But a year ago, AI - related conversations were laden with concerns about robot lawyers taking our jobs and the demise
of traditional legal practice.
This is evident in the growth of law firms seeking innovative ways to
improve traditional legal practices, either internally through the hire of technical staff, or through partnerships with tech vendors.
And this is only more the case where some firms are proving ever more willing to push at the established boundaries
of traditional legal practice.
For example, we all understand that our clients have goals to achieve and problems to solve, yet we continue to view these goals and problems as matters falling within a spectrum of
traditional legal practice areas.
The CILEx Graduate Fast - track Diploma (CILEx Level 6 Diploma in Legal Practice) is for law degree and Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) graduates who want to qualify as lawyers without undertaking the
more traditional Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) routes.
Crucially, we think sector first, organising ourselves around the current affairs and future challenges of the industries we serve, rather than
traditional legal practice areas.
From a regulatory point of view, England is interesting for a Canadian because only the «core» or
traditional legal practice is regulated (i.e. reserved).
They started out as
a traditional legal practice.
You can be an AltLegal practitioner without walking away from
your traditional legal practice.
In conclusion, while not directly related to enhancing
your traditional legal practice, these two career boosters will help propel your legal career or, at the very least, provide you with more flexibility as to career opportunities and your ability to interact with your business partners and become a strategic business advisor.
In keeping with his business - oriented approach, Dean regularly acts as a public advocate and engages in areas of practice that are not typically associated with
traditional legal practice, such as crisis management, reputation management, risk management, government relations and public relations.
Traditional legal practice is not for the faint of heart.
We hope it will make anyone considering a career change in law feel like they are part of a big and ever changing conversation about what it means to practise law and the many paths open to people with law degrees — quite beyond the path most travelled,
traditional legal practice.
Even if you are certain of future aspirations of executive leadership, consider pursuing some form of
traditional legal practice, which affords young professionals an array of tangible, transferable skills.
There are also, of course, non-practicing lawyers or other legal professionals working outside the scope of
traditional legal practice.
While it is too soon to tell if technology will replace lawyers entirely, and my thought it won't, it is certainly true that
the traditional legal practice is evolving whether practitioners are keen or not.
But not everyone with a law degree wants
the traditional legal practice.
Can a single lawyer embody the best of
traditional legal practice and all the promise of legal innovation?