As an older lawyer, the lesson I have learned from this coronavirus shutdown, and other numerous quarantines, is that the future of law is not knowledge, advocacy or trial skills. It is technology. Am I right?
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Unfortunately, you’re probably right. If there are any writers like this lawyer who are still resisting technology here and there, they were certainly hit hard by the stay at home order. If one doesn’t scan their files, or have office staff that have computers at home that are able to access electronic filing and office matters, these stay at home orders and quarantines have proven disastrous.
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