it desperately needs to deliver its programme without reinvigorating trade with the EU. Lawyer experts tell Joanna Goodman what needs to be done to build new bridges to the continent.
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FeatureThe search for common standards
With law firms reporting that generative AI is slashing the time involved in certain tasks, calls are growing for benchmarking and quality standards.
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FeatureHard selling
Resolving trade disputes efficiently and equitably is key to global peace and prosperity. Joanna Goodman reviews the growing challenges parties face in maintaining trade relations as globalism wanes.
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FeatureBridging the digital funding gap
Julie Bishop and Alex Charles of the Law Centres Network worry that a shortage of cash is hindering access to justice.