The course on IT, legal services and justice starts in January at Osgoode Hall Law School and the university. James Williams, a Google software engineer, is a member of the teaching staff and says: ‘We think it is important for a number of reasons, the most pressing of which is that we believe the legal marketplace is about to undergo a number of major changes. I work in the U.S., where there are already significant disruptions to the market, including reduced opportunities for junior lawyers and the elimination of many lower level positions….There are a few drivers, of which technology is an increasingly important one. I believe we are about to see a wave of new business models and software tools that are going to have a lasting impact on legal service delivery.’ Source: Law Times
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