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Find Your Passion. Make Sure It’s Heavily Funded.

Posted on January 23, 2026

The perennial question from every law student is a strategic miscalculation: “What’s a hot practice area?” The answers they chase are the ones in the headlines – AI ethics or crypto regulation….

Why Mega-Firms Conquer New Markets

Posted on January 22, 2026

The geography of the law is being rewritten by the brutal gravity of the Mega-Firm. For decades, the legal market was protected by a moat of relationships. A regional company in Nashville…

London-Based Antidote Raises $5M to End the Era of Lost Billable Hours with Real-Time AI

Posted on January 21, 2026

Big news in the legal tech space: Antidote has closed a $5 million seed round led by Lakestar, bringing their total funding to $7 million. Law firms are currently losing 8–12% of…

Hawai’i’s Pilot Program and the New Legal Frontier

Posted on January 21, 2026

The hiring shortage for some government legal positions in Hawai’i is no longer a human resources headache. It is a crisis. In Hawai’i, the deficit of legal talent has become so real…

Chile’s Largest Law Firm Backs AI Platform Magnar

Posted on January 21, 2026

The intersection of law and technology continues to heat up in Latin America. In a significant move for the region’s legal ecosystem, Carey, Chile’s largest law firm, has announced a strategic investment…

Ivo Secures a Massive $55 Million Series B to Rewrite the Rules of Legal Tech

Posted on January 20, 2026

Ivo has just cemented its status as a heavyweight in the legal AI arena, securing a staggering $55 million in Series B funding. This latest capital injection propels the startup’s valuation to…

Alaska’s Admission Reforms and the Arctic Economic Pivot

Posted on January 20, 2026

The legal industry has long treated Alaska as an outpost – a remote jurisdiction for niche practitioners. It remains the only U.S. state without a law school. But the comfortable assumption that…

Top Canada Law Firm McCarthy Tétrault Smashes the Status Quo with MT❯Forge

Posted on January 19, 2026

McCarthy Tétrault isn’t just adapting to the changing legal landscape – they are actively rewriting the map. With the launch of MT❯Forge, this premier Canada law firm is boldly stepping into the…

Are We Automating the Past Instead of Inventing the Future?

Posted on January 16, 2026

Spend ten minutes at any legal technology conference, and you’ll hear the same three words on repeat: research, analysis, and drafting. These are the reigning kings of legal AI. We have AI-powered…

Why the Billion-Dollar Prize for AI in Law Isn’t a Better LPO, It’s a New Kind of Law Firm

Posted on January 15, 2026

The legal world is buzzing with AI. From generative AI drafting motions to algorithms predicting case outcomes, the conversation is no longer if technology will change the profession, but how and how…

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  • Find Your Passion. Make Sure It’s Heavily Funded.January 23, 2026
  • Why Mega-Firms Conquer New MarketsJanuary 22, 2026
  • London-Based Antidote Raises $5M to End the Era of Lost Billable Hours with Real-Time AIJanuary 21, 2026
  • Hawai’i’s Pilot Program and the New Legal FrontierJanuary 21, 2026
  • Chile’s Largest Law Firm Backs AI Platform MagnarJanuary 21, 2026
  • Ivo Secures a Massive $55 Million Series B to Rewrite the Rules of Legal TechJanuary 20, 2026
  • Alaska’s Admission Reforms and the Arctic Economic PivotJanuary 20, 2026
  • Top Canada Law Firm McCarthy Tétrault Smashes the Status Quo with MT❯ForgeJanuary 19, 2026
  • Are We Automating the Past Instead of Inventing the Future?January 16, 2026
  • Why the Billion-Dollar Prize for AI in Law Isn’t a Better LPO, It’s a New Kind of Law FirmJanuary 15, 2026

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