Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Publication Title

Journal of the Legal Profession

Keywords

Legal profession, information technology, off-shoring, personal plight legal practice, access to justice, legal education

Abstract

Commentators have predicted that machine intelligence and off-shoring will steadily undermine demand for lawyers in North America and Europe. This essay argues that this prediction is not equally valid for all types of legal practice. Personal plight practice — in which lawyers help individuals and small businesses involved in legal disputes — is largely sheltered from computerization and off-shoring. The article calls for the profession and legal educators to open doors between tomorrow’s lawyers and personal plight legal practice. Doing so will not only address the economic insecurity confronting tomorrow’s lawyers, but also enhance access to justice.

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Forthcoming in http://www.law.ua.edu/jlp/

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