{"id":97072,"date":"2025-10-23T12:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=97072"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:19:42","slug":"the-most-innovative-law-schools-2025-other-items-re-legaltech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/10\/23\/the-most-innovative-law-schools-2025-other-items-re-legaltech\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Most Innovative Law Schools (2025)&#8221; + other items re: legaltech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/the-most-innovative-law-schools-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Most Innovative Law Schools (2025)<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from abovethelaw.com by\u00a0Staci Zaretsky<br \/>\n<em>Forget dusty casebooks &#8212; today&#8217;s leaders in legal education are using AI, design thinking, and real-world labs to reinvent how law is taught.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[F]rom AI labs and interdisciplinary centers to data-driven reform and bold new approaches to design and client service,\u201d according to National Jurist\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/suffolk-nccu-lead-list-of-this-years-most-innovative-law-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"preLaw Magazine (Opens in a new window)\">preLaw Magazine<\/a>, these are the law schools that \u201cexemplify innovation in action.\u201d<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>North Carolina Central University School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Suffolk University Law School<\/li>\n<li>UC Berkeley School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law<\/li>\n<li>Northeastern University School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University<\/li>\n<li>Seattle University School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Case Western Reserve University School of Law<\/li>\n<li>University of Miami School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University<\/li>\n<li>Vanderbilt University Law School<\/li>\n<li>Southwestern Law School<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/suffolk-nccu-lead-list-of-this-years-most-innovative-law-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (Opens in a new window)\">here<\/a>\u00a0to read short summaries of why each school made this year\u2019s list of top innovators.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.nationaljurist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/University-Miami-students-Credit-Joshua-Prezant.jpg\" width=\"75%\" height=\"75%\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/clios-metamorphosis-from-practice-management-to-a-comprehensive-ai-and-law-practice-provider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Clio\u2019s Metamorphosis: From Practice Management To A Comprehensive AI And Law Practice Provider<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from abovethelaw.com by Stephen Embry<br \/>\n<em>Clio is no longer a practice management company. It\u2019s much more of a comprehensive provider of all needs of its customers big and small.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Newton delivered what may have been the most consequential keynote in the company\u2019s history and one that signals a shift by Clio from a traditional practice management provider to a comprehensive platform that essentially does everything for the business and practice of law.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nClio also earlier this year acquired\u00a0vLex, the heavy-duty AI legal research player. The acquisition is pending regulatory approval. It is the vLex acquisition that is powering the Clio transformation that Newton described in his keynote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">vLex has a huge amount of legal data in its wheelhouse to power sophisticated legal AI research. On top of this data, vLex developed\u00a0Vincent, a powerful AI tool to work with this data and enable all sorts of actions and work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This means a couple of things. First, by acquiring vLex, Clio can now offer its customers AI legal research tools. Clio customers will no longer have to go one place for its practice management needs and a second place for its substantive legal work, like research. It makes what Clio can provide much more comprehensive and all inclusive.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/adventures-in-legal-tech-how-ai-is-changing-law-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018Adventures In Legal Tech\u2019: How AI Is Changing Law Firms<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from abovethelaw.com<br \/>\n<em>Ernie the Attorney shares his legal tech takes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Artificial intelligence will give solos and small firms \u201ca huge advantage,\u201d according to one legal tech consultant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In this episode of \u201cAdventures in Legal Tech,\u201d host Jared Correia speaks with\u00a0Ernie Svenson\u00a0\u2014 aka \u201cErnie the Attorney\u201d \u2014 about the psychology behind resistance to change, how law firms are positioning their AI use, the power of technology for business development, and more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legal.thomsonreuters.com\/blog\/buyers-guide-how-to-look-for-and-compare-ai-in-legal-technology\/#choose-the-best-legal-software-for-your-needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Legal software: how to look for and compare AI in legal technology<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from legal.thomsonreuters.com by Chris O\u2019Leary<\/p>\n<p class=\"highlights-heading\"><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"highlights-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Legal ops experts can categorize legal AI platforms and software by the ability to streamline key tasks such as legal research, document processing or analysis, and drafting.<\/li>\n<li>The trustworthiness and accuracy of AI hinge on the quality of its underlying data; solutions like CoCounsel Legal are grounded in authoritative, expert-verified content from Westlaw and Practical Law, unlike providers that may rely on siloed or less reliable databases.<\/li>\n<li>When evaluating legal software, firms should use a framework that assesses critical factors such as integration with existing tech stacks, security, scalability, user adoption, and vendor reputation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/law.asu.edu\/newsroom\/asu-law-appoints-director-ai-and-legal-tech-studio-advancing-its-initiative-reimagine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ASU Law appoints a director of AI and Legal Tech Studio, advancing its initiative to reimagine legal education<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from law.asu.edu<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law at Arizona State University appointed Sean Harrington as director of <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the newly established AI and Legal Tech Studio<\/span><\/strong>, a key milestone in ASU Law\u2019s bold initiative to reimagine legal education for the artificial intelligence era. ASU, ranked No. 1 in innovation for the 11th consecutive year, drives AI solutions that enhance teaching, enrich student training and facilitate digital transformation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/natlawreview.com\/article\/american-legal-technology-awards-name-2025-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The American Legal Technology Awards Name 2025 Winners<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from natlawreview.com by Tom Martin<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The sixth annual American Legal Technology Awards were presented on Wednesday, October 15th, at Suffolk University Law School (Boston), recognizing winners across ten categories. There were\u00a0211 nominees\u00a0who were evaluated by\u00a027 judges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The honorees on the night included:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Most Innovative Law Schools (2025) &#8212; from abovethelaw.com by\u00a0Staci Zaretsky Forget dusty casebooks &#8212; today&#8217;s leaders in legal education are using AI, design thinking, and real-world labs to reinvent how law is taught. \u201c[F]rom AI labs and interdisciplinary centers to data-driven reform and bold new approaches to design and client service,\u201d according to National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,329,356,498,210,177,533,391,419,180,825,102,17,7,838,837,833,830,285,309,321,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-24x7x365-access","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-communities-of-practice","category-emerging-technologies","category-expectations","category-experimentation","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-law-schools","category-learning","category-learning-agents","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-legal-operations","category-legal-reform","category-legal-technologies","category-legislation-legislatures","category-platforms","category-united-states","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97072"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97161,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97072\/revisions\/97161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}