The Legal Up blog

As a former attorney, I’ve worked with a lot of paralegals – some of them among the brightest legal professionals I’ve ever encountered. And, as a current writer on legal topics, I hear from paralegals all the time in response to one article or another.

Without a doubt, the pandemic accelerated the use of technologies within the legal industry that had been languishing beforehand. Virtual courtrooms are among the best examples of this.

While artificial intelligence (AI) has certainly caused major changes in the legal industry, one big question remains — will an AI tool be able to completely perform the work of a human attorney? In other words, is the AI lawyer a realistic concept that we will see in our lifetimes?

Summertime is a great opportunity for busy professionals to get outside and exercise.

Prior to COVID-19, the legal industry in particular was a very different place. Of course, when the pandemic hit, all sorts of pundits offered dire predictions about how the legal industry would (or would not) be able to cope with isolation-based operations.

Did you know that roughly one-third of employees report having been romantically linked to a coworker at one time or another? Office romances are always risky, but they can be particularly tricky within a law firm. After all, no one knows the potential legal consequences of a workplace relationship ...

Negative productivity myths have been around for a long time. Unfortunately, those well-meaning folks who share these myths don’t even realize that instead of helping, they’re pushing people towards health problems like burnout.

Practicing meditation right from your desk can make a huge positive difference in your workday. Every legal professional should learn how to do a quick meditation at work.

There is currently a lot of discussion about technology replacing legal professionals.

Lawyers and other legal professionals are almost always thought of as being highly left-brained. After all, they tend to be heavily detail-oriented with a slant toward logic and analysis.