"The Future of the Legal Profession"

by Daicoff, Susan Swaim (2011)

Abstract

The legal profession , if not the world, is in crisis. According to the Chinese, the written character for 'crisis' also denotes danger and opportunity, simultaneously.' If crisis brings opportunity, then the profession is at a turning point.2 … It is estimated that 80 per cent of Americans cannot afford a lawyer, resulting in unequal access to justice.' At the same time, the number of lawyers has almost tripled in the United States since 1970,4 contributing to increased economic … 5 See Patricia Lee Refo, 'The Vanishing Trial' (2004) 30(2) Litigation 1. 6 See Jeff Rifleman, Mandatory …

Keywords

Law, Lawyers, Legal Profession, Stress, Ethics, Millenial Generation, Psychology

Themes

Professions, Future of Work, AI and Law, AI and Computerisation

Links to Reference

• https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/monash37§ion=6

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