Can you name a legal tech product that is currently used and really improves productivity?
Generally I agree with many of your points, especially that tech w i l l transform law. However, I'm not so sure how soon that will be.
I also studied law and I am a coder and I see similarities between both. However, I think it will be a long time until a computer will truly replace a lawyer. There is one thing that I think is especially hard:
Not all rules are clear cut (like "If the company has a turnover >5 Million, x applies"). Many rules have an element of judgement (in Germany we call it "unbestimmte Rechtsbegriffe", which roughly translates as vague legal concepts) that require context knowledge, which is something that has not yet been achieved by machines (or at least I wouldn't know about it). While logic is undoubtly an important part of law, judgement (especially one that requires broad context knowledge) and interpretation it another one, and from what I experienced, the latter can unfortunately often not to be solved with the rules of logic and thus it will be hard to bring a computer to do it.
Generally I agree with many of your points, especially that tech w i l l transform law. However, I'm not so sure how soon that will be.
I also studied law and I am a coder and I see similarities between both. However, I think it will be a long time until a computer will truly replace a lawyer. There is one thing that I think is especially hard: Not all rules are clear cut (like "If the company has a turnover >5 Million, x applies"). Many rules have an element of judgement (in Germany we call it "unbestimmte Rechtsbegriffe", which roughly translates as vague legal concepts) that require context knowledge, which is something that has not yet been achieved by machines (or at least I wouldn't know about it). While logic is undoubtly an important part of law, judgement (especially one that requires broad context knowledge) and interpretation it another one, and from what I experienced, the latter can unfortunately often not to be solved with the rules of logic and thus it will be hard to bring a computer to do it.