Called Law Practice Technology: An Introduction for Law Students, the book is, as the name says, intended for law students about to embark on a -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Called «The Digital Edge: Lawyers and
Technology,» it is produced as part of the
Law Technology Today e-zine of the ABA's
Law Practice Management Section.
We started the session with everyone giving a bit of background on who they are, where they went to
law school, what type of
law they
practiced in their home country and hope to
practice following their
call here in Canada and what their background was in
technology.
Think about what is facing us: the
calls to action, the future of articling — or if not articling, what to have in its place — the impact of
technology on legal
practice, the access to justice imperative, the experience of racialized members of the profession, mental health among lawyers and
law students and so on and so on.
In 2012, something happened that I
called a sea change in the legal profession: The American Bar Association formally approved a change to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make clear that lawyers have a duty to be competent not only in the
law and its
practice, but also in
technology.
As a result, lawyers are
called upon to educate themselves about project management, ediscovery, and other
technology - based aspects of
practicing law that have now become staples of the profession.
Combining weekly coaching
calls with Slack discussions ensures you get maximum ongoing guidance, which is essential for fully leveraging
technology in your
law practice.