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“Explaining document assembly software to lawyers is like telling them about heaven - it’s where they want to go, but not just yet" Peter Hart; 1991 |
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"... Unless you want to join the other fossils, it's time to change your ways. ... Here's some advice. Commoditize routine legal transactions. ... Law firms should be developing these technologies for their clients to use, rather than selling the same "fill in the blank template" over and over again and charging lawyer fees to generate the document. With technology, your firm can reduce the cost of producing documents, improve profit margins through licensing fee structures and redirect human capital more effectively. " Laura Owen; The Tech Evolution: Change or Die; |
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Peter Hart's vision showed us the way with document modelling in the 1980's. However, his famous "heaven" quote still applies, though less so as the legal profession has done more to knowingly embrace IT in the last 2 years, than the previous 20. In part, this is due to client-driven initiatives such as those outlined in Laura Owen's blunt article above. As director of worldwide legal services at Cisco Systems Inc. her views have sent shockwaves through the corporate legal world. For example, see here. While Peter Hart has moved onto other interesting things such as online negotiation, fellow pioneers such as Doug Simpson, Marc Lauritsen, Seth Rowland and Richard Granat continue to shape the future of document creation for lawyers. Be privileged to hear the latest from these leading overseas and local "tool-and-die makers", and other lawyers who are revolutionising legal practice. |
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