About this episode

Lawrence Blackmon discusses his journey in making legal services more accessible through technology.

Lawrence Blackmon is a trial attorney, Mississippi House Representative, and the CEO of Legal Ease , a consumer facing legal tech company using artificial intelligence to help people handle certain non complex legal matters without hiring an attorney. In this episode, Lawrence shares how mock trial shaped his confidence, how he stepped into public service, and why he believes lawyers can use their training far beyond traditional practice. Lawyer Side Hustles Lawrence co-founded Legal Ease in 2023 with the goal of making legal easier and more accessible for consumers. Legal Ease is built to help people handle what he calls non complex legal matters without going through the full traditional attorney process, especially when the work is largely checklist driven and expensive simply because it requires a lawyer’s time to ask questions and process information. “I like getting up every day and working towards building something,” Lawrence Blackmon expresses in Episode 234 of You Are a Lawyer. He describes Legal Ease as consumer facing legal technology powered by artificial intelligence, designed for matters like expungements, no fault divorce, and certain personal injury situations…

People in this episode

Host: Kyla Denanyoh

Guest: Lawrence Blackmon

Topics covered

• legal services
• accessibility
• legal technology
• artificial intelligence
• public service
• lawyer training

Keywords

• legal services
• accessibility
• artificial intelligence
• Legal Ease
• public service
• lawyer training
• non complex legal matters

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Legal Ease, Skip the Boring Stuff

Places: Mississippi

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