The ABA Journal Legal Rebels Podcast features men and women who are remaking the legal profession and highlights the pioneers who are changing the way law is practiced and setting the standards that will guide the profession in the future.
Latest episodes
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35 min
Could artificial intelligence destroy us all?
The last few weeks have brought some pretty scary headlines when it comes to artificial intelligence. OpenAI admitted to hacking into government databases in Australia, and that se…
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33 min
How AI is changing the way plaintiffs law firms work
Have you been injured in a car accident? Or hurt on the job? Or had a bad reaction to some drug? If you’re a plaintiffs lawyer, chances are that you’ve uttered some variation of th…
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38 min
Are AI-native law firms the wave of the future?
Have you heard about artificial intelligence-native law firms? The potential time savings are astronomical and could maybe even upend the traditional billable hour. But the drawbac…
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49 min
Why some states are introducing pathway to bar that doesn't include bar exam
In the past few years, more and more states have been considering or implementing different pathways to the bar that involve hands-on work in real-world legal practices that is eva…
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37 min
What is vibe coding, and how could it help lawyers?
Defined as the practice of using artificial intelligence tools to create software through verbal prompts and then having the AI write the underlying code based on those prompts, vi…
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47 min
How AI has supercharged dispute resolution and arbitration
Arbitration has emerged as a faster, more streamlined option for parties looking to resolve disputes. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence has supercharged arbitrati…
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40 min
Quantum Leap? Development of new tech gives lawyers plenty to think about
Most lawyers probably have bad memories of high school physics and would rather get held in contempt of court than learn about quantum mechanics. They might change their tune when…
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47 min
Techshow Attendees Assemble: A preview of this year's show
If you look at this year’s ABA Techshow advertising material, you could be forgiven for thinking that you were reading a comic book. Between the cartoon-style illustrations and the…
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47 min
Generative AI is now capable of grading law school exams; what's next?
Let’s talk about every lawyer’s favorite subject: exams. It seems like every day, there’s another threshold that generative artificial intelligence crosses. First, it was able to t…
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38 min
What's on tap for 2026 when it comes to generative AI?
In 2025, we saw greater adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools across all areas of the legal industry. Will 2026 bring more of the same? Or will there be a backlash o…
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44 min
2025 Year in Review: Generative AI, access to justice and law schools
All in all, it’s shown that the legal industry, traditionally known as a staid, conservative and risk-averse profession, is undergoing a period of rapid change and transformation.
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36 min
How in-house counsel are increasingly turning to generative AI
According to an October report from the Association of Corporate Counsel, generative AI use among in-house lawyers has more than doubled over the last year. More than half of respo…
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43 min
Clio founder talks $1B acquisition of vLex and upcoming Clio Cloud Conference
When Clio announced that it had acquired global legal research platform vLex for $1 billion in June, it was the latest in a series of big moves from the cloud-based practice manage…
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42 min
How lawyers can use generative AI to get a leg up in communicating with clients
Querious utilizes the power of generative AI to listen into a conversation and deliver real-time insights based on what it hears. Essentially, it’s like having another person in th…
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44 min
How the NCBE will move the NextGen bar exam to personal computers
For decades, the Uniform Bar Examination has been old school, with bar candidates using paper-and-pencil exam books. But starting with the first administration of the NextGen UBE n…
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37 min
How agentic artificial intelligence could shake up the legal industry
For lawyers, artificial intelligence agents could completely change the way that they do their jobs, handling things such as legal research, document creation and managing workflow…
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32 min
How ethics reforms in Arizona led to LegalZoom's law firm
When Arizona changed its ethics rules in 2020 opening the door for alternative business structures and nonlawyer ownership for law firms, it sent shock waves throughout the legal i…
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37 min
To buy or not to buy? For Cleary Gottlieb, acquiring an AI company was a no-brainer
Law firms acquire or merge with one another all the time. But when it comes to technology companies, firms usually keep it in-house or enter into a partnership with an outside vend…
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38 min
Generative AI can help overworked immigration lawyers navigate these tumultuous times
"May you live in interesting times." For immigration lawyers, that old proverb is now a reality. Ever since the start of the second Trump administration, immigration lawyers have b…
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32 min
This year's historic ABA Techshow will be bigger than ever
For one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the biggest of all time—emanating for the first time from the McCormick Place Conventi…