Law applies to us all, in one form or another. It is what has established the societal guidance and fair coordination from historical to modern times. It has metamorphosed with the changing times and people. Law has adopted various forms, all to keep everyone in check. But, increasingly it has become a challenge to access the very law that is meant to be accessible to all.
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There has been a tremendous surge of tech integration into the law industry. A lot of upcoming innovations have been trying to apply layers of business models on top of legal practice. Their main aim has been to make legal services almost as similar as hailing a cab whenever you wish to hop to town and back. This has been vaguely dubbed ‘uberizing’ legal practice.
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When growing a company, you will realize that having an effective enterprise search integration into your database system is essential. Legal firms also fall in this category. Not only does it serve as a point for referrals, it saves on a lot of time and resources. The more deeply law firms are being woven with Information Technology, the higher the rate of data production. This data must be effectively classified and referred back to, in order to create any useful meaning.
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Often we, lawyers are usually tasked with carrying out case lookup on pretty much all assignments, whether job-related or class-related. Part of the turnaround time of any task or assignment requiring research depends on how much time we spend on the case. More importantly, it also depends on the effectiveness of the case we are trying to lookup. Having these two factors ironed out will put you ahead of the game. That’s where we always want you to be.
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Failing to shepardize a case to confirm the case is still good law can also cause significant problems. Shepardizing, or keyciting a case, is the process of consulting legal sources such as Shepard’s to see whether a case has been overturned or questioned by other courts or cases. Citing a case that has later been overturned can greatly weaken your case. Therefore, it is essential that you follow all of the case’s activity especially if you are placing a great amount of weight on the outcome of the case.
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Law business is facing a new cultural transformation. The ethics and dynamics of yesterday’s practice are being slowly eroded. Some of the key drivers of this change is technology. With the developments in numerous software and hardware systems tackling data collection, storage and usage, bookshelves are becoming less preferred. Tougher more tech-savvy lawyers are opting to develop their cases on their mobile devices on the go. Whether from a coffee shop, on a train, at the airport, case files, citations and other legal documents are becoming more digitally available.
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1. A backlog of cases
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Disorganisation and loss of important cases files and documents
3. Lowers client satisfaction
of your legal services
You just visited a new city for the weekend. A busy schedule holds you from eating all day so you decide to pass by the food court in the evening heading home. At the counter, you order the exact same lettuce-tomato-bacon-mayo-garlic sandwich your local diner at home prepares. Now before that first bite, there is always hope that it will be as delicious as the one you're used to, with that tingling sensation of joy down your spine. Truth be told, in more than one case, you will be disappointed. Sadly. You always hope for the same amazing outcome, but you forget that the environment is different. That you might not be in the same mental state, or maybe the ambient temperatures aren't the same.
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Does your law firm keep digital records of all its legal transactions? Have the associates, lawyers or pupils in your firm been comfortable in updating and maintaining this continuous build-up of data? The important question now remains, how well has the staff in your firm been able to exploit this captured information and use it in daily legal activity?
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