TY - CHAP
T1 - Digital technologies, legal design and the future of the legal profession
AU - Corrales, Marcelo
AU - Fenwick, Mark
AU - Haapio, Helena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Legal Technology—or “Legal Tech”—is disrupting the traditional operations and self-understanding of the legal profession. This chapter introduces the central claim of this book, namely that these developments are having and will continue to have a disruptive effect on the work of lawyers and that adapting to this new operating environment is crucial for legal professionals remaining relevant in an increasingly technology-driven world. The chapter outlines some of the main features of this on-going transformation process, describes some of the pressures it is creating for lawyers, and provides short summaries of the chapters that comprise this collection.
AB - Legal Technology—or “Legal Tech”—is disrupting the traditional operations and self-understanding of the legal profession. This chapter introduces the central claim of this book, namely that these developments are having and will continue to have a disruptive effect on the work of lawyers and that adapting to this new operating environment is crucial for legal professionals remaining relevant in an increasingly technology-driven world. The chapter outlines some of the main features of this on-going transformation process, describes some of the pressures it is creating for lawyers, and provides short summaries of the chapters that comprise this collection.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-6086-2_1
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-6086-2_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85076082810
T3 - Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation
SP - 1
EP - 15
BT - Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation
PB - Springer
ER -