ABA Journal's technology analysis reveals that 2024 marked a year of contradictions, with rapid AI integration into legal technology that remained largely surface-level despite unprecedented software update rates from vendors. The assessment details how AI transformed deposition analysis, brief drafting, pretrial discovery, and law practice management while noting that usage stabilized after initial rapid adoption. This practitioner-focused review emphasizes the ongoing challenges of leveraging accessible data for analytics and high costs of mainstream AI models, while highlighting AI's growing impact on litigation strategy and case management efficiency.