The modern age is characterised by many upheavals and far-reaching changes in short periods of time. Like many other professions these days, the concern regarding the future of the profession does not skip the legal ...
Challenges and opportunities in legal data analytics The legal industry sits on top of mountains of data, collected in various locations ranging from in-house contract management tools to government databases and platforms by commercial providers. ...
Future or fiction? Despite three months of automated chasing, Amy’s customer had still not paid her invoice. She got out her phone and started a conversation with a robot lawyer. It asked her questions about ...
“So what do you do?” It’s always a question we’re asked by others. Dates, parties, barbecues, activist meetings, golf outings. Anytime we meet someone new, the conversation often starts with establishing occupation. For me, the ...
The Covid-19 crisis has created an environment where working from anywhere has suddenly become the “new normal”. This has put digitalisation on the map for companies that want to achieve independence and flexibility in the ...
Before launching Office & Dragons, I was an M&A lawyer with Kirkland & Ellis in London and New York, advising large private equity firms on billion-dollar deals. In that time, I witnessed first-hand the mounting ...
Law firms aren’t naturally set up to deal with the challenges presented by our data-saturated world. Law firms have historically dealt with the problem of information management and document-review using labour-intensive solutions: armies of paralegals ...
Introduction Flexible and agile working practices are emerging trends which have been adopted by law firms, to varying extents, as part of their working policies. This article will take a look at the key features ...
Mary Bonsor is CEO and co-founder of F-LEX, a legaltech startup using automation to create a seamless recruitment experience for applicants, law firms and legal departments. In Part 1 of our F-LEX series, Mary spoke ...
Great irregularities in life always bring forth droves of people wondering ‘what next’. I will join their ranks and outline my views on what is going to happen next in legal technology and how the ...