Daily legal AI news
3 stories on AI in courts, ethics rules, regulation and legal software, each in a sentence or two with a link to the original source.
LexisNexis said Oct. 27 that Lexis+ with Protégé, its AI assistant, now pulls its research, litigation analytics, court dockets, Law360 news and a firm's own documents into one prompt box. A Shepard's Verify feature checks whether cited cases support the point, and per-matter storage grows from 500 to 100,000 files.
From Jan. 1, 2027, New Jersey-licensed lawyers must earn one technology credit in their 24-credit, two-year continuing legal education (CLE) requirement, the New York State Bar Association reported Oct. 26. Topics include AI, cybersecurity, e-discovery and vetting tech vendors. Periods ending Dec. 31, 2026, aren't affected.
Source: nysba.org (opens in a new tab)
The State Bar of California released a Legal Aid Generative AI Readiness Model on Oct. 26 to help legal aid groups judge whether they're ready for generative AI and manage its risks. It doesn't push adoption. A glossary and self-assessment are on a public hub, and small firms anywhere can use it as a pre-AI checklist.
Summaries are written by our team from the linked sources. They are news, not legal advice.