Jordan Furlong
@jordanfurlong.com
Legal sector analyst, consultant, author, speaker, and reformer (he/him). I publish a free bi-weekly Substack newsletter: https://jordanfurlong.substack.com/ "We have the chance to turn the pages over." Luke 12:24-32.
McDermott gets AI in a way few other law firms do; they're cranking up AI training and seeking to make it mandatory for all associates: www.law360.com/pulse/modern...
In a broader sense, law firms will have to accept that new lawyer training is a core function and a cost centre from now on.
In a broader sense, law firms will have to accept that new lawyer training is a core function and a cost centre from now on.
McDermott Plans AI Shakeup With Rigorous Lawyer Training - Law360 Pulse
McDermott Will & Schulte is revamping its artificial intelligence strategy in 2026, going beyond rolling out new technology to prioritizing deep skills development among lawyers aimed at crafting ...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
McDermott gets AI in a way few other law firms do; they're cranking up AI training and seeking to make it mandatory for all associates: www.law360.com/pulse/modern...
In a broader sense, law firms will have to accept that new lawyer training is a core function and a cost centre from now on.
In a broader sense, law firms will have to accept that new lawyer training is a core function and a cost centre from now on.
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If you are in libraries or KM, into legal tech, and the idea of dealing with me and my bullshit on a regular basis doesn't horrify you, I'm hiring for my department at LTH www.linkedin.com/posts/sglass...
Are you a legal tech nerd? Do you like obsessing over the difference between, say, document automation, smart drafting, and an AI legal assistant? Would you like to act as a conduit - or maybe even… |...
Are you a legal tech nerd? Do you like obsessing over the difference between, say, document automation, smart drafting, and an AI legal assistant? Would you like to act as a conduit - or maybe even a…...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If you are in libraries or KM, into legal tech, and the idea of dealing with me and my bullshit on a regular basis doesn't horrify you, I'm hiring for my department at LTH www.linkedin.com/posts/sglass...
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on Compuserve BBS.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on Compuserve BBS.
"The framework of a future deal" is an empty phrase and I would not be taking much comfort from it.
If Europe found a way for him to save face and move on, great. But Carney's speech was still spoken and was still true. The bell has rung.
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"The framework of a future deal" is an empty phrase and I would not be taking much comfort from it.
Sometimes I think Hugh Grant’s speech in “Love Actually,” where as UK PM he eviscerates the US president while standing right next to him, gave people the impression you can publicly and flippantly berate a more powerful country’s leader with no adverse consequences. You can’t.
Noted for no reason.
Noted for no reason.
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Sometimes I think Hugh Grant’s speech in “Love Actually,” where as UK PM he eviscerates the US president while standing right next to him, gave people the impression you can publicly and flippantly berate a more powerful country’s leader with no adverse consequences. You can’t.
Noted for no reason.
Noted for no reason.
Well, this isn't nightmarish in the least.
NEW: A robot hand that can detach, crawl and grasp multiple objects - and could be an industrial boon.
One researcher compares it to the helpful disembodied hand Thing T Thing from The Addams Family, rather than the scary spider-like enforcers of Minority Report.
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One researcher compares it to the helpful disembodied hand Thing T Thing from The Addams Family, rather than the scary spider-like enforcers of Minority Report.
www.ft.com/content/39d6...
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Well, this isn't nightmarish in the least.
How can we mobilize more lawyers to defend the rule of law? Maybe by making public service mandatory for lawyers --converting ineffective MCLE programs into competence-enhancing public legal service requirements. More in my newest Substack: jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/advancing-...
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
How can we mobilize more lawyers to defend the rule of law? Maybe by making public service mandatory for lawyers --converting ineffective MCLE programs into competence-enhancing public legal service requirements. More in my newest Substack: jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/advancing-...
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The international chaos caused and exploited by Donald Trump can be dizzying. But look at how America is now engaging with the world, and some clear patterns emerge. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
"Read the Donroe Doctrine To Them"
The thing about hegemony is that it, unfortunately, works. And it crushes real democracy along the way.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The international chaos caused and exploited by Donald Trump can be dizzying. But look at how America is now engaging with the world, and some clear patterns emerge. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
The primary reason students go to law school is to get a degree that enables them to start becoming a lawyer. The primary reason professors are at law schools is to research and publish about the law. Neither group is there *primarily* to learn or teach the law. And I think it shows.
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The primary reason students go to law school is to get a degree that enables them to start becoming a lawyer. The primary reason professors are at law schools is to research and publish about the law. Neither group is there *primarily* to learn or teach the law. And I think it shows.
Absolutely this: Prediction markets are "offshore exchanges for trading derivatives in the commodity of truth." ftav.substack.com/p/prediction... Insider Trading As A Service, basically.
The poker table rule -- if you can't identify the patsy, it's you -- applies 100% to pred(atory)iction markets.
The poker table rule -- if you can't identify the patsy, it's you -- applies 100% to pred(atory)iction markets.
Prediction markets will eat themselves
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January 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Absolutely this: Prediction markets are "offshore exchanges for trading derivatives in the commodity of truth." ftav.substack.com/p/prediction... Insider Trading As A Service, basically.
The poker table rule -- if you can't identify the patsy, it's you -- applies 100% to pred(atory)iction markets.
The poker table rule -- if you can't identify the patsy, it's you -- applies 100% to pred(atory)iction markets.
Good primer on agentic AI and agentic AI systems (and the risks thereof) from @legaltechnologyhub.com: www.legaltechnologyhub.com/contents/age... We've definitively moved past the chatbot phase of the legal AI conversation.
Agents, Agentic Systems, and Legal Work in 2026: Why Risk Management Can No Longer Wait
In2026,AI agentswill be embedded ina wide range oflegal workflows,offeringenormous upside but alsointroducing new classes of risk that traditional legal governance frameworks were never designed to ad...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Good primer on agentic AI and agentic AI systems (and the risks thereof) from @legaltechnologyhub.com: www.legaltechnologyhub.com/contents/age... We've definitively moved past the chatbot phase of the legal AI conversation.
Something I wrote almost exactly a year ago: jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/the-rule-o...
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Something I wrote almost exactly a year ago: jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/the-rule-o...
It’s going to happen. Get ready.
Stephen Miller to CNN: "The United States is the power of NATO. For the United States to secure the Arctic region, to protect and defend NATO and NATO interests, obviously, Greenland should be part of the United States."
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
It’s going to happen. Get ready.
Mark Carney is the only G7 leader who hasn’t yet released a statement on Venezuela and he’s really, really going to have to get it right. This is not the time for diplomatic redirection towards Maduro’s many flaws. A Starmer-like capitulation to Trump’s invasion would be disastrous.
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Mark Carney is the only G7 leader who hasn’t yet released a statement on Venezuela and he’s really, really going to have to get it right. This is not the time for diplomatic redirection towards Maduro’s many flaws. A Starmer-like capitulation to Trump’s invasion would be disastrous.
Venezuela has roughly the same population as Texas and is one-third larger. It's also, for those who might find the comparison useful, twice the size of Iraq.
Donald Trump said the US would 'run' Venezuela until a transition of power takes place after American forces captured strongman leader Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Venezuela has roughly the same population as Texas and is one-third larger. It's also, for those who might find the comparison useful, twice the size of Iraq.
Now, more than ever. youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7F...
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Now, more than ever. youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7F...
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Pleased to say the finalized #clawbies2025 awards post is now scheduled for 6 AM EST tomorrow morning. You'll be able to read about all the winners on Clawbies.ca
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December 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Pleased to say the finalized #clawbies2025 awards post is now scheduled for 6 AM EST tomorrow morning. You'll be able to read about all the winners on Clawbies.ca
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FYI, if you're outside the US, you can come here and just collect $3,000
Kristi Noem makes an announcement on Fox & Friends: "We are saying that if you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you're in the US illegally, we'll give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home. We'll buy you a ticket, give you $3,000 to go home."
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
FYI, if you're outside the US, you can come here and just collect $3,000
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
One thing about redacting documents is that very few people know how to do it flawlessly, whereas many, many people know how to undo the work of mediocre redaction. Something to remember in the coming days.
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
One thing about redacting documents is that very few people know how to do it flawlessly, whereas many, many people know how to undo the work of mediocre redaction. Something to remember in the coming days.
A judge of Quebec's Court of Appeal has (evidently) stepped down to become the new Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada, the highest-ranking government legal job in the country. I'm pretty sure that's unprecedented. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
Prime Minister Carney announces changes in the senior ranks of the public service
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the public service, to take effect early in the New Year:
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December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A judge of Quebec's Court of Appeal has (evidently) stepped down to become the new Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada, the highest-ranking government legal job in the country. I'm pretty sure that's unprecedented. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
Good morning. Water your Christmas tree.
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Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Good morning. Water your Christmas tree.