Everyone likes getting awards. But the most eagerly anticipated end-of-year awards are the annual handing out of the 20 top Legaltech Tweets of 2018. In a landmark year, Twitter reflected radical transformation, distinct voices, wit, and wisdom (as well as lots of other bizarre stuff) within the legal technology space. Congratulations to all the worthy winners.
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"Pressing Ctrl+F and then copying and pasting 3,000 times a day is not real legal experience."
Chris Martin, Innovation Lead @lathamwatkins @nyulaw Law & Tech Panel
— Alma Asay (@AlmaAsay) October 22, 2018
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https://twitter.com/associatesmind/status/1067418531862581250
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https://twitter.com/anord04/status/1064613523639214080
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I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of lawyer commercials and then asked it to write a lawyer commercial of its own. Here is the first page. pic.twitter.com/47MebRmIy0
— Keaton Patti (@KeatonPatti) October 11, 2018
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https://twitter.com/MarkTGreene/status/991039166220783616
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“The creativity, depth and potential socio-economic benefits of each of the 14 finalists were inspiring. There were no losers…The winners were society, youth and democracy ” — @grbeaton_law on judging the final #GLH2018 teams! https://t.co/H73mcVwcir pic.twitter.com/0DA7LLcDHX
— Global Legal Hackathon 🌍🌏🌎 (@worldhackathon) April 27, 2018
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https://twitter.com/wavelengthlaw/status/955781728769110016
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#AI vs Lawyers >> 40-page study details how #ArtificialIntelligence has overtaken top lawyers >> @lawgeex_ HT @ipfconline1 via @mikequindazzi >> #MachineLearning #DigitalTransformation #LegalTech #Infographic >> https://t.co/5jgoAUR2MM pic.twitter.com/k2l7ypQ2yN
— Mike Quindazzi (@MikeQuindazzi) August 29, 2018
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Consumers "know one thing about lawyers, and that is that they cost too much money. That is the brand for lawyers in the United States." @Mark_Britton @Avvo #LawNext #podcast https://t.co/Zl95JafkWS pic.twitter.com/zceatjeSTi
— Bob Ambrogi (@bobambrogi) September 25, 2018
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Law Firm Innovation – The Newest BS Phrase | #3Geeks @gnawledge
Music to my ears. Unless lawyers change how they work, it’s irrelevant. Or worse, a big distraction https://t.co/1GfJRTZXRF— ronfriedmann (@ronfriedmann) November 18, 2018
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Law school candidates should take a look at this, may be your path to new and interesting careers >> @Suffolk_Law tops list of 30 best law schools for legal tech. https://t.co/a8WIl6hvUG pic.twitter.com/gmQ7AV8fri
— Kevin O'Keefe (@kevinokeefe) November 9, 2018
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https://twitter.com/martynreding/status/1031967172401225728
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To be clear, at this point I quite regret adopting the term "smart contracts". I should have called them something more boring and technical, perhaps something like "persistent scripts".
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) October 13, 2018
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https://twitter.com/paulkidd/status/951356717152923648
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Big news! You can now sue anyone (in all 50 U.S states and 3,000 counties), fight corporations and beat bureaucracy with the DoNotPay App! All 15 of the new products are completely free. (1/15) https://t.co/JjH6I3ABjE
— Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1) October 10, 2018
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https://twitter.com/sglassmeyer/status/1014844401611411457
17.
Um?
You know lawyers are terrible at Word and Excel, right? https://t.co/tiKjCCW9xK
— D. Casey Flaherty (@DCaseyF) May 17, 2018
18.
It’s important to acknowledge that legal technology is not all fancy expensive systems. It can simply be Word, Excel, or Outlook. Likewise, the best legal tech tends to solve a specific problem and not be a one size fits all solution. #LegalTech #lawyers #law #learning
— Colin S. Levy (@Clevy_Law) September 12, 2018
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"If artificial intelligence sources were employed, no doubt counsel’s preparation time would have been significantly reduced."
…IT'S HAPPENING FOLKS.#AI #LegalTech #LegalResearchhttps://t.co/6TXjq2qKO7
— andrew arruda 🎸 (@AndrewArruda) December 3, 2018
Of course, we have to end with this…
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For three years now, @hurrrdurrr and I have kept our word to spread holiday cheer during #TeamClio Team Week. It’s our official start to the Holidays. pic.twitter.com/OjkoZ3jqMw
— Joshua Lenon (@JoshuaLenon) December 6, 2018
We wish everyone a happy, healthy and highly innovative Christmas and New Year.
Make sure to check out our free Christmas present to you, the just-published 30-page 2019 General Counsel Landscape. Or our other 2018 offerings including The In-House Counsel’s LegalTech Buyer’s Guide 2018
