March 3, 2023 Edition #148

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March 3, 2023 Edition #148

News

Casetext Announces Co-Counsel, a legal research product developed in partnership with OpenAI, to assist lawyers with a variety of tasks, from search to review and summarization of legal documents. More here.

ABA Data on 2022 Bar Passage Outcomes shows a 78.33% bar passage rate for first-time test-takers in 2022, down from the 80.28% pass rate achieved by first-time takers in 2021. More here

PatentVest, owned by investment banking firm MDB Capital Holdings, became the 40th nonlawyer-owned law firm under Arizona's alternative business structure (ABS) program. More here.

Internet platform regulation is moving fast in the US and abroad; The Stanford Cyber Policy Center organized a panel dissecting four SCOTUS cases, highlighting the often contradicting legal and policy considerations at issue in four cases that may reshape the Internet. More here

Law Firm Tries Four Day Workweek for Two Years - In March 2021, YLaw, a Vancouver-based law firm, completed two years of trying a four-day workweek. Leena Yousefi, CEO, writes about the experience and the unexpected benefits of the extra day off. More here

California Judiciary Continues to Grow More Diverse - New data released by the Judicial Council reveals that for the 17th year in a row, California's judiciary bench has grown increasingly diverse. More here

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