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22 January 2014
Issue: 7591 / Categories: Legal News
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Future is technology

Young lawyers in favour of becoming "early adapters"

Young lawyers want to use technology to transform outdated working practices, according to new research from Eversheds among 1,800 lawyers below the age of 40. One third felt the profession does not use technology well enough. Nearly half identified ways to make their firms more efficient through technology. Sophia Dirir, chair of the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD), says: “As the youth market of the legal profession, the JLD accepts and embraces its role, (along with that of its members), to trail blaze in technological legal advances and to become ‘early adopters’.”

Issue: 7591 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

From mowing lawns to life at the Bar: Stephen Ward reflects on an unconventional career

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Commercial property partner joins Clarke Willmott in Southampton

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Robert Tiffen joins Ellisons as Partner in growing Norwich office

NEWS
The Law Society RFC Festival of Sport returns next month, bringing together legal and financial services professionals for one of the sector’s largest annual sporting events
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

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