Category «KM»

Don’t Build Your House on Rented Land: Why Writers Should Avoid Platform Dependency and How They Can Do So

Over the past several years, platforms such as Substack have become increasingly attractive to writers seeking to establish themselves as an independent voice. The appeal is obvious. They are easy to use and can turn a writer into a publisher overnight. No web developer is required. Payment systems are integrated, and distribution is built in. Substack markets itself as a refuge for writers who prefer autonomy to corporate hierarchy. There are good reasons to use Substack and similar businesses, but there are also risks. These platforms are not inherently malign, but they are fragile. This article by Jerry Lawson will focus on Substack, the currently trendy platform, but the key ideas apply to many other platforms.

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Subjects: Communications, KM, Legal Research, Social Media, Technology Trends

What the Science Says About Hallucinations in Legal Research

Over the past three years, researchers have published dozens of studies examining exactly when and why AI fails at legal tasks—and the patterns are becoming clearer. The research is clear: AI hallucinations in legal work are real, measurable, and follow predictable patterns. Rebecca Fordon evaluates the data and research that documents six critical patterns lawyers must understand to make sound, actionable and effective decisions about using AI.

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Subjects: AI, KM, Legal Research, Legal Research Training, Legal Technology

AI Under the Hood

Knowing the difference between a general AI tool and one trained on specific sources can mean the difference between getting an accurate answer and becoming quickly frustrated with outcomes that either don’t answer the question thoroughly or answer the question in a confused mixture of fact and fiction. While not always clear, the data that lies behind the GenAI tool is just as important to consider as the user interface or the cost. Without trustworthy or relevant underlying information, the resulting AI-generated output will be less helpful or less trusted and result in inefficiencies as lawyers and staff work to fill the gaps in the GenAI’s response. Considering these factors, Kristopher Turner’s article identifies how and why a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) can give focused and highly specific answers related to one area that someone needs to quickly understand.

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Subjects: AI, KM, Legal Education, Legal Profession, Legal Research, Legal Technology, Search Engines

The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself

Over the past eight years Nir Eisikovits and Jacob Burley have been studying the moral implications of pervasive engagement with AI as part of a joint research project between the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. In a recent white paper, we argue that as AI systems become more autonomous, the ethical stakes of AI use in higher ed rise, as do its potential consequences.

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Subjects: AI, Education, Ethics, KM

Agentic AI in the Wild: Lessons from Moltbook and OpenClaw

Tools like OpenClaw – the open-source AI agent that underpins Moltbook – are only possible because of the rapidly developing, and publicly available, capabilities of frontier large language models such as Anthropic’s Claude. Ardi Janjeva, Carolyn Ashurst and Rick Hennessy of the Alan Turing Institute discuss how the recent Moltbook frenzy illustrates the interaction between these capabilities and human behaviour is far from straightforward: users both deliberately and inadvertently behave in ways that significantly amplify the risks that applications like OpenClaw introduce.

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Subjects: AI, KM, Legal Research

LLRX January 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

Attacks against the International Criminal Court: Who cares about victims of atrocity crimes? – The attacks against the ICC are part of a wholesale U.S. assault on international legal norms and institutions since the 20 January 2025 inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Exactly a year later, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney made a blunt …

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Subjects: KM

All In: Embedding AI in the Law School Classroom

What is the irreducibly human element in legal education when AI can pass the bar exam, generate effective lectures, and provide personalized learning and academic support? This article by law professor Gregory M. Duhl confronts that question head-on by documenting the planning and design of a comprehensive transformation of a required doctrinal law school course—first-year Contracts— with AI fully embedded throughout the course design. Instead of adding AI exercises to conventional pedagogy or creating a stand-alone AI course, this approach reimagines legal education for the AI era by integrating AI as a learning enhancer rather than a threat to be managed. The transformation serves Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s access-driven mission: AI helps create equity for diverse learners, prepares practice-ready professionals for legal practice transformed by AI, and shifts the institutional narrative from policing technology use to leveraging it pedagogically.

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Subjects: AI, Education, KM, Legal Education, Legal Profession, Legal Research, Legal Technology, LEXIS, Westlaw

Like Lawyers In Pompeii: Is Legal Ignoring The Coming AI Infrastructure Crisis? (Part III)

Before the volcano erupts, smart lawyers may want to think twice about investing too heavily in AI or thinking it’s a panacea for all problems – by Stephen Embry and Melissa Rogozinsk. All four parts of this series are available via links on each part of this series.

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Subjects: AI, Information Management, KM, Legal Marketing, Legal Profession, Legal Research, Technology Trends

LLRX December 2025 Articles and Columns

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 6 – As we approach January 20, 2026, the one year mark of the second Trump administration, Americans are witnessing the exercise of vast, often illegal and unconstrained presidential powers, unprecedented in our history. The impact of these powers, …

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Subjects: KM
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