{"id":66499,"date":"2019-03-15T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=66499"},"modified":"2019-03-13T11:50:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T15:50:58","slug":"713-growth-legal-tech-set-an-investment-record-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/03\/15\/713-growth-legal-tech-set-an-investment-record-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"713% growth: Legal tech set an investment record in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/valentinpivovarov\/2019\/01\/15\/legaltechinvestment2018\/#333baecf7c2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>713% growth: Legal tech set an investment record in 2018<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from forbes.com by Valentin Pivovarov<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Among other things, this is due to the relevance of e-Discovery as one of the most popular destinations in the whole legal tech industry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66500\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/InvestmentsInLegalTech.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/InvestmentsInLegalTech.png 960w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/InvestmentsInLegalTech-150x84.png 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/InvestmentsInLegalTech-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/valentinpivovarov\/2019\/02\/12\/futurelawschool\/#7db797fe6a84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Future law school. What does it look like?<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from forbes.com by Valentin Pivovarov<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Can technology upgrade legal education?<br \/>\n<\/strong>If we are promoting a society where everyone feels enfranchised, we must come up with ways to democratize access to legal education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">To speak about access to\u00a0legal education in the US, only a small sliver of American citizens can afford to get a legal education at a university. Even part-time degree programs typically extend over four years and require three to four nights a week of extensive study time on top of lengthy commutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Also, a significant percentage of the country&#8217;s population doesn&#8217;t live within commuting distance of a law school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>We are at the beginning of a gigantic world trend in law schools and universities, investing major resources in technological solutions to ensure that future lawyers will exhibit competitiveness and a high level of training. Already, at least 10% of US law schools teach knowledge related to the use of AI. Their number will increase as law schools begin to more effectively implement technologies in the practice of applying current legislation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>713% growth: Legal tech set an investment record in 2018 &#8212; from forbes.com by Valentin Pivovarov Excerpt: Among other things, this is due to the relevance of e-Discovery as one of the most popular destinations in the whole legal tech industry. &nbsp; Also see: Future law school. What does it look like? &#8212; from forbes.com [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,210,180,825,285],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-emerging-technologies","category-innovation","category-law-schools","category-legislation-legislatures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66499"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66504,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66499\/revisions\/66504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}