Disruptive Technology Is Transforming the Legal Industry
New disruptive technology for business allows routine tasks to be automated, driving efficiencies in a number of different sectors and allowing for better cost...
Hybrid smart contracts will replace the legal system
The era of unintelligible contracts written in legalese by lawyers in $2,000 suits with degrees from Ivy League schools is over. The contracts of...
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...
Lawyers, Cabbies, and Uber
It is not the threat of Uber per se, of course, that looms over lawyers but, rather, the “collaborative economy” that Uber personifies. The...
Richard Susskind on the future of law
In the latest episode of the Oxford Law Vox podcast Richard Susskind talks to George Miller about the gaining momentum of technology and AI...
Keynote Address by Prof. Susskind: The Future of Law – Global Trends, Local Impact
Legal Innovation Summit 2025
The Legal Innovation Summit 2025, hosted in Johannesburg by CatalyNT in partnership with Financial Mail and Business Day, opened with a...
Is artificial intelligence the key to unlocking innovation in your law firm?
The recent media frenzy about artificial intelligence (AI) has been unavoidable. This vision has perhaps come a step closer with the arrival of IBM...
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...
R300 000 HiiL Justice Accelerator Southern Africa semi-finalists announced
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is delighted to announce the seven Southern Africa semi-finalists for our annual HiiL Justice Accelerator (HJA).
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The Robot Lawyer
A welcome addition, or not?
Well, the dreaded conversation is finally here – do robots make better lawyers?
Don’t freak out. This is not a yes...
Using AI to speed up conveyancing
The very best technology allows staff simply to get on with their job. It works away in the background and we don’t even notice...
Top 5 predictions for the future of law firm networks
All growing international firms will adopt the law firm network model (to some degree) to manage their global businesses from now on...Read more at...
