Look Back & Forward: Part One
It’s Auld Lang Syne season—time to look back at the last 12 months and predict the next 12.
Casey C. Sullivan (not to be confused with Bloomberg Big Law Business’ Casey Sullivan) is a senior writer at FindLaw (Thomson Reuters), based in Sunnyvale, Calif. In his Dec. 7 post, he identifies the five “most disruptive legal technologies of 2015:”
- Bring Your Own Device Policies.
- Mobile and Passive Timekeeping Tools.
- Social Networking for the Office.
- Serious Security Systems.
- The Surface Pro.
Re:#5, he says: “This one came as a bit of a surprise. Lawyers, it seems, are jumping on the Surface Pro bandwagon. Microsoft’s tablet-cum-laptop is one of the better mobile devices around, and 27 percent of attorneys are testing it out in their firm or IT department. Now if we could just get people to update their operating systems. Most lawyers are still working off Windows 7.”
Hat Tip: Jeffrey Brandt, Editor, PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest
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The American Bar Association’s Law Technology Today blog: Last December, Bob Goodman and Josh Harder, of Bessemer Venture Partners, cited “four areas of legal ripe for disruption by smart startups.” The chose process automation; legal research; e-discovery and consumer. Yeah, a bit broad topics but they drill down in the explanations. Were they correct?
What do you think have been the most disruptive tech has been in 2015? (You can list up to a dozen, but explain why for each item). Ping me at mbay@codex.stanford.edu.
Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX and a freelance journalist for Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business. She is a member of the California bar. @MonicaBay. Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu.