The existence of articling crisis in Ontario is not some kind of Jedi mind trick — it is a real and immediate issue created by a large - scale shift in the economics and
globalization of the legal profession and schooling.
The globalization of the legal profession provides today's legal professional with a worldview and the opportunity to serve international clients.
Not exact matches
«I am a
legal academic commenting on the strange worlds
of law,
legal profession, bureaucracy, universities, and
globalization.»
Innovators and technologists present «
Legal Innovation 101,» a tutorial to help lawyers understand the trends and survive as technology and
globalization changes the landscape in all sectors
of the
profession.
That is due, he said, «to the pace
of change caused by
globalization, the disaggregation
of legal services, the emergence
of alternative
legal service providers [and] disruptive technologies... so to prepare lawyers for the future needs
of the
profession is
of critical importance.
The
legal profession is undergoing an era
of profound change, influenced by technology, new business structures,
globalization, and the high cost
of justice.
«This is a very exciting time to lead the law society, as we deal with the challenges and opportunities
of globalization, technology and demographic change, while striving to make
legal services more accessible and the
profession more inclusive.»
If you've been following along, the major themes should be familiar by now:
globalization of business, along with a weak economy, rapidly evolving technology, empowered clients with new expectations, and competition from
legal service providers both inside and outside
of the industry are combining to create a huge pressure on the too - often conservative
legal profession to change the way it operates.
In his book, Moliterno examines in - depth a number
of «crises» that the
legal profession faced in the 20th and early 21st centuries, such as: the immigration rush
of the early 20th century, the communist infiltration, the civil rights movement, Watergate, and
globalization and technology.
He has published extensively in the fields
of legal education and the
legal profession,
legal history and
legal theory, labour and administrative law,
globalization and constitutionalism.
Conservatism in the
profession — in which all
of the above play a role — is one
of four vectors
of change Fodden identifies as affecting the
legal industry (along with
globalization, the economy and technology), and is the only one over which lawyers themselves have some degree
of control.