Robots are coming for the lawyers – which may be bad for tomorrow's attorneys but great for anyone in need of cheap legal assistance
- Written by: Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
Sign on the dotted line.AndreyPopov/iStock via Getty ImagesImagine what a lawyer does on a given day: researching cases, drafting briefs, advising clients. While technology has been nibbling around the edges of the legal profession for some time, it’s hard to imagine those complex tasks being done by a robot.
And it is those complicated,...