I disagree with this assessment of BC's proposed new legal regulator. Removing the super-majority of elected lawyers from the regulator's board will advance the public interest without sacrificing lawyer independence. Lengthy analysis of Bill 21 coming from me next week at Slaw.

.carolynelefant tests five different Generative AI models on their legal research capacities. Extremely interesting findings: myshingle.com/2024/04/articl…

New lawyers who want to improve their negotiation skills, but who can't find a course or a mentor to help them: Try this Generative AI Practice Negotiator (chat.openai.com/g/g-wmyP3liji-…), one of a series of student tools developed by Ethan Mollick (moreusefulthings.com/student-exerci…)

Happy anniversary to every aspect of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms except the Notwithstanding clause.

Something for the 'You might want to keep an eye on this' file.

Litigation finance: Access to justice for single mothers and small business owners, I remember being told.

Legal sector reform can't keep trying to work around lawyers and their protectionism. The legal profession must stand and deliver if we're to have any hope of an accessible justice system. My latest: jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/we-need-more…

Working on a Substack newsletter that seems likely to make some friends among enemies and some enemies among friends. It's about legal regulation reform. Breaking out my Kevlar now.

The funny reporter thing to do today would be call up Bonnie Tyler for an interview and ask her about “Holding Out For A Hero.”

“Path of Totality” sounds like the next Star Wars subtitle.

“We are in danger of stopping the pipeline that creates experts.”

What's better than getting a chatbot for your #court website for free? Getting to build it with NCSC's Access to Justice Team and Tom Martin.

Watch this #TinyChat for details. vimeo.com/927098976

Jordan Furlong despite our bet, we think the most likely outcome is coexistence. larger general-purpose models might be used to orchestrate and synthesize smaller/domain-specific models. we also see people fine-tuning small models for specific tasks, improving safety/reliability.