{"cards":[{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597230d","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083564,"position":1,"parentId":null,"content":"# Future of Law"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597230e","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083565,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230d","content":"# Introduction"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597230f","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083681,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230e","content":"The law has been much affected by changes in technology over the past decade but these changes are likely to be shadowed by what lies ahead. Researchers categorise the ways in which technology is reshaping the justice system into three main categories."},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972310","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084299,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230f","content":"###**‘supportive technologies**’ the platforms and tools used to inform, support and advise participants about the justice system."},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972311","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084301,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230f","content":"### **‘replacement technologies'** replace basic functions and administrative activities previously carried out by humans."},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972312","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084302,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230f","content":"### **‘disruptive technologies’** are those technological changes that will fundamentally alter the way the legal system operates, incorporating not just lawyers and clients but also judges and policymakers."},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972313","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084319,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230f","content":"### **‘efficient processes’** apply business, software development and manufacturing processes to achieve agility, cost reduction and efficiency. "},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972314","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084296,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230d","content":"# Supportive technologies"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972315","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083611,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972314","content":"## Information Portals"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972316","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083612,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972314","content":"## Mobile Applications"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972317","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083613,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972314","content":"## Online Market Places"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972318","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084329,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972314","content":"## Court systems"},{"_id":"5d2f04ca8343e0eadb000098","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084331,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972318","content":"### e-filing"},{"_id":"5d2f049d8343e0eadb000099","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084333,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972318","content":"### e-callovers"},{"_id":"5d2f042b8343e0eadb00009a","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084335,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972318","content":"### Video conferencing"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972319","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087739,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230d","content":"# Replacement technologies"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597231a","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083702,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972319","content":"##Overview "},{"_id":"5d309d5080e3e3441e000030","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083710,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231a","content":"Studies suggest that great part of legal work could be automated.\n\n- 69% of a Paralegal's time\n- 13-23% of a Legal Practitioner's time"},{"_id":"5d3095d580e3e3441e000031","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083719,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231a","content":"Legal Practices have experienced a big shift towards automated tasks:\n- Organizing Paperwork and Files\n- Management of Discovery Processes"},{"_id":"5d30953f80e3e3441e000033","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083727,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231a","content":"Other areas have also started to experience this shift:\n- Legal Research\n- Compliance \n- Document Automation "},{"_id":"5d30809380e3e3441e000036","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083730,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231a","content":"The automation process has been slow in some areas: \n- Legal Writing\n- Client Advice and Communication\n- Factual Investigation\n- Negotiations\n- Court Appearances"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597231b","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083742,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972319","content":"## Online Dispute Resolution"},{"_id":"5d307b0280e3e3441e000037","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083741,"position":0.5,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231b","content":"This area is experiencing rapid expansion. There are currently many providers seeking to offer ODR in a number of fields, including commercial arbitration and family dispute resolution.\n\nThe creation of a internet-based court service for civil dispute has been recommended in the UK. Her Majesty's Online Court (HMOC) will consist of three tiers:\n- Online Evaluation\n- Online Facilitation\n- Online Judges"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597231c","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083744,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231b","content":"### Online Evaluation \n\nProvides legal educative resources which aid self-assessment of the legal options available to clients."},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597231d","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083749,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231b","content":"### Online Facilitation \n\nOnline professional facilitation services which include advice and encouragement to negotiate. "},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597231e","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083751,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231b","content":"### Online Judges\n\nJudges who will make their decisions online. \n"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597231f","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087634,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972319","content":"## Advantages\n"},{"_id":"5d3051dd040fa773f300005a","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087639,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597231f","content":"Technological advancements will aid access to justice by enabling more people to easily self-represent."},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972320","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087642,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972319","content":"## What it means for the profession"},{"_id":"5d3049ac040fa773f300005b","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087650,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972320","content":"Replacement technologies will cause shifts on the skills in demand within the legal profession:\n- Lower demand for paralegal and associates\n- Higher demand for specialist-boutique lawyers"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972321","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083584,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230d","content":"# Disruptive technologies"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972322","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084243,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972321","content":"## AI/ML\nhttps://www.adieu.ai/"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972323","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083631,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972321","content":"## Computational Analysis"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972324","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083750,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972323","content":"- Establishing a comprehensive statistical correlation between heavy intoxication and the propensity to violence"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972325","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083660,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972323","content":"- Determining probability of a DNA sample by Bayesian analysis rather than an expert"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972326","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083661,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972323","content":"- Aiding the department of child protection and the family courts in reaching an interim assessment of risk based on statistical correlations"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972327","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083662,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972323","content":"- Making decisions regarding child support and property allocation based on given inputs and machine learning of similar decisions"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972328","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083663,"position":5,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972323","content":"- Deciding whether a party is a related party or not by analysing complex legal and trust structures"},{"_id":"5d30aaf6040fa773f300004d","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084239,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972321","content":"## Blockchain\nhttps://www.accordproject.org/projects/cicero/"},{"_id":"5d308d19040fa773f3000055","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083790,"position":1,"parentId":"5d30aaf6040fa773f300004d","content":""},{"_id":"5d30aaa8040fa773f300004e","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084222,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972321","content":"## AR/VR\nhttps://virtualjudge.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972329","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084198,"position":5,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230d","content":"# Better processes"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597232a","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083632,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972329","content":"## Data and measurement"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597232b","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083649,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972329","content":"## Lean processes"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597232c","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083664,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597232b","content":"*To survive and thrive in the years to come, firms will increasingly follow Lean Law principles—better, faster, cheaper through collaboration, process engineering and technology—rather than the Big Law model.* (Henderson, Lean Law)"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597232d","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083677,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597232b","content":"Consider the process of a trial:\n- An effective process must deliver the defendant and all the relevant case information to court at the right time. \n- At a minimum, the activities of the arresting officer, prison officials, prosecutors, victims, witnesses, and defense lawyers must be coordinated. \n- Failures of coordination are common, leading to postponements, delayed judgments, and high opportunity costs. To overcome such difficulties, decision makers should develop a shared understanding of the process.*"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597232e","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087768,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972329","content":"## Agile project management"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f675045597232f","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083718,"position":1,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597232e","content":"## \"**the law is slackened**, and judgment doth never go forth\" \n(Habakuk 600 BC)"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972330","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083708,"position":2,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597232e","content":"- Current 'caseflow management systems' designed in 70s. \n- There have been many developments in project management science and methodologies since."},{"_id":"5d3092c8040fa773f3000054","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083717,"position":2.5,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597232e","content":"## \"The goal of **legal hacking** is to **morph and evolve the law** on one hand *to better serve technologists, enterprises and society*, but also **harness technology** so that *lawyers can better service their clients*.” (Jonathan Askin)\n"},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972331","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083905,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597232e","content":"## **Methods**\n- 6Sigma\n- Agile\n- SCRUM"},{"_id":"5d2a383ce052d1ed37000041","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087628,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597232e","content":""},{"_id":"5d2a3a46e052d1ed37000040","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087769,"position":4,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972329","content":"## Gaps and Improvements"},{"_id":"5d2a36c5e052d1ed37000043","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18087652,"position":2,"parentId":"5d2a3a46e052d1ed37000040","content":"## Gaps And Improvements\n\nApp Creation helping to fill `gaps in the legal aid sector.\n\nAccess to legal services."},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972335","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083604,"position":6,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f675045597230d","content":"# Conclusion"},{"_id":"5d2f32868343e0eadb000096","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084179,"position":2.5,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972335","content":"##Law Beyond 2020"},{"_id":"5d30538a040fa773f3000059","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18083893,"position":3,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972335","content":""},{"_id":"5d14b932a4f6750455972336","treeId":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","seq":18084156,"position":5,"parentId":"5d14b932a4f6750455972335","content":"- Technology poses opportunities to consumers of the law and challenges to the experts in the law. \n- Consumers will drive about the changes through demand and as economics dictate, supply will follow and lawyers will change the way in which they do business. They have no choice in the matter. \n- The greater challenge is to what extent the courts and judicial system will come on board to adopt not only the technologies required to bring about efficiencies and access to justice but to bring about a radical mindset change in a system steeped in tradition. "}],"tree":{"_id":"5d30c3f7df62e6611700015d","name":"Law Beyond 2020","publicUrl":"lawbeyond2020"}}