A five-judge panel will select 25 finalists from the submitted applications. 

On Jan. 17, 2023, descriptions of each of the 25 finalists will be posted on the ABA TECHSHOW blog, Above the Law, and LawSites where readers will be invited to vote for their favorites. The 15 startups that receive the most votes will be selected for the Startup Alley section of the TECHSHOW Expo Hall. Winners will be announced on Jan. 31.

This year's judges are:

• Jeannine Lambert, TECHSHOW 2023 co-chair.
• Gyi Tsakalakis, TECHSHOW 2023 co-chair.
• Sofia Lingos, TECHSHOW 2023 co-vice-chair.
• Cynthia Thomas, TECHSHOW 2023 co-vice-chair.
• Bob Ambrogi, Legal Tech Journalist; Startup Alley organizer.

The 15 finalists will face of in a live pitch competition during TECHSHOW’s opening night event. Each startup will have 2.5 minutes to present its pitch in front of an audience of TECHSHOW attendees. At the conclusion of the pitches, attendees will vote to select the most innovative company as the winner.

The winner of the opening night pitch competition will receive:

• Free 10×10 booth space at the 2024 TECHSHOW.
• Free 12-month listing on the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center’s Buyer’s Guide.
• $5,000 credit to use towards advertising in ABA Law Practice Division media.
• A profile of the company on Ambrogi's LawSites blog.

For more details, see the ABA TECHSHOW Blog.

The application for StartUp Alley can be found here.

_{Last Updated: 6 December, 2022}

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The Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association has opened registration for its 2023 TECHSHOW Conference and Expo.

The event will be held the first week of March, in Chicago, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel, 151 E Wacker Dr.

For nearly 30 years, the ABA TECHSHOW Conference and EXPO has been where lawyers, legal professionals, and technology all come together to learn about the most useful and practical technologies available. The event also includes a variety of CLE programming on related topics.

The Expo hall will feature over 100 legal techonology vendors demonstrating their products and services. 

• Conference: March 1 – 4, 2023
• Expo: March 2 – 3, 2023

For more details or to register, see the ABA TECHSHOW website.

_{Last Updated: 2 December 2022}

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Held annually in Chicago, TECHSHOW is where lawyers, legal professionals, and technology all come together.

This year:

• Conference: February 26 – 29, 2020
• Expo: February 26 – 28, 2020

Register for ABA TECHSOW before January 13 for reduced "Early Bird" pricing.

During the three day event, attendees learn about the most useful and practical technologies available. The conference features a wide variety of CLE programming.

Educational tracks include:

• Lawyer Well-Being
• Recession Proof
• Human Skills
• Analytics/Data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Automation
• Client Attraction
• Client Experience
• Litigation
• Cybersecurity
• Core Concepts
• Next 20
• Untrack for Doers

TECHSHOW planners also announced Mary Shen O’Carroll, Director of the Legal Operations, Technology and Strategy team at Google, as the 2020 Keynote. At Google, Shen O'Carroll is responsible for overseeing key aspects of financial performance management, outside counsel management, systems/tools, and internal operations.

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While a solid majority of respondents to the 2018 Survey (88.2%) reported being comfortable with their firm’s technology, they also appear to have lost ground regarding the availability of training in their firms. Only a slim majority of respondents (56.9%) indicated that there was technology training of any kind available at their firm. This is a marked decline from the 74.3% of respondents who responded affirmatively in 2017, 70.5% in 2016, and 67% in 2015.

Internet For Lawyers' principal Mark Rosch takes a deep dive into the responses and what they mean for lawyers in this analysis of the results for the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center.

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ALL books will be on sale for 40% off your best price. That includes 40% off of the ABA Member/Division/Section price. The ABA's Cyber Monday sale also includes free shipping. Be sure to use the code:CYBER18 to get your discount.

If you're paring paper out of your life, the *ABA Law Practice Division also publishes all the Division's books as ebooks - all of which are included in the Cyber Monday sale.

(*The ABA Law Practice Division is publisher of many of the books written by Internet For Lawyers principals Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch.)

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The American Bar Association's (ABA's) Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) has released its 2017 Legal Technology Survey Report.  For the past 20 years, the LTRC has surveyed practicing attorneys about their technology choices.

In 2017, the findings of the survey are presented in six volumes:

• Vol. 1: Technology Basics & Security
• Vol. 2: Law Office Technology
• Vol. 3: Litigation Technology and E-Discovery
• Vol. 4: Marketing & Communication Technology
• Vol. 5: Online Research
• Vol. 6: Mobile Lawyers
   
• Combined Volumes 1-6

For the fifth year in a row, the LTRC has produced its ABA TECHREPORT.  Leaders in the legal technology field dive into data from the Survey Report to highlight key numbers and practical takeaways for today’s lawyers in the TECHREPORT.

This year, the ABA TECHREPORT's expert analysis, observations, and predictions are on the topics of:

• Planning and Budgeting - by Catherine Sanders Reach
• Technology Training - by Mark Rosch
• Security - by David Ries
• Cloud Computing - by Dennis Kennedy
• Mobile Technology - by Aaron Street 
• Practice Management - by Dan Pinnington, Ian Hu 
• Social Media and Blogging - by Allison C. Shields
• Virtual Law Practice - by Chad Burton
• Litigation and TAR - by Stephen Embry
• Solo and Small Firm Technology - by Natalie Kelly

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For more than a decade, the LTRC has surveyed practicing attorneys about their usage of technology in their law practices.

The results of the 2014 survey are be presented in six volumes:

• Technology Basics
• Law Office Technology
• Litigation & Courtroom Technology
• Web & Communication Technology
• Online Research
• Mobile Lawyers

The six volumes are available for purchase via the ABA Webstore for $300 per volume (ABA Members) or $350 (non-ABA Members).

The complete set of results (all six volumes) are available for purchase via the ABA Webstore for $1,550 per volume (ABA Members) or $1,800 (non-ABA Members).

The LTRC also makes summary reviews of the data available in a series of ten articles written by subject-area experts. They are:

• Security
  By David Ries
  How law firms and lawyers protect themselves and their clients.
• Cloud Computing
  By Dennis Kennedy
  Exploring how lawyers have adapted to an increasingly cloud-based world.
• Practice Management
  By Joshua Poje
  Examining the tools that power efficient law practices.
• Blogging and Social Media
  By Allison Shields
  Looking at the way lawyers communicate and market their practices in 2014.
• Technology Training
  By Adriana Linares
  Maximizing law firm technology investments through effective training.
• Legal Research
  By Joshua Poje
  The tools and practices that keep lawyers at the top of the legal research game.
• Mobile Technology
  By Tom Mighell
  Using technology to take the practice outside of the office.
• Virtual Law Practice
  By Joshua Poje
  Using technology to escape the traditional limitations of a law firm.
• Litigation Technology
  By Paul Unger
  Exploring the technology trends that impact litigators.
• Solo and Small Firm Technology
  By Richard Ferguson
  The hardware and software that solo and small firm attorneys need.

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ABA TECHSHOW is seeking proposals for presentations on trends, techniques and specific tools that will help lawyers in firms of all sizes practice law more efficiently and effectively. This outreach is a continuation of TECHSHOW’s tradition of bringing together faculty to educate lawyers on the most current technology information that will be useful in their practice.

Speaker and topic proposals can be submitted online via the official RFP form at http://linkon.in/1pezBcF. Proposals will be accepted until midnight CDT on July 13.

ABA TECHSHOW’s goal in requesting submissions is to generate the largest possible pool of quality potential topics. Submission of a proposal is not a guarantee of an invitation to speak on the topic or that the topic will be selected.

ABA TECHSHOW is a production of the ABA Law Practice Division. For more information, visit ABA TECHSHOW at www.techshow.com.

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If you were unable to attend, want a reminder of some of the highlights, or just want a chance to review some of the information you weren't able to catch while you were there, check out some of the discussions about the conference on these legal news sites, blogs, and Twitter.

#ABATECHSHOW

• Twitter

March 25

• Ernie the Attorney: ABA TECHSHOW 2014

March 18

• Detroit Legal News: ABA TECHSHOW to teach attendees about useful, practical technology

March 26

• Macomb County Legal News: Former Nixon Counsel speaks at ABA event

March 27

• ABA Journal: Tech-savvy litigators give advice and recommend tools
• Engadget: Sony's 13-inch 'Digital Paper' is just like paper, except it costs $1,100
• Thompson Reuters Legal Currents: ABA Techshow: Day one recap

March 28

• LexBlog Network: Twitter Recap: Google Ventures’ Rick Klau Gives ABA TECHSHOW Keynote
• LexisNexis Business of Law Blog: Session: Fundamentals of Law Practice Management Systems #ABATECHSHOW
• LexisNexis Business of Law Blog: 16 Stats from the State of Legal Technology #ABATECHSHOW
• LexisNexis Business of Law Blog: Session: 5 Effective Law Firm Billing Techniques #ABATECHSHOW
• ABA Journal: Check out swag from the ABA Techshow (gallery)
• ABA Journal: In-house lawyers face technological minefield to preserve client confidentiality
• ABA Journal: 4 types of employees who put your cybersecurity at risk, and 10 things you can do to stop them
• ABA Journal: Ethics rulings tell lawyers to seek security when in the cloud
• ABA Journal: Can small firms compete with BigLaw for a fraction of the cost? Yes, if you save on tech, solos say
• Thompson Reuters Legal Currents: ABA Techshow: Day two recap
• Attorney at Work: Trending: Legal Technology on the Rise
• Meet the Author; Ruth Carter, author of "The Legal Side of Blogging for Lawyers" (Google Hangout video presentation

March 29

• Real Lawyers Have Blogs: Legal technology companies starved for social media coverage : How will they get it?
• Rocket Matter: Why ABA Techshow Is Great, and Why You Should Go Next Year

March 30

• ABA Journal: Tools for lawyers worried that NSA is eavesdropping on their confidential conversations
• The Droid Lawyer: ABA TECHSHOW 2014 Round-up and Review
• Third Apple: Short reflections on #ABATECHSHOW 2014

March 31

• ABA Journal: What were the most important product announcements at Techshow?
• ABA Journal: Watergate’s lasting legacy is to legal ethics reform, says John Dean
• GP Solo; Your ABA News: Top 5 Keys to Getting Paid
• The Recorder: Data Security at Fore of Legal Tech Event
• LawSites: Top 10 Product Announcements at ABA Techshow
• Lawyerist: The Future of Practice Management is in the Cloud
• GoClio: Five to Watch from ABA TECHSHOW
• LexisNexis Business of Law Blog: 7 Takeaways from a Geek’s Presentation on Law Firm Pricing
• The MacLawyer: The Best Swag from ABA TECHSHOW
• iPhoneJD: 60 iOS Apps in 60 Minutes

April 1

• ABA Journal: Lawyers choose their favorites for ‘60 Sites in 60 Minutes’
• LexisNexis Business of Law Blog: Meta Data: 51 Posts Summarizing the 2014 #ABATECHSHOW
• Ride the Lightning: ABA TECHSHOW 2014 - The Usual Information Overload and a Lot of Fun
• Third Apple: Inspirations from #ABATECHSHOW 2014
• The MacLawyer: Visual Notes: iGadgets and iGear for the iLawyer

April 2

• Law Technology Today: ABA TECHSHOW, In Pictures

April 3

• Reid My Blog: Top Ten Takeaways from ABA TECHSHOW 2014

April 4

• Digital Edge Podcast: ABA TECHSHOW 2014 - Interview with The TECHSHOW Chair
• NY Daily Record: ABA Techshow 2014: Ethics, cloud computing highlight annual conference

April 5

• Massachusetts LOMAP: TECHSHOW for the Technophobe: The Cool Embrace of the Shadow of the Internet

April 8

• Thoughtful Law: Going Paperless - TECHSHOW style: A Story form ABA TECHSHOW

April 10

• Law Technology Today: Why I Loved ABA TECHSHOW Just A Little Bit More This Year

Live Blogs Throughout the Conference

• The Droid Lawyer
• Lawyerist

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Interested individuals can submit a proposal online, via this form. Speaker and topic proposals will be accepted until midnight Central Time on Sunday, June 30.

Submission of a proposal is not a guarantee of acceptance to speak on the topic or that the topic will be selected for inclusion. ABA TECHSHOW’s goal in requesting submissions is to generate the largest possible pool of quality potential topics relevant to the legal community.

For more information, visit ABA TECHSHOW at www.techshow.com. ABA TECHSHOW will be held March 27-29, 2014, at the Hilton Chicago.
 
ABA TECHSHOW is the leading legal technology conference bringing lawyers together with technology that will be useful in their practice. ABA TECHSHOW is presented by ABA Law Practice Management Section. 2014 marks the 28th Annual ABA TECHSHOW.

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