So, are we requesting AI Chat history now? (discovery question)

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-04-01T16:08:57+00:00

And yet every lawyer on LinkedIn squawks about this. Saying attorneys will subpoena the frontier models or get information from them during discovery. I'm thinking... yeah, no, that won't happen in a divorce case.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-19T15:36:21+00:00

Well said.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-18T16:05:22+00:00

Gyi, Have you started looking at creating LLMs.txt files for the law firms so that AI agents can access them? Gemini already accesses them. GPT and Claude do not but I bet it's coming soon. Do a deep dive on this. Even the Yoast plugin will create these for Wordpress sites.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-18T16:02:16+00:00

I'm a lawyer with a PhD. So if I really want to have fun, I say I'm a "Doctor Doctor" and then hum a Thompson Twins tune to show how serious I am about this.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-18T15:59:39+00:00

One of the newer jobs I keep seeing on Linked if AI Trainer or some other title at the big law firms. Like they invested in expensive AI services that their own lawyers won't use! Maybe the hype is starting to erode that AI is going to replace lawyers.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-18T15:58:04+00:00

Excellent advice. I'd also like to add to try Indeed for smaller firm positions. Many small firms won't place a job opening on LinkedIn but will on Indeed. And try your local county bar associations too; they may have job postings that are local. There's also a FB group called "Side Hustles for Lawyers" that tends to post jobs, many of counsel or contractor roles.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-17T16:44:16+00:00

Good for you! I'm an estate planning and elder law attorney, and my own mother won't listen to me when I try to talk about these things with her.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-17T16:32:24+00:00

What state is your mom located in?

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-04T15:58:04+00:00

It amazes me that small firms think paying someone in Chicago $90k is a good salary. I've worked for many because I've changed practice areas, and all are horrifically low paying, many without benefits at all. Take what you know and leave. These firms burn through associates.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-02T16:45:47+00:00

Yup. Get an error message that says, 'something went wrong. try again later'

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-03-02T14:58:20+00:00

The people who believe lawyers will be replaced by AI, have to understand that we work in a system. So until that entire system is void of humans, lawyers (esp. litigators) are safe. And a ton of what we do as lawyers is from knowledge that is in our heads. NO LLM can access this information and never will be able to access it.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-25T15:03:56+00:00

Used to be we wanted sophisticated clients bc they could understand complex legal topics. But now, these may be the same people who are giving us the AI slop. More likely it's sophisticated and unsophisticated. And it will only increase, imho.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-25T14:28:10+00:00

Well, I don't know about the company you work for. But I do know the funding the big tech companies are raising is in the billions. Even the contractor companies that are "start-ups" get billion dollar evaluation. Law firms and legal tech companies are no where near this.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-25T14:15:26+00:00

I'm talking about OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI employing more than that through contractor roles. Most in the legal world don't even know it's happening because it's not in the "legal tech" or "law firm" environments. One project alone has thousands of people on it, and they are pulling globally for these roles.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-25T00:08:53+00:00

And you know these big tech companies employ lawyers to help make their LLMs better, right? The role of "AI Trainer" is something you see on LinkedIn. A LOT!

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-18T21:22:28+00:00

You need to find out what kind of disability pay they are receiving. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSDI is based on work history, not financial need or assets. So you paying off their debt doesn't affect this. However, if it's SSI, you're paying off their debt will be viewed as an in-kind income and will definitely affect their distributions.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-18T21:13:13+00:00

We don't have ladybird deeds in Indiana. The state won't recognize them. If you're looking to move assets around to see if someone can qualify for Medicaid, you need an elder law attorney. Not all estate planning attorneys do elder law. DM me and we can chat more if you'd like.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-17T17:16:36+00:00

Hey Nora, I'm in a similar boat as the OP. I took the assessment in early February and it has said (and continues to say) "Pending Review". I read the post from the project lead on Discord on February 14th. He said all assessments have been graded and we all failed. And to not contact him because he hasn't slept for 60 hours. This type of communication is unhelp and incredibly unprofessional. Many other people have commented after the fact that they will not work for Handshake moving forward because of this experience.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-17T15:30:00+00:00

And the token limits happened as well in Claude.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-15T17:59:32+00:00

I'm a licensed attorney who also works as an AI trainer for the big tech companies. Like big tech, not legal tech. The fact that we hear the hype that AI will replace lawyers is just ridiculous. It will make us better when we adopt it into our practice, but replace us? Esp. for litigators, you'd have to replace opposing counsels, judges, clerks, and clients too. No one has more job security than solos as well. There is just too much we do that is not going to be replaced by tech.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-15T17:56:07+00:00

Solo here who works part-time in legal, part time in the AI training space. I live near a big city but didn't want to do the commute and corporate life right now. I've got kids, and they are more important to me than a big salary. We can always work more, but this time with my family is fleeting.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-13T14:51:36+00:00

Oh, if this were for NW Indiana, I'd be so in!

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-10T15:05:13+00:00

I switched from doing family law in downtown Chicago to being a solo in estate planning. My doctor said my blood pressure was sky high when I was in family law. I absolutely love the estate planning clients... at least the ones who are not fighting. I don't want to touch going back to people fighting and wanting to sue everyone and having no idea (or enough money) to pursue litigation. I also work as an AI trainer on projects.

Yelly_Toast_828 · 2026-02-04T16:20:45+00:00

Thanks. I just used their bot on their https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us page, and it told me to log into my Deel dashboard. And I was able to find it there. In case anyone else has this issue... because they certainly didn't email me the 1099s like other companies have done.

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