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Legal Education In Disruption: The Headwinds And Tailwinds Of Technology, Jon M. Garon May 2013

Legal Education In Disruption: The Headwinds And Tailwinds Of Technology, Jon M. Garon

Jon M. Garon

By harnessing improvements on communications and computational systems, law firms are producing a revolution in the practice of law. Self-help legal manuals have transformed into sophisticated interactive software; predictive coding can empower clients to receive sophisticated legal advice from a machine; socially mediated portals select among potential lawyers and assess the quality of the advice given; and virtual law firms threaten to distintermediate the grand edifices of twentieth century Big Law. These changes may profoundly restructure the legal practice, undermining the business model for many solo and small firm practices.

This paper focuses on the implications of these profound disruptive …


Nova Lawyer: 2012-2013 - A Year In Review, Nova Southeastern University - Shepherd Broad Law Center Jan 2013

Nova Lawyer: 2012-2013 - A Year In Review, Nova Southeastern University - Shepherd Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

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The Pitfalls Of At-Will And Just Cause Employment: A Comparartive Analysis Of Employment Law In The United States And Colombia, Alejandro Gutierrez Jan 2013

The Pitfalls Of At-Will And Just Cause Employment: A Comparartive Analysis Of Employment Law In The United States And Colombia, Alejandro Gutierrez

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In March 2012, fourteen employees from a South Florida law firm were fired for simply wearing orange-colored shirts to work.