The Society for Computers and Law has put together an excellent collection of predictions for things that will be happening in the legal world in 2008. Lawyers change slowly so it's always incredibly difficult to judge how the profession will change and what impact technology will have on the profession and the practice of law. The one prediction that really stood out for me was that of Professor Richard Susskind OBE:
My advice to lawyers and law firms everywhere is to take web 2.0 very seriously indeed in 2008. We are entering a new era of Internet activity, one that will affect the daily working lives of legal practitioners. The impact on the legal profession of social networking and online collaboration will be profound. I am more confident about this than I was in 1996 when I said that the Internet would transform the communication habits (email) and information-seeking habits (the web) of lawyers. In 2008, we will see the beginnings of the legal world embracing Web 2.0.
Other predictions are available on the SCL website.
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