The Legal Briefing

WILL AI REPLACE PARALEGALS?

AI is transforming the paralegal role by automating routine tasks, offering law firms a powerful tool to reclaim time and enhance productivity without replacing essential human expertise. By leveraging AI for repetitive administrative work, paralegals can focus on high-level strategy and client-centered service, driving greater value for the firm.

• Automate routine workflows to handle document summarization, research, and drafting more efficiently.
• Prioritize human-centric skills like nuanced judgment, empathy, and strategic planning that AI cannot replicate.
• Strengthen firm scalability by upskilling paralegals in legal technology and data analysis to stay competitive in an evolving industry.

By Erin Walker

https://www.clio.com/blog/will-ai-replace-paralegals/ 

Texas Regional Focus

Flock and other automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are taking over our neighborhoods, tracking our movements, and building detailed databases about where we go, who we're with, and what we do. It doesn't matter which tech company's creepy cameras show up on our streets, they all share the same problems: They are trying to profit off invading our privacy.

Whether or not ALPRs have hit your community yet, these companies are getting rich off our data, police are misusing it to stalk exes and intimidate their critics, while ICE has been using it to further terrorize immigrant communities. Congress has the power to rein in this mass surveillance tool, so let's make sure they hear us loud and clear: No Flock. No ALPRs. No exceptions. No excuses. Get these creepy cameras out of our communities now.

By TX ACLU

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/get-flock-out