As a lawyer practicing for a number of years, I keep hearing that I’m outdated since I am not up-to-date on technology. Am I missing something?
The practice of law is changing, but it’s always been changing. In the late 19th century, there was a major transition from small sole practitioner-type of firms with copyists and law clerks to the beginning of the modern larger firms that specialized in certain areas. This was aided by the invention of the typewriter and the invention of the telephone. Famous Philadelphia lawyer John Johnson was often seen as the great legal transitionalist—from the late 19th century small firm into the 20th century larger corporate law firm. What’s interesting to note is that Johnson refused to have a telephone in his office even at the time of his death in 1917.
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