Sentences with phrase «technology needs of lawyers»

She spearheaded the first all - day DC Bar event to focus on practice management and technology needs of lawyers: Practice 360 ° A Day for Lawyers and Law Firms.

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An experienced biotechnology patent lawyer, Dr. Noonan brings more than 20 years of extensive work as a molecular biologist studying high - technology problems in serving the unique needs of his clients.

When someone needs a doctor to save their child's life; or a lawyer to handle an important legal issue; or wants the products of good engineering, such as clean water to drink, town or city infrastructure that works, transportation that is reliable, or digital technologies that make life easier and more enjoyable, they rarely connect those things to higher education.

In the same way IP and litigation lawyers are well trained starting from early on in law school, e-discovery and other technology - based areas of practice need to get their due in the hallowed halls of academe.

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Lawyers and experts in ERMS technology could fulfill a very important need of the population, if, working together, they could make that happen.

As with any technology, lawyers need to think about the interplay of the Search app and their ethical obligations.

With a wide range of industry - leading tools — from award - winning lawyer websites to Legal Directory placements to advanced online traffic conversion technologies — we integrate just the right blend for each client to develop a solution that meets their needs, stays within their budget, and delivers maximum return on their marketing dollars.

«In spite of much change in how and where lawyers practise and why people need lawyers, our method of regulation has not evolved on pace with the advancement of technology or of government, civil, and commercial interactions,» says NSBS President René Gallant.

Technology experts and lawyers who specialize in this area say it is an issue that needs to be top of mind for all businesses whether they are relatively small or are publicly traded and have operations outside of Canada.

«Lawyers are embracing technology that makes them more efficient and less trapped in 100 - hour work weeks but that also reduces the need for them in certain types of cases or turns their counsel into a commodity.»

The topic reflects increasing concern among lawyers that professional training needs to cover legal technology or the profession will be short of crucial skills.

Because our lawyers are spread out across different locations, we need technology to stay in touch, to keep them as part of the family.

Based on the company's need for a practical, responsive and experienced technology and business lawyer to serve as their part - time in - house legal counsel, Prelert hired Outside GC; and today, the company's CFO, John O'Donnell, works with Outside GC attorney Dan Carroll on all of its customer, partnership and OEM agreements.

With clients looking to take advantage of savings offered by technology, lawyers need to refocus on the irreplaceable human aspects of lawyering — client relationships, understand of complex issues attached to cases and providing a source of knowledge, emotional intelligence and understanding that technology is unlikely to ever replicate.

The redesign project is making me think through the interesting intersection of technology and law; and it's exciting working through the policies and procedures that surround the environment of the bar association and the needs and desires of our practicing lawyers seeking meaningful advice and resources.

Those deal lawyers who don't cater to, and aren't pursuing, the Ubers and Facebooks of the world, are acknowledging that while they do need institutional resources (overhead) to create strong teams that can close meaningful deals, those institutional resources don't need to eat up more than half of revenue; certainly not with today's technology.

Lawyers need to also take advantage of new tools which development in technology have brought about to work more effectively — lawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive anaLawyers need to also take advantage of new tools which development in technology have brought about to work more effectively — lawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive analawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive analytics.

So you need to find one of the rare technology consultants who are more interested in helping lawyers than in making a sale.

This involves understanding where the lawyers» ways of working, and the tools becoming available through new technology, need to be adapted.

What this perhaps shows is that legal tech start - ups may need to wield very smart and advanced technology, such as machine learning, but the problems they need to solve to be of use to lawyers are in fact sometimes of the simplest nature.

In that regard, we're fortunate that the firm's leadership and culture encourage our lawyers and technology staff to ask how we can do things better, and gives us the support needed to pursue that vision of innovation and service.

What's needed is more comprehensive overhauls of our legal system, including greater reliance on technology, more free and accessible legal information, and greater consequences for inappropriate conduct by lawyers or self - represented parties.

And, although many in - house lawyers have the skills needed to use the technology, when it comes to procurement decisions, more than half (51 %) feel out of their depth and unable to judge the full potential of digital innovations (or unable to dedicate the time to understanding this) and how they can improve their working processes.

Layer on top of that, technology that reduces the number of lawyers needed for certain tasks, the conflict between hours targets and the «do more for less» challenge, alternative legal providers, the growth of contract lawyers, permanent associates, partners who aren't permanent, the growth of paralegals, as well as a clear message from partners at most law firms that there is no more room at the top.

To this end, lawyers need to identify from whom, within their organisation, they can obtain expert information technology advice; alternatively they need to identify an external information technology consultant who can (i) provide advice and assistance in identifying the key ESI at an early stage, and thereafter (ii) assist in the preservation, collection, processing, review and production of ESI for the disclosure process.

During a panel discussion last week at the Thomson Reuters Emerging Legal Technology Forum panel called Prometheus Unbound: On «Chatbots» Robot Lawyers and Ongoing Access to Justice, lawyers from a variety of backgrounds discussed the opportunities and applications for, and the growing popularity of, legal technology to address pressing needs in the provision of legalTechnology Forum panel called Prometheus Unbound: On «Chatbots» Robot Lawyers and Ongoing Access to Justice, lawyers from a variety of backgrounds discussed the opportunities and applications for, and the growing popularity of, legal technology to address pressing needs in the provision of legal seLawyers and Ongoing Access to Justice, lawyers from a variety of backgrounds discussed the opportunities and applications for, and the growing popularity of, legal technology to address pressing needs in the provision of legal selawyers from a variety of backgrounds discussed the opportunities and applications for, and the growing popularity of, legal technology to address pressing needs in the provision of legaltechnology to address pressing needs in the provision of legal services.

As technology is increasingly used within law practices to streamline legal processes and more efficiently deliver services to clients, an important question has arisen within legal professional and academic circles: Do lawyers and law students have the technical skills to meet the needs of future legal jobs?

Part two will explore the balance between the need for technology competence and the proper focus of a lawyer's work.

The speaker, one of the UK's most experienced technology lawyers, has previously spoken of the need for caution in this area: existing measures such as the Equality Act and product liability legislation could regulate algorithm - driven products without the need for sector specific legislation.

Brisbane barrister Kate Greenwood predicted at one of our IT & Innovation conferences in 2006 that smartphones would be the on - ramp for older lawyers needing to embrace technology.

This last part is perhaps a much - needed area to coach on, as lawyers are notoriously fumbling (I'm ducking now) «late adopters» of technology.

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.

As with many emerging technologies, educating lawyers on the benefits of AI is needed at different levels.

It was important that the consultant was a competent lawyer but also understood the technology and the business needs of the client.

And basically what the California opinion said is that if you are a lawyer who does litigation of any kind — whether it's the small, tiny family case or whatever, if you're going into court and representing clients in course — that you need to be competent in ediscovery technology.

Dennis, aren't here two ways that lawyers need to think about the topic of wearable technology?

I also believe it demonstrates that The Pacific Legal Technology Conference is unique in striving to meet the needs of lawyers and law firms as those needs are buffeted by the changes around us.

LCCA's purpose, according to its announcement, «is to promote standards for cloud computing that are responsive to the needs of the legal profession and to enable lawyers to become aware of the benefits of computing technology through the development and distribution of education and informational resources.»

Headon said lawyers need to reflect on the fact that while lawyers tend to hold much of what they do and how they do it to be sacred, most other professions have moved on with the times to embrace technology and other service providers in an effort to get things done more efficiently.

Sam Glover: Number two, we have been building out several directories, portals, with information about the kinds of technology products that lawyers need and use.

So why shouldn't lawyers and judges have «to adapt to changes in technology in order to continue to provide their particular service... Why should we be able to expect that treating courts like some kind of fossilized Jurassic will enable them to continue to provide a most needed service to the public in a way the public respects?

But they need support by way of flexible work times, working from home, part time or shared work and offices, more innovative use of technology, better mentoring — whatever it takes to support all lawyers in this fast paced world.

Modern IP management needs to be driven by technology if IP lawyers are to have any chance of delivering effective counsel.

[4] But the «public» part of public legal writing has never been easier: technology enables lawyers and everyone else to readily, and with no technology expertise needed, start a blog, set up a Twitter or LinkedIn or Facebook account, or otherwise find an outlet to distribute one's work on social media.

Building on two decades of serving the technology needs of law firms, the LexCloud.ca team is proud to offer two great ways for lawyers to get better access to their documents and practice tools: Private Cloud, which replaces on - site networks with complete networks and virtual Desktops in the Cloud, and Worldox Cloud Canada, for document management in the Cloud.

We understand that fast - moving businesses need lawyers who can adapt their approach to suit the requirements of a technology - driven medium and to think creatively to help meet the businesses» changing objectives.

You either need to find a technology enthusiast or a lawyer with a tremendous amount of courage.

With the rapid growth of technology and a more competitive legal marketplace, lawyers need to be able to turn to professionals who understand the business of law and the best practices for running a modern law practice.

We need more women speaking at Tech Show, LegalWeeK, and other conferences, a professional association of women lawyers with technology expertise or an interest in learning, and more recognized female legal technology experts.