My previous article, Observations from the Global Legal Hackathon 2018: The Communal Dimension of Intellectual Property, considered the challenges in finding the right intellectual property norms for the unique context…
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Observations from the Global Legal Hackathon 2018: The Communal Dimension of Intellectual Property
The Sydney Round of the Global Legal Hackathon, on which I have the privilege of reporting, brought together participants from a range of backgrounds including law, programming, project management and…
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2018 State of Corporate Law Departments Report [Report]
Today’s modern corporate law department has taken a more proactive position within its organisation, seeking not to be seen (as it too often was in the past) as a cost…
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The Top 9 Tips to Get the Most out of Your First Legal Hackathon Experience
A legal hackathon is a relatively new concept that seeks to apply the tendency towards creative disruption, common among the technology start-up scene today, to the legal industry. Over the…
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How Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies are Set to Challenge and Change Law Firms
The 2017 Bitcoin boom means most lawyers have at least heard of this popular cryptocurrency. However, few understand how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies really work, how they are used and…
Read moreLaw Libraries’ Digital Revolution [Whitepaper]
Law librarians around the world share their experience moving from printed law books to eBooks and digital law libraries. When Marta Hernández Alvardo, who runs the Legal Information Center at…
Read moreThe Legal Market in 2017: Trends, Challenges and “Big Strategic Decisions” [Infographic]
In the 2017 Australia: State of the Legal Market report, Melbourne Law School and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor® have set out the dominant trends impacting the legal market in 2017…
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Rage Against the Machines: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Legal Practice
Heel-dragging frustration at impending changes in the legal industry is misguided. There will likely always be jobs for creative and gregarious lawyers. It’s the repetitive tasks at the junior end…
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The 9 Trends That Continued to Drive Change in the Legal Sector in 2017
Relentless disruption, change and innovation are once again the key themes for lawyers this year. Increasingly sophisticated technologies along with pressures from clients, employees and regulatory systems are pushing firms…
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2017 Australia: State of the Legal Market [Report]
Melbourne Law School and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor® are pleased to present this report setting out the dominant trends impacting the legal market in 2017 and the key issues to…
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