Legal Practice and Digitalization

By Riaz Begum, Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan

This paper examines how the legal profession must adapt to ongoing digitalization and what it means for legal education. It identifies three possible future trajectories for the profession, grounded in sociological models and historical analysis, using comparative cases from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. The author then outlines corresponding reforms in legal education, proposing three targeted curriculum changes aligned with each trajectory to prepare graduates for a digitalized legal market.

Key Insights

• Future lawyers will be tasked with restoring and sustaining public trust in the legal system, preserving the human element of practice by mastering current and emerging legal technologies.
• With routine legal tasks increasingly automated, lawyers will focus more on resolving complex social conflicts through traditional litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and interdisciplinary approaches, especially within the public sector
• Legal professionals must engage in clear, solution-oriented dialogue with non-lawyers and consistently demonstrate ethical principles and vocational values as technology evolves
• Law schools should proactively integrate legal technology and interdisciplinary training into the curriculum, preparing graduates to shape and adapt to the digital evolution of the legal profession.

Legal Practice and Digitalization” by Riaz Begum explores how modern law firms are adapting to digital transformation, analyzing both the challenges and opportunities. Read the full paper below:

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