Technology & Practice Management Section

The Technology & Practice Management Section of the Idaho State Bar promotes the education, training, and networking of practitioners who are interested in artificial intelligence and technology in legal practice and improving the practice of law and the management of law firms and legal departments. The section meets at 12:00 p.m. noon (MT) on the fourth Tuesday of January, May, September, and November at the Law Center, 525 W. Jefferson Street in Boise. Meetings may be hybrid or via Zoom only. Please check email notices for confirmation of location.

Upcoming Meetings

Next Meeting: Agenda

To receive credit for the Section Meeting’s CLE, click here.

May12026

2026 Spring New Attorney Program (Boise)

May 1 | 8:00 am

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May12026

7th District Lunch & CLE: Legal Writing and the Implications of AI – FREE (Idaho Falls)

May 1 | 12:00 pm

Bonneville County Courthouse605 N Capital Ave Idaho Falls 83402

7th District Lunch & CLE: Legal Writing and the Implications of AI Sponsored by the Seventh District Bar Association   Friday, May 1, 2026 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (MT) […] More...

May12026

5th District Bar Association Lunch & Learn CLE – Landlord Tenant Law – FREE (Twin Falls)

May 1 | 12:30 pm

County West Building630 Addison Avenue West Twin Falls 83301

Sponsored by the Fifth District Bar Association   Friday, May 1, 2026 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (MT) Lunch & CLE 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (MT) Legal Clinic County […] More...

May32026

2026 Machu Picchu, Peru – Justice in the Andes *SOLD OUT*

May 3 | 8:00 am

May 3 – 12, 2026 From the Sacred Valley to the heights of the Andes. CLE Sessions – 6 CLE Credits Automating the Solo Practice: Tools and Strategies for Efficiency […] More...

May52026

Lawyer Like an Athlete: How to Up Your Game at Work and in Life (FREE – Zoom)

May 5 | 12:00 pm

Sponsored by the ISB Attorney Well-Being and the Lawyer Assistance Program Committees Lawyer Like an Athlete: How to Up Your Game at Work and in Life Tuesday, May 5, 2026 […] More...

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Upcoming Events & Section Sponsored CLEs

May12026

2026 Spring New Attorney Program (Boise)

May 1 | 8:00 am

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. 2026 Spring New Attorney Program Friday, May 1, 2026 8:00 am to 12:30 pm (MDT) Hilton Garden Inn 348 South 13Th. Street – […] More...

May12026

7th District Lunch & CLE: Legal Writing and the Implications of AI – FREE (Idaho Falls)

May 1 | 12:00 pm

Bonneville County Courthouse605 N Capital Ave Idaho Falls 83402

7th District Lunch & CLE: Legal Writing and the Implications of AI Sponsored by the Seventh District Bar Association   Friday, May 1, 2026 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (MT) […] More...

May12026

5th District Bar Association Lunch & Learn CLE – Landlord Tenant Law – FREE (Twin Falls)

May 1 | 12:30 pm

County West Building630 Addison Avenue West Twin Falls 83301

Sponsored by the Fifth District Bar Association   Friday, May 1, 2026 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (MT) Lunch & CLE 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (MT) Legal Clinic County […] More...

May32026

2026 Machu Picchu, Peru – Justice in the Andes *SOLD OUT*

May 3 | 8:00 am

May 3 – 12, 2026 From the Sacred Valley to the heights of the Andes. CLE Sessions – 6 CLE Credits Automating the Solo Practice: Tools and Strategies for Efficiency […] More...

May52026

Lawyer Like an Athlete: How to Up Your Game at Work and in Life (FREE – Zoom)

May 5 | 12:00 pm

Sponsored by the ISB Attorney Well-Being and the Lawyer Assistance Program Committees Lawyer Like an Athlete: How to Up Your Game at Work and in Life Tuesday, May 5, 2026 […] More...

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• Past Meetings
• Meeting Minutes
• Section Sponsored CLE Courses On-Demand
• Tradewing ListServ
• Section Sponsored Issues of the Advocate
• Technology Articles & Reading Materials

Past Meetings

*Materials from Section Meetings are available on Tradewing. Please click on the Tradewing ListServe tab above if you need further assistance.

• March 24, 2026 – Agenda
• January 27, 2026 – Agenda
• June 24, 2025 – Agenda

For archived materials, please contact Colleen Austin.

Meeting Minutes

• November 17, 2025

For archived materials, please contact Colleen Austin.

Section Sponsored CLE Courses On-Demand

None at this time.

Tradewing ListServ

If you are a member of the Technology and Practice Management Section you may elect to participate in our ListServ. We welcome you to this helpful service, by and for our members!

• Within 30 days of becoming a Section member, your email address will be added to the ListServ. You will need to activate your account; click here for a step-by-step guide to activating your account.
• If you do not wish to participate in the ListServ, you may click “Opt out of all emails” in your account settings; click here for a guide. You may also contact Colleen Austin with any questions.

Section Sponsored Issues of the Advocate

None at this time.

To access the full archive of online Advocate issues, visit our Advocate page and click the “Online Archive” button, then search for the issue you’re looking for.

Technology Articles & Reading Materials

The Man Who Helped Build AGI — And Why He’s Not Scared of It Oct 17, 2023

What If Learning to Talk to AI Made You a Better Lawyer? June 5, 2025

AI is Cutting 16,000 U.S. Jobs per Month 4/6/2026

The Clock Is Ticking on Law’s Billable Hour 4/3/2026

The Claude Native Law Firm, Zack Shapiro 2/27/2026

The 10x Lawyer, Zack Shapiro 3/11/2026

The Judgment Premium, Zack Shapiro 3/2/2026

The AI Acceleration Curve Just Went Vertical 3/7/2026

Corporate Legal Departments Are Done Subsidizing Biglaw’s Business Model 3/6/2026

‘I’m deeply uncomfortable’: Anthropic CEO warns that a cadre of AI leaders, including himself, should not be in charge of the technology’s future 2/19/2026

Anthropic Sends Legal Tech Market Warning With New AI Tool (1) 2/4/2026

At the Legal Services Corporation’s Innovation Conference, Talk of ‘Radical Collaboration,’ Cutting-Edge AI, and Doing More with What You Have 2/2/2026

Anthropic’s Legal Plugin for Claude Cowork May Be the Opening Salvo In A Competition Between Foundation Models and Legal Tech Incumbents 2/3/2026

Claude Code is the Inflection Point 2/5/2026

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all 2/6/2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns AI may cause ‘unusually painful’ disruption to jobs 1/27/2026

AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts 12/21/2025

MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce 11/26/2025

All Three Projects Powered by QuEra Computing Contributions Move to Phase Two of Wellcome Leap’s Quantum for Bio Challenge 12/3/2024

Legal Tech Spending Surges 9.7% As Firms Race to Integrate AI, Says Report On State Of Legal Market 1/7/2026

ABA Task Force: AI Has Moved From Experiment to Infrastructure 12/16/2025

AI Implementing Guide – Illinois Bar 10/24/2025

Podcast: Teaching Lawyers to Prompt w/AI Legal Consultant 10/23/2025

Fixed Fees, AI Experiments, and The Future of Family Law with Beau Atkins | AI in Practice Podcast 10/16/2025

Section Membership

If you are interested in joining the Technology & Practice Management Section, please register using the Section Registration Form.

Membership dues are as follows:

Standard Membership Dues – $35

Law Students – $10

To view the section’s by-laws, select: Technology & Practice Management By-Laws

Section Officers

Disclaimer

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