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How can law schools best prepare their students for a future working alongside lawtech? Dr Paula Moffatt & Richard Hodkinson provide some insights

  • With the rise of artificial intelligence and machine-learning, the role of the lawyer is set to change; law schools must make sure they are providing their students with the right skills for this future.

Any discussion of the skills and attributes that legal recruiters are looking for when selecting trainees invariably turns to the need for interviewees to demonstrate ‘legal tech’ skills. But while firms are clear that they want trainees and paralegals who can both understand and use legal tech, students are often less clear about what is required of them. So what do firms mean by ‘legal tech’, and how can law schools help students to develop the necessary tech skills for practice? This article will illustrate that while it is important for students to understand key law tech concepts, being successful in legal practice is as much about demonstrating the right behaviours and attitudes as mastering the tech

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