Editorial August/September
In an issue dominated by reflections of the stellar June SCL Conference and July’s wonderful Online Courts Hackathon, Laurence Eastham chooses to moan about government incompetence in dealing with the GDPR….
Technology, Society & Justice
Valuing “Value Add” – An invitation to participate in a discussion on research by the Knowledge Management Group – 5 July 2017
James Holyday, Knowledge Advisor at Linklaters LLP and Chair of the SCL KM Group, summarises the Group’s recent Valuing “Value Add” event…
China as the Next Leader in Legal Technology?
Following his recent trip to China, Richard Susskind reflects on the pace of change on legal technology there, sensing a swing of the pendulum and assessing the implications that may have for the legal landscape in the UK and beyond…
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Online Courts Hackathon: the IT Group Experience
Aaron Pickett looks back on the time when the IT Group developers took on the 24-hour Online Courts Hackathon challenge…
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Collaboration at the Online Courts Hackathon: We Need to Talk about CoLin
A joint team from Wavelength Law and the Law Society of England and Wales won the Online Courts Hackathon on 2 July with their slick ‘pathfinder’ technology and voice interaction with COLIN (the Courts OnLINe help agent). Laurence Eastham asked Drew Winlaw and Ben Gardner from Wavelength and Sophia Adams Bhatti from the Law Society for their thoughts about the experience, the collaboration and the future uses of the hackathon’s ideas….
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Artificial Intelligence: The Real Legal Issues
Based on his presentation at the SCL Conference in June, John C. Buyers takes us on a tour of the AI issues for tech lawyers and points out the hotspots…
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Fake News: Striking a Balance between Regulation and Responsibility
Ashley Hurst sets out an approach to fake news that shifts the focus away from some of the more strident ‘calls for action’…
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Global Orders and Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc
Dr Paul Lambert summarises an important judgment of the Canadian Supreme Court and comments on its global impact…
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Online Courts Hackathon: Report and Reflections
The Online Courts Hackathon was held over 24 hours on 1 and 2 July. Laurence Eastham reports on an exciting and uplifting experience….
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Book Review: Tomorrow’s Lawyers
The second edition of Tomorrow’s Lawyers, updated from its original 2013 publication, ought to be re-titled ‘I told you so’. Professor Susskind has been writing on the future of the legal profession for the past two decades, gaining the title of legal futurologist along the way. 2015’s ‘The Future of the Professions’ forecast a future…