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Opinion: Law Is a Profession and an Industry – It Should Be Regulated That Way
Mark Cohen, CEO of the legal business consultancy – Legal Mosaic, weighs in on regulation of law as both a profession and an industry. Cohen argues that…SRA Report: Technology and Legal Services
Artificial intelligence (AI) will free up solicitors from lower-level work to carry out more complex tasks, a new report concludes. We have published a paper …ICLR 2019 Conference Host Announced – Law Society of Scotland
ICLR Conference 2019 Law Society of Scotland | Edinburgh 4-6 September 2019 ICLR is pleased to announce that the host organisation for the ICLR conference in…B.C. Paralegal Association supports LSBC creation of ‘licensed paralegals’
The Law Society is seeking input from the profession regarding a proposal to establish a new class of legal service professional who would hold a…Incoming Bar chair warns of “nightmare scenario” over regulation
The Bar could be “sleep walking into a nightmare scenario” where new rules mean it has no involvement with its regulator, the incoming chairman of…Regulators “must guard against misuse of lawtech”
Artificial intelligence-backed lawtech has the potential to improve access to justice but also carries a danger that automating law will be used negatively, meaning regulators…