Lawyers Need to Embrace Legal Tech to Be Competitive

Lawyers’ lack of fundamental understanding of new legal technologies will soon put them at a disadvantage if they don’t change their ways, according to experts speaking a recent ABA conference.

The group, which spoke on a panel last week at the ABA’s National Conference on Professional Responsibility in Vancouver, Canada, emphasized that legal tech is only becoming more pervasive in the practice of law and lawyers must catch up.

The speakers pointed out that technology has been game changing for lawyers over time.

E-discovery, for instance, has completely transformed work, said Daniel E Pinnington, who is president and CEO ...