Let's Talk Legal Tech

Legal technology is keeping up with the pace of technology in general and changing at an incredibly fast pace. Apps and software come to market almost daily as developers seek to make the lives of attorneys and their clients easier.

Nick Rishwain is the Vice President of Business Development & Client Relations at Experts.com, an online platform offering professionals an opportunity to showcase their expertise and get hired by attorneys to testify as an expert at trial. Nick is also the primary author of the Experts.com blog. Nick is founder and co-host of LegalTechLIVE where he spotlights legal tech innovators with a special focus on startups that are viable and under a year of age. Nick interviews CEOs and developers, innovators and disruptors, enabling him to have his finger on the pulse of cutting-edge legal technology.

In this Episode:

• All about Nick’s LegalTechLIVE – how he started it and his motivations
• How legal technology has evolved over the years
• How Nick saw the potential in focusing on and working with startups for LegalTechLIVE
• How Nick looks for guests for LegalTechLIVE in a variety of ways
• How Twitter is where the Legal Tech people are
• How Nick features Legal Tech products on his show
• How legal tech is making the lives of attorneys and their clients easier

Quotes from this Episode:
“I was looking and playing with the social media and getting used to it, came across live video and found it much more engaging because you really got to know people a little bit better and you get to look at them eye to eye, digital eyeball to digital eyeball.” - Nick Rishwain
“Things have gotten even more advanced… so I wanted to know more about that and I thought the best way to do that was to start interviewing people who were in Legal Tech and who had been in Legal Tech for a while and who were doing exciting things in Legal Tech.” - Nick Rishwain
“Some of the most exciting stuff, some of the most convoluted and complicated but also really interesting stuff is happening at the start up level.” - Nick Rishwain
“Twitter seems to be where the legal technology group of people have gathered” - Nick Rishwain
“A lot of us, we are tied to the phone and I think that’s why a lot of these platforms are using this text-based services.” - Nick Rishwain
“It is a full-time marketing position to be a lawyer today.” - Nick Rishwain
“There’s a lot of really exciting things happening in Legal Analytics these days.” - Nick Rishwain

Resources:

Nick Rishwain
Twitter: @NickJRishwain
Instagram: @nickjrishwain
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LinkedIn: Nicholas Rishwain
Podcast: LegalTechLive

Experts.com
Facebook: @Expertscom
Twitter: Experts_Com
LinkedIn: @experts.com
Website: Experts.com

The Monikur App: Monikur

Text A Lawyer: Text A Lawyer

Lexigogo: Lexigogo

ClientSherpa: ClientSherpa

UniCourt: UniCourt

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