A Practical Guide for Lawyers When Choosing the Right Legal Tech

About this episode

The episode discusses how law firms should critically evaluate legal technology, particularly AI, with insights from Jay McAllister.

Live at the ABA TECHSHOW, host Terrell interviews Jay McAllister of Paragon Tech about how law firms should evaluate legal technology, especially AI, with a skeptical, results-driven approach. Jay explains that marketing hype often overstates capabilities, using software “integrations” as an example, where firms must check whether syncing is unidirectional or bidirectional. He ties vendor due diligence to lawyers’ duty of competence, urging firms to understand the benefits and risks of new te...

People in this episode

Host: Terrell

Guest: Jay McAllister

Topics covered

• legal technology
• AI in law
• vendor due diligence
• law firm evaluation
• marketing hype

Keywords

• legal tech
• AI
• law firms
• vendor due diligence
• software integrations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paragon Tech, ABA TECHSHOW

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