Legal Informatics

The Practice November/December 2021

Questions of legal innovation form a critical part of a larger story and emerging field: legal informatics. How can an understanding of and training in legal informatics transform the field?

November/December 2021

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Legal Informatics
Ron A. Dolin
Future of law Legal operations Legal technology Law firms Law firm management
A proper understanding of and training in legal informatics has the potential to modernize legal systems around the world, and more importanlty, help take the tediousness out of law.
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Tracking the Profession
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Mary L. Witkowski, a fellow at Harvard Business School at the Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness, who studies value-based health care, looks at health informatics as a tool for better patient outcomes.
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Contracting Out
Future of law Legal technology Law schools Strategy
Evisort, a startup aiming to reform the contracting business, is using AI to transform the legal industry.
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Global Innovation
ASEAN Brazil India Legal technology Law schools
In the News: Highlighting key stories about the profession you may have missed.
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Legal Informatics at School
Future of law Law schools
In Brief: Schools around the world provide new offerings at the intersection of law and technology, recognizing a need to modernize legal training.
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Disciplining Data
Comparative Professions Future of law Legal technology
A conversation with Eunice Santos, professor and dean of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about the intersection of information sciences and the legal profession.
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