Category Archives: Legal Innovation

PLI Press Call for Student Papers

Practising Law Institute (PLI) is pleased to announce our first call for law student papers.

The PLI Chronicle is an open-access periodical available exclusively on PLI PLUS, the award-winning legal research platform of PLI Press. The Chronicle delivers timely and relevant discussions on hot topics — from laws, regulations, and policies, to industry developments and cutting-edge issues, to commentary on working in the legal and accounting industries. Check out the latest edition of the PLI Chronicle here.

Writing for the PLI Chronicle gives law students a direct line to PLI’s extensive userbase of 450,000 legal professionals — including 95% of Am Law 100 members, educators, government regulators, and thought leaders. This is a great opportunity for students looking to amplify their voices and connect with the minds that shape today’s legal landscape.

Topic: Emerging Discussions Around Artificial Intelligence

For this call for papers, the PLI Chronicle is seeking submissions that explore student perspectives on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the law. PLI invites submissions from students currently enrolled in law school.

Potential topics include — but are by no means limited to —

  • How and when to use AI as a law student
  • Being in law school while AI tools are rapidly developing
  • AI and plagiarism concerns
  • Entering the legal market as AI continues to reshape the practice of law
  • What excites you about AI? What are you nervous about?

DATES

The submission deadline is September 19, 2025. If selected for publication, you must be available for a brief editorial review process in late September/early October. The chosen publication(s) will be published in the October edition of the journal.

APPLY

We seek submissions that are no more than 2,500 words. Please submit your article as a Word file.Please do not include footnotes. Hyperlinks to outside sources are welcome.

Please email your article and a brief CV/resume by September 19, 2025, to Victoria Bonacasa, Publishing Coordinator, at vbonacasa@pli.edu. Please also state your law school and your graduation year.

Selected publications will be published in the PLI Chronicle and made available to public readership. Authors will retain copyright of their submissions but grant PLI a two-week exclusive license to publication. Contributors to the PLI Chronicle will have the ability to link directly to the article on PLI PLUS. If you have any questions, please contact Victoria Bonacasa at vbonacasa@pli.edu.

New Title! Knowledge Management & Innovation: A Manual for Law Firms and Other Legal Services Organizations

PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of the new practice guide Knowledge Management & Innovation: A Manual for Law Firms and Other Legal Services Organizations.

This book is a comprehensive resource for knowledge management and innovation (KM&I) professionals in the legal industry. It offers best practices for achieving common KM&I goals and includes several checklists and other practice forms which can be used to help organizations and law firms implement beneficial KM&I procedures.  The book presents its knowledge management concepts within a broad framework and historical context while also covering the most recent developments.

Notably, the manual covers the following important topics:

In addition, the book gives guidance on how to leverage collaboration tools (see Chapter 11), configure document management systems (see Chapter 5), improve organizational processes (see Chapter 14), and more.

We are excited to share this new title with you!

PLUS Subscribers can access this title with their subscription.

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