Two trends in law

Online meetings mean less travel for those in the law industry and the digital age means those thick law books are now available to read on a cellphone

By Andrew Weeks

Luke Heck knows his business –and that means he knows the law. Heck, a criminal defense attorney based in Fargo with Vogel Law Firm, has been with the firm since 2018 but has been practicing since about 2014.

Legal matters pretty much remain the same, he said, but trends in the field over the past few years have caught his attention. A couple of them were prompted by the pandemic and have made practicing law both exciting and challenging.