Millennial Lawyers

A software-driven world needs a new type of lawyer.

Millennial Lawyers

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CHANGE Change is ever-present, and legal education needs to keep up

Much like the world around it, the legal profession is changing.

Increased automation and digitalization have changed the way legal services are conducted.

Developments in the law and technology have also created new legal career opportunities.

ONE

People will always need lawyers. However, plenty of job options exist within the legalfield beyond becoming a lawyer

In the internet-driven age, good technical support is essential to a great legal practice. Litigation support professionals can require both technical savvy and an understanding of the law. Litigation support professionals work with software and applications to manage case data that's crucial to litigation.

Another important position is E-discovery professionals. These roles are similar to that of a litigation support professional but mostly focuses on discover. They work with the exchange of information pertinent to a case between the courts and parties to a lawsuit—rather than the totality of a case file. Discovery is being condensed into electronic storage, mediums more and more in the millennium.

The document coder is largely a data entry position. The coder maintains a system to identify and access the various documents in a case file. It's typically an entry-level position in IT litigation support.

TWO

It is no longer enough to possess deep legal expertise – now, there is much more involved in the successful practice of law Due to the impact of a range of factors including rapid improvements in technology, social media, demographic shifts, socio-economic trends and globalization, the legal service industry has forever transformed, requiring lawyers to broaden the ‘breadth’ of their skills, shifting from being ‘I-Shaped’ to ‘T-Shaped’.

A T-shaped lawyer still has deep legal expertise (the vertical stroke of the T), but also has the ability to collaborate across many disciplines, such as technology, business, analytics and data security (the horizontal stroke of the T).

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THREE

BREADTH

DISRUPTED TECHNOLOGY TECH LAW

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FOUR

DEPTH

INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP

The program

To bridge the gap and prepare Millennial Lawyers to grasp every opportunity of the new legal landscape, ITLL conceived a unique comprehensive program acting into 3 layers.

DISRUPTED TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP

TECH LAW

FIVE

A) Disrupted Technology Today, many businesses are dependent on technology to run their operations.

That makes it essential for them to carefully investigate new and existing technologies before investing in them. Law can also be as issue. A lawyer who is able to speak with engineers can help minimize potential future losses and expenses and make the business more profitable and sustainable.

To do so in-depth understanding of how these technologies work is needed. “For too long, the worlds of technology and law have rarely met. You occasionally find technologists who understand the intricacies of law, or lawyers who understand software and have built a few of their own programs. The future will need people who are skilled in both disciplines; people who are as comfortable reading court cases as they are writing Python�.

A.I. & Robotics

SIX

Blockchain

Big Data

Cloud Computing

Internet of Things

B) Tech Law The future of the law is digital. With law often playing catch up to ever-changing technology, the study of how law interacts with science and technology is more critical now than ever before. Information technology regulation operates across jurisdictions, and a cross-fertilisation of regulatory responses occurs at the interface between domestic, regional and international law.

Technology is creating areas of practice that did not exist 10 years ago

Smart Contract

Adv and Marketing

Drones Law

Fintech

Venture Capital

E-Discovery

Digital Content Protection & ISP Liability

SEVEN

C) Innovation & Leadership The business world is changing, and not just because of technology.

Clients are demanding greater responsiveness at lower costs and may more readily send work to offshore, automated or online providers. Lawyers are under a lot of pressure.

To succeed lawyers need to develop new competences and attributes.

Thinking like a lawyer isn’t enough

EIGHT

Here are 6 main skills that every lawyer should strengthen 1. Interpersonal skills & emotional intelligence Strong communication skills have always been required in the legal profession, but in an increasingly competitive market, lawyers need to be able to maintain strong relationships with their clients and peers. It’s no longer possible to rely on partners to develop these client relationships, so every lawyer needs to be able to deal with clients in a way that instils confidence.

Clients want empathy and understanding; someone to listen to them, rather than simply advise them.

2. Ability to work collaboratively Increasingly collaborative working is becoming the norm across most sectors, and the legal profession is no exception. Lawyers are more likely to find themselves working together with external specialists and in multi-disciplinary teams. While lawyers will always need to be able to work autonomously, the ‘lone wolf’ model simply won’t work anymore. Teamwork skills include collaborating with others to reach common goals, as well as coordinating and sharing information and knowledge, attend and participate in team events, meetings, and conferences.

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3. Increasingly business like thinking As the legal profession becomes increasingly business-oriented, successful lawyers need to know more than just law. Business and management skills are essential to advancement. Especially lean methodology and design thinking cannot be ignored.

4. Organization & Time management While the legal profession will always be a demanding one, successful lawyers will be those who can prioritise their work, delegate tasks and manage their time effectively.

Legal professionals must develop topnotch organizational skills to manage large volumes of data and documents, even and especially in the age of technology.

5. Marketing & Networking skills In the past thirty years, lawyer marketing has gone from being “unprofessional conduct� to an essential aspect of private practice. But social media has changed this paradigm, and now networking and marketing are vital to achieving success in today’s increasingly competitive marketplace.

6. Technology Savviness Technology makes demands on attorneys to learn new and faster methods of communicating and working. At the same time, technology offers more opportunities to connect with people and access information and resources. Professionals should master a variety of word processing, presentation, time management, billing, and practice-related software applications to remain effective in their jobs.

TEN

Interpersonal Skills & Emotional Intelligence

Ability to work collaboratively

Increasingly Business like thinking

Organization & Time Management

Marketing & Networking skills

Technology Savviness

Millennial Lawyers ELEVEN

Initiative

The initiative, hard work and drive to effect change in society and the work place

Attributes of the Millennial Lawyers

TWELWE

Pro-activity

Communication

Enterprise

Take measured risks, create opportunities; resourcefulness

Ability to present ideas and inspire others Ability to work with clients in an engaging manner

Ability to collaborate, Embrace rapid create change and networks, and retain an open contribute to a mind wider Connectivity Curiosity to seek ecosystem and collaboration new perspectives and to build new Agility and knowledge Willingness to adaptability adapt and remail motivated, deal with uncertainly Confidence and ambiguity Curiosity in their abilities and ability to respond positively Resilience in various situations Life-long learning

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