The field of legal and language technologies is rapidly evolving, with a focus on improving judicial efficiency, automating legal tasks, and enhancing language understanding. Recent developments have seen the emergence of innovative approaches to legal document summarization, question answering, and contract classification, leveraging state-of-the-art natural language processing techniques and machine learning algorithms. The creation of large, high-quality datasets for low-resource languages such as Vietnamese has also been a significant area of research, enabling the development of more accurate and effective language models. Furthermore, the application of large language models in educational settings and customer support has shown promising results, highlighting the potential for these technologies to improve learning outcomes and customer service experiences. Noteworthy papers include: VLQA, which introduces a comprehensive Vietnamese dataset for legal question answering, and ElectriQ, which establishes a benchmark for assessing the response capability of large language models in power marketing. These advancements have the potential to significantly impact the legal and language technology sectors, improving efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility, and enabling the development of more sophisticated and effective technologies.