Jake Heller

The room was packed. The anticipation was high. Standing room only. It was an unusually exciting event taking place alongside a conference for law libraries. Last Monday at about 1 in the afternoon, over 50 law librarians from the some of the country’s top law schools, firms, and government agencies jammed into a suite on the 6th floor of a hotel in downtown Washington, DC. They squeezed onto couches and crowded up against the walls.

Why there’s a second “Robot Battle” at AALL this year (and why you should come) Artificial Intelligence is now the most exciting thing happening in legal research. It was inevitable. After Casetext’s pioneering research tool, CARA, won best new product of 2016 at AALL, other companies tried to follow our lead. The other start-ups came first — Judicata, ROSS, Vlex. But now the big companies finally have caught up with where Casetext was in 2016.

Insights from my conversation about Casetext with Hawaii’s judiciary You submit your brief and perhaps present oral argument. But do you ever wonder what happens next, in chambers, as judges decide the fate of your motion—and potentially your case and your client? I got a unique glimpse into this while talking to around 75 of Hawaii’s 85 state judges, who are now adopting Casetext for use in their chambers.