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Tom Martin aka @lawdroid
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🚨 I'm excited to get my Manifesto out into the world!! If you're curious about how to make sense of the AI revolution in the legal industry, read my manifesto. It's short, sweet, and provocative. 🔥

It's published on Writebook, an amazing and free platform. Thanks @jasonfried.bsky.social! 🙏
books.lawdroidmanifesto.com
"𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀." Ari Kaplan was a young associate at a firm doing international trade law. Interesting work. But he kept coming back to something: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁...
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. 𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗜 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁."Ari Kaplan started a journal 30 years ago around New Year's. Not daily. Not weekly. Once a year. Several hours of pure focus and reflection—and...
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆, 𝗼𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳? 𝗜 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁." Every year for 30 years, Ari Kaplan sits down and writes. Not a blog post. Not content. Not a business plan. He writes to himself—where he is, what he hopes for, what the year looks like..
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝟭𝟲. 𝗜'𝗺 𝟱'𝟭𝟬, 𝗶𝗳 𝗜'𝗺 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆. 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝟭𝟮. 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝘆."Ari Kaplan, Principal of Ari Kaplan Advisors and host of over 1,000 podcast episodes, didn't exactly have the conventional start. He was 16 years old, living in...
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Just dropped my LawDroid Manifesto podcast episode featuring Ari Kaplan, Principal of Ari Kaplan Advisors, whose 30-year journaling practice reveals the power of 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in building a meaningful career. Once a year, every year since law school, Ari writes in the same journal. Not..
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
"𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼. 𝗜'𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲." Joey Gartner, Director and Counsel at the ABA Center for Innovation, knows what he's talking about. He runs the ABA's Legal...
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼." Joey Gartner, now Director and Counsel at the ABA Center for Innovation, had an epiphany working with legal tech companies after running his own practice. When Joey ran his...
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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"𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀, 𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲." Joey Gartner, Director and Counsel at the ABA Center for Innovation, has complained about this to me before—and he's right to push back on it. When Joey...
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀, 𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲." Joey Gartner, Director and Counsel at the ABA Center for Innovation, has complained about this to me before—and he's right to push back on it. When Joey...
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼." Joey Gartner, Director and Counsel at the ABA Center for Innovation, cuts through the AI anxiety with a critical distinction that changes everything ...
January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Just dropped my LawDroid Manifesto podcast episode featuring Joey Gartner, Director and Counsel at the ABA Center for Innovation, whose answer to "I'm not sure how to do that" has always been "but I'll figure it out." Joey led the ABA's two-year AI Task Force—24+ webinars, 3 reports, multiple...
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱." Scheree Gilchrist from Legal Aid of North Carolina was interviewing candidates for litigation ...
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲?" Megan Hennings from Legal Aid of North Carolina's Innovation Lab captures the essential tension in legal tech: technology...
January 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
🔥Big news: Sateesh Nori joins LawDroid as our first Chief Legal Futurist. 20+ years in housing justice, ABA Legal Rebel, 3 books coming in 2026, and we co-created Depositron together. Outcomes over hype. Let's go!
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆." Megan Hennings from Legal Aid of North Carolina's Innovation Lab reveals why Leah matters beyond just answering ...
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱. 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 '𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲.' 𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀." Scheree Gilchrist from Legal Aid of North Carolina cuts through the abstraction of the "access to justice gap..
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Just dropped my LawDroid Manifesto podcast episode featuring the Legal Aid of North Carolina team—Scheree Gilchrist, Megan Hennings, and Helen Headrick—whose collaborative AI approach proves closing the access to justice gap requires more than technology. The numbers: 𝟵𝟮% 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀...
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗼, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁. 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹." Ruby Powers makes it clear: ABA Tech Show isn't just for one type of lawyer or one size of firm. It's for everyone in the legal ecosystem—and she means everyone. Solo...
January 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜'𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀: 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴." Ruby Powers didn't just help organize ABA Tech Show 2026—she's speaking on three panels. And each one hits a different ...
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁." Ruby Powers laughs when I ask how to justify ABA Tech Show to skeptical partners. But then she gets real about the business case—and it's compelling. You need to frame it around...
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗸 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀." Ruby Powers knows how to maximize ABA Tech Show. Her first time in 2019? She called it "magical."...
January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Just dropped my LawDroid Manifesto podcast episode featuring Ruby Powers, co-vice Chair of ABA Tech Show 2026 and owner of Powers Law Group, who describes her first Tech Show in 2019 as "magical"—and hasn't stopped coming back since.
Ruby juggles a lot: immigration practice, adjunct professor...
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"𝗜 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸." Kimberly Bennett didn't start with a grand theory about subscription law. She started with a problem: Two clients back-to-back stopped paying. Cases she couldn't get out of. The market had just...
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀." Kimberly Bennett grew up as one of only 4 Black kids in her New Jersey elementary school. Three of them? Her brothers. She was strong enough to handle...
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by Tom Martin aka @lawdroid
It's true! I’ve joined LawDroid. 🎉

In my new role, I’ll help guide LawDroid’s next phase of growth—building strong relationships with clients and partners, supporting product innovation, and strengthening business systems.

Looking forward to what’s ahead!
🔥 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀! David Gray 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆

After a decade of building AI tools for legal aid, I knew our next phase of growth needed someone who truly gets the mission. David is that person.
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM