Legal Technologists Are in High Demand, but Will They Be Stifled by the Profession?
The market for data and tech experts is heating up, but equity restrictions and an undefined career path could hold them back.
March 17, 2020 at 01:04 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legal Tech News
Although a law firm's closure requires everyone to find a new job, mergers can also leave staff, including legal technologists, feeling particularly vulnerable.
"Mergers are very stressful," says Marti Phillips, vice president of education at the International Legal Technology Association and a former law firm technologist. "When you have duplicates, somebody is going to be cut, and a lot of firms have legal technologists on both sides of a merger. I hate to say it, but when you have duplicates, you don't need duplicate technologists."
Mergers don't automatically mean layoffs, according to some law firm leaders.
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