John E. Grant ⚖️
@agileattorney.com
Lawyer turned #LegalOps.
I help legal professionals build better practices with #Agile & #Kanban. I also help them break free from outdated & ineffective conventional wisdom for law practice management.
Host of the Agile Attorney Podcast. #LawSky
I help legal professionals build better practices with #Agile & #Kanban. I also help them break free from outdated & ineffective conventional wisdom for law practice management.
Host of the Agile Attorney Podcast. #LawSky
2 points: (1) This is the fundamental flaw in any argument that AI will increase access to justice. It will undoubtedly increase the volume of new proceedings, but justice happens at the end of those proceedings, not just because they were initiated. (2) the inevitable result will be an AI arms race
TL;DR: Experts warn that AI tools facilitating rapid objections to planning applications could undermine the UK government's housebuilding initiatives, as a new service enables residents to voice concerns in minutes.
AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn
Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
2 points: (1) This is the fundamental flaw in any argument that AI will increase access to justice. It will undoubtedly increase the volume of new proceedings, but justice happens at the end of those proceedings, not just because they were initiated. (2) the inevitable result will be an AI arms race
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To sum it up, this country kidnapped a child and sent him across state lines. He’s been locked up for over a month and forced to make a life changing decision without the support of his family. A decision that results in him being sent even further away from that family.
I could just scream. 5/
I could just scream. 5/
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
To sum it up, this country kidnapped a child and sent him across state lines. He’s been locked up for over a month and forced to make a life changing decision without the support of his family. A decision that results in him being sent even further away from that family.
I could just scream. 5/
I could just scream. 5/
Pretty remarkable that Judge Sommer guy, in her ruling on Oregon v. Trump extensively documented her factual findings that: (1) Federal Officials regularly testified to things in her court that were not supported by documentary evidence, giving her reason to find the testimony not credible; …
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Pretty remarkable that Judge Sommer guy, in her ruling on Oregon v. Trump extensively documented her factual findings that: (1) Federal Officials regularly testified to things in her court that were not supported by documentary evidence, giving her reason to find the testimony not credible; …
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We just had a three-day trial in Portland where Portland police testified that this wasn't true.
Tricia McLaughlin lies shamelessly: "Why President Trump called the National Guard into Portland is because our officers were facing mass assault and mass attacks."
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We just had a three-day trial in Portland where Portland police testified that this wasn't true.
Blazers about to get bought by the owner of the Hartford Whalers
Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon reaches agreement to buy NBA's Trail Blazers, per report.
Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon reaches agreement to buy NBA's Trail Blazers, per report
Dundon would purchase the team from previous owner Paul Allen's estate
www.cbssports.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Blazers about to get bought by the owner of the Hartford Whalers
Most of my business involves helping law firms find efficiency in their operations.
But efficiency ≠ speed. The point is to create balanced systems that produce quality outcomes.
Due process is an intentional inefficiency in our justice system that improves the quality of its outcomes.
But efficiency ≠ speed. The point is to create balanced systems that produce quality outcomes.
Due process is an intentional inefficiency in our justice system that improves the quality of its outcomes.
Trump: "The courts have all of a sudden, out of nowhere, they said, 'Maybe you have to have trials.' Trials. We're gonna have 5 million trials? It doesn't work. You wouldn't have a country left."
(The Fifth Amendment, which gives all of us due process, was ratified in 1791.)
(The Fifth Amendment, which gives all of us due process, was ratified in 1791.)
May 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Most of my business involves helping law firms find efficiency in their operations.
But efficiency ≠ speed. The point is to create balanced systems that produce quality outcomes.
Due process is an intentional inefficiency in our justice system that improves the quality of its outcomes.
But efficiency ≠ speed. The point is to create balanced systems that produce quality outcomes.
Due process is an intentional inefficiency in our justice system that improves the quality of its outcomes.
This week I talked with Jonah Perlin from Georgetown Law about why audience and purpose are the keys to effective legal writing — and how generative AI can be a double-edged sword if you aren’t careful. AI can help — but it can't replace the wrestle.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
April 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This week I talked with Jonah Perlin from Georgetown Law about why audience and purpose are the keys to effective legal writing — and how generative AI can be a double-edged sword if you aren’t careful. AI can help — but it can't replace the wrestle.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
This is always my favorite thing to see in Wordle
April 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is always my favorite thing to see in Wordle
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April 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Seems like something you’d have noticed 🤣
April 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Seems like something you’d have noticed 🤣
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At ABA TECHSHOW I'm organizing a gathering for all lawyers attending who want to explore how we can live our ethical obligation to be public citizens who protect the rule of law.
Thursday 4/3 at 12 pm CST
Stay tuned for location — will be somewhere in the Hyatt.
Democracy dies in silence.
Thursday 4/3 at 12 pm CST
Stay tuned for location — will be somewhere in the Hyatt.
Democracy dies in silence.
April 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
At ABA TECHSHOW I'm organizing a gathering for all lawyers attending who want to explore how we can live our ethical obligation to be public citizens who protect the rule of law.
Thursday 4/3 at 12 pm CST
Stay tuned for location — will be somewhere in the Hyatt.
Democracy dies in silence.
Thursday 4/3 at 12 pm CST
Stay tuned for location — will be somewhere in the Hyatt.
Democracy dies in silence.
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My advice is if your law firm can't say this, get yourself a new law firm.
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
www.elias.law
April 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My advice is if your law firm can't say this, get yourself a new law firm.
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
"Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
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Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
March 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
I’m not a fan of the Supreme Court’s recent precedent-overturning rulings, but it’s not lost on me that the end of Chevron deference may have happened just in time…
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That. (Gift Article)
The litigation unleashed by President Trump’s second term, combined with his distortions and lies, is testing the judicial system’s practice of deferring to the executive branch’s determinations about...
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I’m not a fan of the Supreme Court’s recent precedent-overturning rulings, but it’s not lost on me that the end of Chevron deference may have happened just in time…
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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✈️ Is your legal work delivered on a direct flight — or with a long layover?
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
March 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
✈️ Is your legal work delivered on a direct flight — or with a long layover?
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
Seems there is a deliberate and coordinated effort to challenge court orders. See www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
March 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Seems there is a deliberate and coordinated effort to challenge court orders. See www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
“Despite court order…” Bad facts make bad law, and the people in charge know it. So they are betting that nobody will stand up to say that (alleged) Venezuelan gang members are worth fighting over.
This is the most direct possible threat to the rule of law.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is the most direct possible threat to the rule of law.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court order
Their arrival comes less than 24 hours after a federal judge blocked a law Trump planned to use for the deportations.
www.bbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Despite court order…” Bad facts make bad law, and the people in charge know it. So they are betting that nobody will stand up to say that (alleged) Venezuelan gang members are worth fighting over.
This is the most direct possible threat to the rule of law.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is the most direct possible threat to the rule of law.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#People + #Process + #Technology. Chatted with amazing @agileattorney.bsky.social (John Grant) about #LegalTech + #AI impact on #law: 8hr research → 2 mins. Smart firms shifting from hourly → value pricing. What remains = uniquely human (empathy + judgment). Experiment safely!
youtu.be/Zp93iKiFDDQ
youtu.be/Zp93iKiFDDQ
060. Practical Uses for Legal AI - No Hype, No Fear with Damien Riehl
YouTube video by Agile Attorney Consulting
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March 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#People + #Process + #Technology. Chatted with amazing @agileattorney.bsky.social (John Grant) about #LegalTech + #AI impact on #law: 8hr research → 2 mins. Smart firms shifting from hourly → value pricing. What remains = uniquely human (empathy + judgment). Experiment safely!
youtu.be/Zp93iKiFDDQ
youtu.be/Zp93iKiFDDQ
🎙️ The ABA opinion on AI that shocked @jonathanstark.com.
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🎙️ The ABA opinion on AI that shocked @jonathanstark.com.
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
Join me this week as I sit down with Brita Long to talk flat fee pricing—not as a cure-all, but as a tool to help you manage your workload and reclaim your capacity. If you’re looking to build a more sustainable practice, this one’s for you.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
February 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join me this week as I sit down with Brita Long to talk flat fee pricing—not as a cure-all, but as a tool to help you manage your workload and reclaim your capacity. If you’re looking to build a more sustainable practice, this one’s for you.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
Your engagement agreement fulfills a tough dual role: It governs the legal relationship, but also serves as the final step in your marketing process. In this week's podcast episode I critique a real-world engagement letter and show how to make your engagement letter work.
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your engagement agreement fulfills a tough dual role: It governs the legal relationship, but also serves as the final step in your marketing process. In this week's podcast episode I critique a real-world engagement letter and show how to make your engagement letter work.
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
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🎯 The counterintuitive path to higher productivity in legal practice: doing less at once
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
February 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🎯 The counterintuitive path to higher productivity in legal practice: doing less at once
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
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Guide to finding archived versions of the thousands of federal webpages and datasets removed since January 20. https://lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/Where-to-Find-Removed-Federal-Websites-and-Data
Boley Blog - Boley Law Library at Lewis & Clark Law School
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February 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Guide to finding archived versions of the thousands of federal webpages and datasets removed since January 20. https://lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/Where-to-Find-Removed-Federal-Websites-and-Data