Marc Lauritsen
@marclauritsen.bsky.social
Lawyer, knowledge systems architect, educator, entrepreneur, author, musician. Document assembly expert. Help people 'work smarter' and make better decisions.
Books like these would likely have been banned under Queen Elizabeth I.
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Books like these would likely have been banned under Queen Elizabeth I.
In this economy?
So... now MAGA is at war with both acetaminophen *and* ibuprofen?
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In this economy?
Only fitting that an outfit named after the muse of history would make history
Some professional news happening at @goclio.bsky.social today.
The scrappy #legaltech company I joined in 2012 now services 400,000 legal professionals worldwide and is valued at $5 billion (with a B)!
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/tec...
The scrappy #legaltech company I joined in 2012 now services 400,000 legal professionals worldwide and is valued at $5 billion (with a B)!
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/tec...
Clio closes US$1-billion acquisition backed by new financing as it seeks to become ‘everything app’ for lawyers
B.C. company with IPO ambitions valued at US$5-billion provides AI-enabled software for law firms
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Only fitting that an outfit named after the muse of history would make history
It would be traumatizing even if the goons were unmasked
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It would be traumatizing even if the goons were unmasked
I have vivid memories of the first of these (in 1997, when the internet was young ...)
I am looking forward to speaking about my research in my session "Narrowing the Gaps Between Primary Law and Computational Systems Through Better Parsing of Secondary Document Elements." at the Law Via the Internet Conference next week in Sydney.
Here's the full program: lvi2025.org/program/
Here's the full program: lvi2025.org/program/
November 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I have vivid memories of the first of these (in 1997, when the internet was young ...)
Many Americans haven't yet deciphered the Rosetta Stone
Above all, Trump is a con man and a grifter. Everything he says and does has to be understood in that light. All the domestic and foreign chaos and grief his presidency has sown is secondary, for him, to his self-enrichment and self-aggrandizement. That's the Rosetta Stone of his presidency.
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Many Americans haven't yet deciphered the Rosetta Stone
Good advice!
Don’t treat #LegalAi like an eager, bumbling first-year associate.
I always say, treat it as a submission from opposing counsel. Assume they are wrong and/or trying to get something past you.
www.slaw.ca/2025/10/28/d...
I always say, treat it as a submission from opposing counsel. Assume they are wrong and/or trying to get something past you.
www.slaw.ca/2025/10/28/d...
Deceptive Dynamics of Generative AI: Beyond the “First-Year Associate” Framing - Slaw
Guidance for lawyers on generative AI use consistently urges careful verification of outputs. One popular framing advises treating AI as a “first-year associate”—smart and keen, but inexperienced and ...
www.slaw.ca
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Good advice!
If you enjoy considering who might actually have written the Works of Shake(-)speare, you might enjoy reading about this new 'candidate'
hyddenman.com
hyddenman.com
hyddenman
This argues that Ralph Sheldon (1537-1613) was the Hydden Man behind the Shakespeare oeuvre, and a pioneer of English drama
hyddenman.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you enjoy considering who might actually have written the Works of Shake(-)speare, you might enjoy reading about this new 'candidate'
hyddenman.com
hyddenman.com
He has great empathy for fellow criminals
“Pardons and commutations offer X-rays into the souls of presidents. More than any other presidential actions, clemencies tell us who they are.” Jeff Toobin has this exactly right. Trump’s use of the pardon power sullies its purpose but reveals who the man is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | The Santos Commutation Is No Joke
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
He has great empathy for fellow criminals
Trying to attack this rainy morning with the same enthusiasm as our dogs show attacking their first bowls of food
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Trying to attack this rainy morning with the same enthusiasm as our dogs show attacking their first bowls of food
Here's to affirming flames
Auden, of course, was most famous as a poet - one of the best to write about the mix of despair & hope at a moment of great geopolitical uncertainty. There are the famous final stanzas (which Auden later hated) of "September 1, 1939," the date of the Nazi invasion of Poland
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here's to affirming flames
Reposted by Marc Lauritsen
If you're going to participate in the #NoKings marches I implore you - keep it positive and peaceful, don't get baited into violence or vandalism. The government is looking for any excuse to declare these protests as "riots" or "insurrection" - don't give them that excuse. Be safe.
October 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you're going to participate in the #NoKings marches I implore you - keep it positive and peaceful, don't get baited into violence or vandalism. The government is looking for any excuse to declare these protests as "riots" or "insurrection" - don't give them that excuse. Be safe.
Reposted by Marc Lauritsen
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). An article by its co-founders/directors Mowbray, Chung & Greenleaf in the Australian Law Journals discusses its history: papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=...
AustLII – 30 Years of Free Access to Law
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). AustLII has revolutionised access to law in Australia
papers.ssrn.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). An article by its co-founders/directors Mowbray, Chung & Greenleaf in the Australian Law Journals discusses its history: papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=...
Great suggestions about the cleansing power of screenlessness
I write about legal tech. I love GenAI. But I fear its making us lazy thinkers.
Every Sunday I try to go screenless. The more I stick to it, the sharper my work and the clearer my thinking.
Thanks Cat Moon, David Sparks and David Sax for encouraging analog.
www.techlawcrossroads.com/2025/10/goin...
Every Sunday I try to go screenless. The more I stick to it, the sharper my work and the clearer my thinking.
Thanks Cat Moon, David Sparks and David Sax for encouraging analog.
www.techlawcrossroads.com/2025/10/goin...
Going Analog: Is It Just for Luddites? | TechLaw Crossroads
The world of GenAI: get an answer to anything and everything within seconds. No thinking required: just prompt and go. I’m all about technology and the
www.techlawcrossroads.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Great suggestions about the cleansing power of screenlessness
My feeble effort to awaken friends on X:
"Nominal 'Republicans' are paving the road to serfdom
while actual conservatives busily gawk at anti-woke sideshows"
"Nominal 'Republicans' are paving the road to serfdom
while actual conservatives busily gawk at anti-woke sideshows"
October 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My feeble effort to awaken friends on X:
"Nominal 'Republicans' are paving the road to serfdom
while actual conservatives busily gawk at anti-woke sideshows"
"Nominal 'Republicans' are paving the road to serfdom
while actual conservatives busily gawk at anti-woke sideshows"
Every time I see another RFP for a "statewide civil legal needs assessment" I wonder if the money might better be spent actually addressing needs that have already endlessly been assessed
October 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every time I see another RFP for a "statewide civil legal needs assessment" I wonder if the money might better be spent actually addressing needs that have already endlessly been assessed
Reposted by Marc Lauritsen
🚨 Cool Job Alert! 🚨 Are you a DevOps engineer? We're looking¹ for someone to help scale our open-source access to justice work.² Not a DevOps engineer? I bet you can repost this to someone who is.
¹ jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkunive... job listing
² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do
¹ jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkunive... job listing
² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do
Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote).
Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote). Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
jobs.jobvite.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🚨 Cool Job Alert! 🚨 Are you a DevOps engineer? We're looking¹ for someone to help scale our open-source access to justice work.² Not a DevOps engineer? I bet you can repost this to someone who is.
¹ jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkunive... job listing
² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do
¹ jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkunive... job listing
² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do
An homage to a revolutionary outsider
The Singular Daring, Genius, and Compassion of Jane Goodall: dennismccarthy.substack.com/p/the-singul...
The Singular Daring, Genius, and Compassion of Jane Goodall
Sometimes, seemingly small and insignificant events in the life of a talented individual can set into motion a chain of choices that eventually transforms the world.
dennismccarthy.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
An homage to a revolutionary outsider
Great to talk shop with Dennis and Tom
legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/ken...
legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/ken...
Fresh Voices on Legal Tech with Marc Lauritsen - Legal Talk Network
Is true technology competence possible? The speed at which technology advances is now impossible to stay completely ahead of, but as lawyers, a commitment Discover insightful episodes on Legal Talk Ne...
legaltalknetwork.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Great to talk shop with Dennis and Tom
legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/ken...
legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/ken...
All of the below.
(Aptronym + etymological confusion)
(Aptronym + etymological confusion)
I wonder if one day the etymology of "trumped-up charges" will get confused because of the current administration's use of the DOJ et al. or if the originally etymology will stick (i.e., from words that mean "to deceive") & folks will feel his name was just a really on-the-nose aptronym.
October 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
All of the below.
(Aptronym + etymological confusion)
(Aptronym + etymological confusion)
From Hisham Matar's chilling The Return:
"History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second World War, but in Libya he oversaw a campaign of genocide."
"History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second World War, but in Libya he oversaw a campaign of genocide."
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
From Hisham Matar's chilling The Return:
"History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second World War, but in Libya he oversaw a campaign of genocide."
"History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second World War, but in Libya he oversaw a campaign of genocide."
The miniature horse in the foreground is Munchie
September 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The miniature horse in the foreground is Munchie
No shame
No care
No sense
No care
No sense
No evidence.
No science.
No solutions.
Just Trump peddling another dangerous lie — this time about Tylenol and autism — that sows chaos, scares parents, and puts our health at risk.
No science.
No solutions.
Just Trump peddling another dangerous lie — this time about Tylenol and autism — that sows chaos, scares parents, and puts our health at risk.
Trump: "Taking Tylenol is, uh, not good. I'll say it. It's not good."
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No shame
No care
No sense
No care
No sense
Had a wonderful lunch on this gorgeous fall New England day with friends, who recollected the 1938 hurricane on this day that they personally experienced
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Ne...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Ne...
1938 New England hurricane - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Had a wonderful lunch on this gorgeous fall New England day with friends, who recollected the 1938 hurricane on this day that they personally experienced
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Ne...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Ne...