Will the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally remake the legal industry? — from abajournal.com by Lyle Moran
Excerpt:
They both note that while the Great Recession was a substantial shock to the economic system, COVID-19 has resulted in the sudden upheaval of society at large. This includes changing how members of the public can access the court system or connect with a lawyer.
“It is really fundamentally disrupting overnight every single component of the legal system, and that is very different than 2008-2009,” says Leonard, who is also Penn Law’s chief innovation officer. “I think it creates enormous opportunities for changing many of the ways we work as lawyers, the ways we provide legal services to our clients and also the ways the justice system as a whole works.”
In the short term, Leonard says the pandemic has resulted in massive “forced experimentation.”
In June, Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice McCormack swore in a cohort of law students via a Zoom conference. Photo courtesy of the Michigan Supreme Court; Shutterstock.
Also see:
- ANALYSIS: Firms Are More Prepared to Use Legal Tech in 2020 — from news.bloomberglaw.com
- Intellectual Property And High-Tech Law Are Creating New Legal Jobs — from by Michael Puyanic