How technology is changing Africa’s legal sector
In Sub-Saharan Africa, access to justice is still elusive for many. To address this issue, legal practitioners are gradually moving past archaic practices to...
The New Normal—Law Firms May Never Be the Same
If Covid-19 shutdowns continue into 2021 and beyond, the changes integrated by firms to support work-from-home arrangements are likely to become the new normal....
Richard Susskind Launches Remote Courts Worldwide
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads and courts around the world are closing, this website is designed to help the global community of justice workers...
Where to now for the legal profession in South Africa?
Three years ago I began speaking about the tough times that lay ahead for the South African legal profession. “Alarmist! We’re doing just fine,”...
Just how big a deal is Google’s new Meena chatbot model?
Technology behemoths like Google and Facebook have got us used to, even fatigued by, their never-ending string of impressive announcements of progress in the...
Transforming Access to Justice
Since the advent of constitutional democracy, South African law and the legal profession have been transformed in a variety of ways. However, transformation is...
Tinder, LegalTech , Technology and the Future
by Delia McArthur, Law for Allfrom the presentation at Legal Tech Show in Johannesburg
I have been very blessed to work for Law for All for...
Cybercrime: Law firms under threat
In this piece, I expand on the issue of cybercrime as a serious threat facing law firms. This topic was first introduced in the...
Technology and Law Firms of the Future
In this piece, I expand on the topic of technology and
law firms of the future first discussed in Some
Challenges Facing the South African Legal...
Re-designing legal services in Africa
Investors in Africa face an increasingly complex business environment, with numerous geopolitical and economic risks to consider, as well as having to comply with...
The changing role of…lawyers
Law firms are increasingly under pressure from clients to reduce fees and improve efficiency. As more data becomes available, and technologies muscle in to...
Legal Technology and human lawyers – what does the future hold?
At the recent Legal Innovation and Tech Fest, held in Johannesburg in June, delegates were treated to a wide array of technology and innovation...
