The word “disruption” is being used as a way to indicate the changes that the industry has ostensibly experienced as a result of the pandemic; but are these disruptions really the result of a global pandemic, or are they the tell tale signs of a paradigm shift that was brewing within the industry for years?
In the years that popular video conferencing softwares (like Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype) have existed, we’ve witnessed changes in both their privacy policies and information use settings. Accordingly, caution is required in using them—especially now when these softwares are becoming an integral part of our work environments.
Here at LawFlex, 70% of our work over the last four years has been remote. Remote work is an integral part of the LawFlex philosophy, here are some of the ways we’ve stayed sane and productive in our home offices over the years.
The word ‘alternative’ suggests one is opting for something other than the best default method, but now that the norms in the legal world have been renegotiated, ‘alternative’ no longer sounds right. Instead, as Frank Ready points out in his article this pivot away from ALSP nomenclature suggests a blurring of the “hard line between traditional law firms and legal service providers”.
Law is not a profession that is standardized across the world. The law and its associated value...
An update on one of the most innovative law companies to date; Atrium.
To try and help you stay on top of things, we’ve compiled a list of relevant legal news that we’ve found so far this month. This month, we found various names, news, and nonstarters to be of interest. Here’s your February Rundown:
The future of NewLaw is hinged on the ALSP market homogenizing to provide a verity of legal services ranging in expertise but often standardized in efficiency, transparency and reduced costs.
The legal industry is changing now more than it has in the last few centuries; we’re seeing the emergence of AIs and automation breaking into the legal-sphere, as well as the growing sector of Alternative Legal Service Providers.