Vol. 18, No. 247
I spent some time last week talking to a legal reporter about artificial intelligence and how smaller firms have more challenges then bigger ones. Richard Tromans is out to fix some of that with his product reviews. He starts with Kira Systems and it’s a great mix of direct commentary/experience, graphs and more. We’ll see what is added in part two, but knowing a more precise breakdown of the respondents other than “The reviews are predominately from US and UK law firms, several of which are global, plus firms from Canada and across Continental Europe” would be helpful. If the firms all represent big law, they may well haev more people in their IT department then I have at my entire firm. That can mean a depth of resources I have could never duplicate and thus potentially not get the same outcomes. Read more at Artificial Lawyer: Kira Systems – AL Product Review – Part One
Much like the practice of law itself, legal education is in a rapid state of change. New challenges call for new methods of delivering both lessons and learning materials. One of the areas under development is the distance education model for legal education. Loyola University New Orleans College of Law’s Brandon Wadler sees this as a huge opportunity for us. She writes, “Law librarians are adept at wearing several hats and making the most of the resources available.” Brandon shares her thoughts in: 
According to Paul Unger, I’m all messed up. Well, at best, I’m not as laser focused as I could be. Paul teaches strategies to manage tasks and distractions and his post today is all about a “NOT” to do list. I start off breaking #1 by checking my email first thing in the morning. Then I break #2 by not starting with a team huddle. Then throughout the day I break rules #6, #7 and #11. On the plus side, I’ve got #3, agendas for meetings, and #8, not answering the phone from unknown callers, down pat. Read more at Affinity Blog: 
Many law firms rely on Mimecast as the first layer of protection in their email defenses. But Mimecast is not perfect – no system, no tool is. And as for the question as to whether twelve unwanted emails in every 100 slipping through is bad, the proper (and lawyerly) answer is, “it depends.” It only takes one email to the right person to bring your systems down. I’m not sure what the new KnowBe4 NEW Mailserver Security Assessment (MSA) tests exactly, but it looks like it may be worth running against your mailserver. If you use it before I do, let me know what you thought. Read more at KnowBe4: 
Seems that Twitter is reporting emailed bomb threats coupled with bitcoin demands. It seems they threaten to detonate the bombs by the end of the day unless you pay $20,000 in bitcoin. As one commenter wrote, “Problem with these bomb hoaxes, is we can’t just ignore and delete them. We have to treat them as a bomb threat. You can’t exactly tell people to ignore bomb threats.” As if 2018 isn’t crazy enough. Read more at ars technica: 
Monica Sandler writes about her new role and how to best approach internal needs of your firm. Taking a queue from Suffolk Law’s Legal Innovation and Technology Certification program and adopting the right attitude, she starts “with a conversation – an interview of sorts.” Be sure to read more at i/+^ Blog: 
Seems that we need to be careful when using the shorthand versions of the generic phrase legal technology like “legal tech” and “legaltech.” It seems that ALM feels they own those phrases and gets testy if you try to use them too. So that legal tech lunch and learn you host, should now be referred to as “the multi-tasking event of consuming nutritious substances while discussing hardware, software and services in the legal vertical market.” Here is hoping that 
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