1. The honey trap of quickness and visibility Recently we witnessed a sharp division across social feeds: some users were sharing pictures of their old, future selves, whilst others were not so happy to scroll through a geriatric ward each time they opened their social media
The recent wave of enthusiasm for machine learning and algorithmic decision-making has its origins in the Turing Test, introduced by English mathematician, computer scientist, logician and cryptanalyst Alan Mathison Turing in 1950. The Turing Test is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent
Do you believe in love on the blockchain? Diamonds are forever, and so is the blockchain. Marriage is an institution with a long history, but technologists want to totally change how it works in the future. For them, that means blockchain. The first blockchain marriage took place
The Change in the In-house Counseling Position and Role In the last ten years the in-house legal profession has grown rapidly and consistently. Now approximately 20-25% of lawyers work in-house, and in the UK, the in-house counsels market doubled itself in the past 15 years and
There’s nothing like a melodramatic battle to distract us from what’s important. I’ve watched one unfold recently, energetically fought with hashtags and press releases. In the red corner, we’ll call our fighter ‘AI Hype’. AI Hype is going to take over your job and make you
Lawyers in a World of Smarter Machines A recent paper (Toward a Phenomenology of Machine-Assisted Legal Work) lays out observations and questions about the emerging socio-technical landscape in which law practice finds itself. Intelligent machines are increasingly capable of performing valuable legal work. To what extent
The increasing integration of technology into working life has created challenges as well as opportunities. Some professionals may fear technology will replace them, while others are struggling to effect technological change due to inertia and resistance within the profession. The legal sector is one of
Legaltech adoption has been on the lips of every city law firm. But is this really being put into practice? By 2022 – that is three years from now – Wolters Kluwer reports that at least two-thirds of organisations already leveraging on technology today will be
I’d like to tell you a story about the process I went through to transition from my former job as a litigator into legal technology, and how I found meaning and purpose within this growing space. Firstly, I’d like to explain some of the mistakes I
