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Building DraftWise: Crafting a World-Class Legal Tech Team

Building DraftWise: Crafting a World-Class Legal Tech Team

‍Last month, the DraftWise team gathered in Mexico City to celebrate the year's successes and align on our 2025 companywide roadmap and goals. Now, we’re sharing our team’s reflections on how we’ve built a remote work culture around collaboration and commitment to innovation, positioning us to transform legal.
December 18, 2024
Global Expansion: DraftWise Head of Sales on Launching a London Office

Global Expansion: DraftWise Head of Sales on Launching a London Office

Josh Sandman, DraftWise’s Head of Sales, shares his take on how DraftWise’s global expansion reflects the company’s commitment to meeting the needs of transactional lawyers worldwide and what’s next for the company.
December 5, 2024
Large language models in legaltech: Demystifying fine-tuning

Large language models in legaltech: Demystifying fine-tuning

David Smythe, Senior NLP Engineer, shares his insights on fine-tuning and its potential to transform legal work.
November 21, 2024
TechCrunch Disrupt: How AI Will Shape the Future of Work

TechCrunch Disrupt: How AI Will Shape the Future of Work

Last week, James Ding, DraftWise Co-founder and CEO, sat down for a conversation with Jordan Taylor, Vizcom CEO and Founder, moderated by Sofia Dolfe, Partner at Index Ventures, to discuss what they’ve seen as two technology leaders in spaces traditionally resistant to change. Read on to hear the conversation from the Disrupt stage.
November 4, 2024
How two AI leaders are reshaping traditional industries: Insights into the future of high-growth tech

How two AI leaders are reshaping traditional industries: Insights into the future of high-growth tech

On October 28th, James Ding, DraftWise CEO and co-founder, will join Jordan Taylor, Vizcom CEO and founder, for a conversation at TechCrunch Disrupt, moderated by Sofia Dolfe from Index Ventures. The founders will share their insights as Gen AI leaders in industries traditionally resistant to change and what the surprising parallels in the reception to AI in legal and design spaces reveal about the future of technology in the workplace. 
October 23, 2024
Mastering Generative AI: A Lawyer’s Guide

Mastering Generative AI: A Lawyer’s Guide

Ozan Yalti, DraftWise Co-founder, and Tony Mauriello, General Counsel, joined Theresa Spartichino, Sr. Manager of Practice Technology at Ropes & Gray, for a conversation hosted by the American Bar Association, on Mastering Generative AI: A Lawyer’s Guide. Here are the insights from the conversation.
October 17, 2024
From BigLaw to DraftWise - 2 Reasons Why

From BigLaw to DraftWise - 2 Reasons Why

John Park, Senior Business Development Executive at DraftWise, shares how his transition from BigLaw to tech and ultimately legal AI led him to DraftWise, where a deep understanding of lawyers' needs drives innovation. 
October 2, 2024
Reimagining Build vs Buy: Achieving Growth with Legal AI Software
Data & AI

Reimagining Build vs Buy: Achieving Growth with Legal AI Software

This blog explores the key factors of the build vs. buy debate in legal AI as it stands today and offers a forward-looking perspective on how to think beyond the initial decision of ‘how to introduce legal AI into the firm’ to support future growth.
September 24, 2024
What we learned at ILTACON: The next chapter for legal AI?
Company Updates

What we learned at ILTACON: The next chapter for legal AI?

As experiences with AI technology becomes more in depth and widespread, the legal world’s mindset on AI is evolving. Long-term goals and the bigger picture—such as adoption and expected ROI impacts—are becoming clearer.
August 21, 2024
ILTACON 2024, Day One: Cutting through the AI Buzz
Data & AI

ILTACON 2024, Day One: Cutting through the AI Buzz

The DraftWise team has landed in Nashville for ILTACON 2024. Here’s what we’re hearing live from day one at ILTACON 2024:
August 14, 2024
5 Things Lawyers Need to Know About the ABA Opinion on Generative AI

5 Things Lawyers Need to Know About the ABA Opinion on Generative AI

DraftWise General Counsel, Tony Mauriello, and John Park, Senior Business Development Executive and former practicing attorney, leverage their legal expertise to share how DraftWise fits into the recent ABA Opinion on Gen AI – and what this means for lawyers leveraging Gen AI technology.
August 9, 2024
How Mid-Sized Firms Can Stay Ahead in the AI Era
Data & AI

How Mid-Sized Firms Can Stay Ahead in the AI Era

How should Mid-sized and boutique law firms be thinking about legal AI technology and AI legal services?
July 18, 2024
Markup by DraftWise: How Customer Voice Drove Innovation
Company Updates

Markup by DraftWise: How Customer Voice Drove Innovation

DraftWise Chief Customer Officer, Will Seaton, shares how understanding customer needs served as the north star for creating a new AI technology tool that instantly stuck.
July 1, 2024
Evaluating AI Solutions for your Firm, 4 Steps
Data & AI

Evaluating AI Solutions for your Firm, 4 Steps

This article covers four essential pillars firms need to consider when evaluating legal AI technology solutions – helping firms cut through the noise and find solutions that fix everyday problems.
June 20, 2024
DraftWise announces promotion of Will Seaton to Chief Customer Officer
Company Updates

DraftWise announces promotion of Will Seaton to Chief Customer Officer

DraftWise, an AI-powered contract and negotiation platform, today announced Will Seaton's appointment to Chief Customer Officer.
May 8, 2024
Niall Grogan: 3 Product Rules to Live By
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Niall Grogan: 3 Product Rules to Live By

DraftWise Head of Product, Niall Grogan, shares 3 lessons that shape his perspective on product, starting with the importance of understanding a day in your user's life, all to craft solutions that bring lasting benefits to people's lives.
April 24, 2024
Product Update: DraftWise now integrates with Microsoft Outlook

Product Update: DraftWise now integrates with Microsoft Outlook

DraftWise now integrates with Microsoft Outlook, enabling lawyers to use our widely adopted AI-powered drafting and negotiation platform while responding to client emails.
April 15, 2024
Navigating GenAI: How to Review Prompts and Responses

Navigating GenAI: How to Review Prompts and Responses

In today's rapidly evolving legal landscape, mastering the intricacies of GenAI offers a distinct competitive edge. Firms that prioritize educating their attorneys on effectively harnessing GenAI, including crafting prompts and conducting thorough reviews, position themselves for success in an increasingly digitized world.
April 10, 2024
Attorney to Co-Founder: A Journey to Unlock GenAI’s Potential in Legal Tech
Data & AI

Attorney to Co-Founder: A Journey to Unlock GenAI’s Potential in Legal Tech

Hear from DraftWise co-founder, Ozan Yalti on the transformative potential of GenAI in the legal industry, highlighting the necessity of tailoring GenAI to harness past legal transactions and meet client-specific needs for industry-wide adoption and success.
April 4, 2024
Streamline Contract Drafting with DraftWise's iManage Integration
Data & AI

Streamline Contract Drafting with DraftWise's iManage Integration

DraftWise is an official iManage Partner and is available in the iManage partner marketplace! The DraftWise iManage partnership empowers attorneys to access relevant knowledge through documents stored in iManage in seconds – simplifying complicated, time-consuming contract drafting tasks.
March 25, 2024
Build vs Buy: The Strategic Advantage of Buying Legal Tech

Build vs Buy: The Strategic Advantage of Buying Legal Tech

This article delves into the build versus buy conversation, exploring how the decision to buy can bolster innovation within legal firms and drive lasting efficiency in an increasingly competitive market. 
March 19, 2024
Our Series A announcement – A letter from the founders.
Company Updates

Our Series A announcement – A letter from the founders.

We are thrilled to share the news – we raised our Series A! Read on to hear from the founding team about what this means for the company.
March 14, 2024
Navigating Build vs Build: Why Some Firms Choose to Build
Data & AI

Navigating Build vs Build: Why Some Firms Choose to Build

Build vs buy is an ongoing conversation in legal technology. While third-party AI tools have been implemented by many firms, others have taken it upon themselves to create their own tools – many of these taking the form of genAI chatbots. This blog explores 7 examples of firms that have take on the decision to build genAI technology.
March 7, 2024
AI Literacy: Maximize CLE Opportunities for Firms
Law Firms

AI Literacy: Maximize CLE Opportunities for Firms

As generative AI technology improves, it’s capabilities are continuously expanding, creating more opportunities for those who properly leverage AI. Explore how firms can strategically incorporate AI learning into their CLE courses by partnering with AI education providers, like DraftWise.
February 28, 2024
Navigating SOC 2 Type II Compliance
Data & AI

Navigating SOC 2 Type II Compliance

The process involved a rigorous evaluation and subsequent enhancement of our systems and practices, ensuring they exceed the standards set forth by the SOC 2 Type II classification. In this post, we’ll share more about SOC2 security standards and what we learned throughout the process.
January 16, 2024
Why women are leaving law and how to fix it
Law Firms

Why women are leaving law and how to fix it

As lawyers continue to debate about the continued use of billable hours, its effects on women legal professionals are becoming more apparent. This is only part of a larger issue of inequalities women face in the legal industry.
September 5, 2023
5 Legal innovation insights new associates should know about
Law Firms

5 Legal innovation insights new associates should know about

LegalTech is rapidly changing Big Law as we know it. With so many new advancements, it can be hard to keep track of what’s trending in the tech side of the legal industry. On top of that, many firms are becoming increasingly digital.
August 8, 2023
AI is changing the way knowledge management teams think about legal work
Law Firms

AI is changing the way knowledge management teams think about legal work

As AI tech quickly evolves, its adoption by legal organizations has led to concerns over its risks and what it means for the future of law. Some include the potential shift in law firm dynamics, its impact on billable hours, and overall efficiency.
July 18, 2023
6 organizations supporting LGBTQ+ and BIPOC lawyers and initiatives
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6 organizations supporting LGBTQ+ and BIPOC lawyers and initiatives

Law firms and organizations with greater diversity are more engaged, more productive, and attract higher caliber talent than those that aren’t.
June 21, 2023
LLMs still can’t answer everything you want them to—better data engineering can help.
Data & AI

LLMs still can’t answer everything you want them to—better data engineering can help.

If you’re a lawyer and have been following the deluge of AI-related headlines these past few months, you might conclude that “large language models” (LLMs) brought superhuman powers to the entire legal profession overnight.
June 13, 2023