By Julius Melnitzer | June 21, 2026
EXHAUSTED WOMAN LAWYERS FEAR SPEAKING UP
Some 70% of women in law suffer frequently from exhaustion or low energy, and 65% of those affected, fearing the impact on their careers, won’t speak up, says a report from the Law Society of England and Wales that surveyed 533 legal professionals. Dana Denis-Smith, vice-president of the Law Society, told the The Law Society Gazette that the findings “demonstrate the scale of the health and wellbeing issues women face and reflect the quiet, accumulated cost of years working in conditions that damage health, with insufficient support from employers”. Previous research singles out balancing work with caring responsibilities as the biggest challenge to women’s health and well being.” One law firm female partner recounted that her law firm’s physician insisted she was not fit for work when she took time off to deal with burnout.
REALITYCHECK: HALLUCINATION CATCHER SOFTWARE
BriefCatch, a legal writing enhancer software developer, has unveiled a new authority verification tool. RealityCheck, reports Practice Source, performs exactly as advertised by “providing a superpowered hallucination check” for lawyers using artifical intelligence.
AI’S RESPONSES OUTPERFORM LAW PROFS
A Stanford study has revealed that law professors “overwhelmingly” prefer AI-generated responses to students’ questions over those formulated by their peers. The study put 3,000 anonymized comparisons to 16 law professors, who chose the AI-generated answer in 75% of the cases. Stanford Law School Professor Julian Nyarko, co-author of the study, told Practice Source that the implications for legal education were significant: “We find that, when evaluated by legal educators, AI tutors can offer high-quality, on-demand support that complements classroom instruction, and may broaden access to expert guidance,”
CHINESE COURT: TECHNOLOGY NEEDS A LEGAL FRAMEWORK
A Chinese court has ruled AI is no excuse for firing workers. “The termination grounds cited by the company did not fall under negative circumstances such as business downsizing or operational difficultes, nor did they meet the legal condition that made it ‘impossible to continue the employment contract’,’ stated the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court. Wang Xuyang, a lawyer at Zhejiang Xingjing law firm, told state-run Xinhua News Agency that technology’s irreversibility did not mean it existed outside a legal framework.
ARBITRATION PLACE KEEPS EXPANDING
Toronto’s Arbitration Place (AP) has announced a strategic partnership with the Centre for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM). AP will establish Arbitration Place Brazil at CAM in Sao Paolo, while CAM will launch CAM-CCBC Canada at Arbitration Place in Toronto. The collaboration has AP Brazil bringing its fully integrated hearing services model, including real-time court reporting and transcription (human and AI) in Portuguese, document management and evidence presentation, interpretation and translation, legal videography, virtual hearing management, and concierge-level support for in-person, virtual, and hybrid proceedings to Brazil.
Julius Melnitzer is a Toronto-based writer who focuses on law, legal affairs, and the business of law. Follow him on LegalWriter.net or email him at julius@legalwriter.net.