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Technologically Competent: Ethical Practice For 21st Century Lawyering, Heidi Frostestad Kuehl
Technologically Competent: Ethical Practice For 21st Century Lawyering, Heidi Frostestad Kuehl
Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet
The impact of technology and social media on litigation and the infiltration of technology into the U.S. and world markets are undeniable. Currently, ABA Model Rule 1.1 and its Comment include a broad requirement of technological competence for ethical practice. This Article will identify the obligations of technological competence embodied in Model Rule 1.1 and examine the current cases and ethical decisions that reveal the evolving national and state-specific technological competence standards. After reviewing the timeline of cases and current scholarly literature, this Article proposes a more specific ethical standard for baseline knowledge of various technologies according to current practice …