POINTS AND FIGURES ON THE FUTURE OF LAW AND LEGAL EDUCATION.

Traditionally, lawyers have been risk averse. They do a lot of research. They methodically go through layers and layers of information. Then, they render an opinion based on what they found. Great lawyers are able to interpret old precedent and apply them bringing new innovation and creating new things. Typically what we get though is a staid and reserved opinion that should hold up in court.

One reason is that the law is stuck in the past. Schools don’t teach law from a “design” frame of reference. The power sits in the attorney office and with the language, not with the customer. They don’t test for it either on the LSAT.

Doing basic grunt research is easily done with Artificial Intelligence. AI can also be trained and render a statistically significant opinion. Algo’s can make simple if/then decisions.

Automation is coming to law and lawyers might not see it coming.

Well, some do.