Last year I was interviewed by Dominique Garingan for her dissertation on algorithmic literacy, and thought I would share my thoughts that arose in relation to that conversation with you here
The problem with the billable hour is that it’s a proxy for revenue and profit and, as such, a poor way to measure value. The billable hour has been held up as the source for many ills in the legal industry. Critics primarily blame it for encouraging a culture of excessive work that does not … Continued
Sarah’s first book, Legal Data and Information in Practice: How Data and the Law Interact, was published on January 31, 2022 by Routledge Press. Here is the summary: Legal Data and Information in Practice provides readers with an understanding of how to facilitate the acquisition, management, and use of legal data in organizations such as … Continued
My Slaw column “Thoughts on why I write & why you might want to as well” was included in the January/February 2022 issue of American Association of Law Libraries’ magazine Spectrum. You can read if here on pages 36-37.
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to how essential many things that we generally take for granted are.
The term artificial intelligence (AI) has been justly criticized for its lack of specificity. Essentially it means anything that we are still impressed that a computer can do, which is, of course, a moving target.
Sarah gave a conference presentation titled “Integrating Data Insights into Legal Information and Practice” as part of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries’ virtual conference held online May 26 – June 4, 2021. Here’s the session description: It has been difficult to integrate data analytics and experimental approaches into legal scholarship and practice. That said, … Continued
My Slaw column “Forecasting Technology Developments in the Legal System” was included in the May/June 2021 issue of American Association of Law Libraries’ magazine Spectrum. You can read if here on pages 42-44.
Over the past year of researching legal technology and learning more systemic ways of thinking about the future, I have become quite interested in the discipline of futurism especially the work of Amy Webb. What most interests me about it is looking at the present and trying to extrapolate what current trends mean for the … Continued