The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future Law
This article argues that there are three narratives to technology’s role in augmenting, disrupting or ending the current legal services environment—each of which gives life to particular legal professional archetypes in how lawyers react to LawTech. In tracing these influential narratives and associ...
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| author | Lisa Webley John Flood Julian Webb Francesca Bartlett Kate Galloway Kieran Tranter |
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| description | This article argues that there are three narratives to technology’s role in augmenting, disrupting or ending the current legal services environment—each of which gives life to particular legal professional archetypes in how lawyers react to LawTech. In tracing these influential narratives and associated archetypes, we map the evolving role of LawTech, the legal profession and legal services delivery. The article concludes by proffering a further narrative of technology’s role in law known as ‘adaptive professionalism’, which emphasises the complex, contextual nature of the legal professional field. Through this normative rather than descriptive account it is suggested that the profession may access the benefits of technological developments while holding on to essential notions of ethical conduct, access to justice and the rule of law. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef3f9cc0f8a2429c9801a14d352fe05a2022-12-21T18:54:22ZengQueensland University of TechnologyLaw, Technology and Humans2652-40742019-11-0162610.5204/lthj.v1i0.13141314The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future LawLisa Webley0John Flood1Julian Webb2Francesca Bartlett3Kate Galloway4Kieran Tranter5University of BirminghamGriffith UniversityThe University of MelbourneThe University of QueenslandBond UniversityQueensland University of TechnologyThis article argues that there are three narratives to technology’s role in augmenting, disrupting or ending the current legal services environment—each of which gives life to particular legal professional archetypes in how lawyers react to LawTech. In tracing these influential narratives and associated archetypes, we map the evolving role of LawTech, the legal profession and legal services delivery. The article concludes by proffering a further narrative of technology’s role in law known as ‘adaptive professionalism’, which emphasises the complex, contextual nature of the legal professional field. Through this normative rather than descriptive account it is suggested that the profession may access the benefits of technological developments while holding on to essential notions of ethical conduct, access to justice and the rule of law.https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/1314end of lawyerslawtechlegal professionadaptive professionalismdisruption |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Webley John Flood Julian Webb Francesca Bartlett Kate Galloway Kieran Tranter The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future Law Law, Technology and Humans end of lawyers lawtech legal profession adaptive professionalism disruption |
| title | The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future Law |
| title_full | The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future Law |
| title_fullStr | The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future Law |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future Law |
| title_short | The Profession(s)’ Engagements with LawTech: Narratives and Archetypes of Future Law |
| title_sort | profession s engagements with lawtech narratives and archetypes of future law |
| topic | end of lawyers lawtech legal profession adaptive professionalism disruption |
| url | https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/1314 |
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