The National Creditors Bar Association Law Practice Management Blog

After a while, using generative AI tools becomes sort of annoying .     Honestly, it’s like having another kid.     I want you to do this .  OK, not quite that – can you change this piece of what you’ve done .  Now, tweak this part .  That’s not quite it , change this little thing.     Iterating is helpful, until it feels like babysitting.     That’s why agentic AI is so promising.   It’s like stepping up from manual task management to automated workflows.     AI agents allow users to automate entire processes, projects , jobs .  They’re a game changer.     You can build your own agents, or utilize the ones accessible via software you can buy – or, maybe already use.     One of the reasons Clio acquired vLex was to take a step forward in agentic AI .     It only cost them $1B – it’ll cost you less.     . . .     Check out AI agents now, to get ahead of ...

Most business softwares that lawyers use, include some kind of generative AI feature.     Honestly, that’s probably tables stakes, at this point.     But, that’s just the tip of the iceberg .   Lots of major products now feature an AI ‘overlay’ upgrade, which means that you can access a higher (priced) subscription level, that will load a variety of AI features, into the tools you use every day.     There are some prominent examples (not an exhaustive list):     - Microsoft 365 for Enterprise   - Google AI   - Clio Duo   - FileVine’s AI for Law     It’s probably past time to check on what AI tools lay hidden in the software products you use every day.     Even if you don’t pull the trigger – it makes sense to grab a demo or test out a free trial, if only just to see what you’ve been missing.     . . .     There’s a whole new world of AI software options out there for lawyers,...

You know, it’s pretty darn easy to access generative AI tools these days.     You don’t even have to go to any of the standalone providers, like Claude o r ChatGPT or CoPilot or Grok – generative AI, especially, is embedded into everything you’re using.     Want to draft a social media post ?  It’s likely that that platform has an AI tool that will build something out for you.     Want to create a workflow ?  Your task management and/or case management and/or CRM product’s AI is ready to assist .     Want to revise a contract clause ?  Your document generation tool is ready to roll.     Want to Google search ?  You can switch to ‘ AI Mode ’ & talk to your search engine .  ( Or, just use Perplexity .)     Now, the same caveats apply here, that apply to caselaw generate d by AI – you’ve got to vet any results for accuracy & quality .     But, the convenience of access to ...