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SUMMARY:The end of lawyers? - Professor Richard Susskind
DTSTART:20101102T180000Z
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:*ABSTRACT*\n\nRichard Susskind will discuss the future role of
  lawyers and the administration of justice in an IT-based information soci
 ety. He will suggest that the global recession has brought about an irreve
 rsible change to the legal market\, one that will define the next decade o
 f legal service. He will explain why and how some (but not all) legal serv
 ice will become commoditised. Next\, he will introduce two concepts – de
 composing and multi-sourcing – that he believes will underpin the work o
 f tomorrow’s lawyers. Then\, pulling various strands of thinking togethe
 r\, he will explain the role that information technology and the Internet 
 (including social networking) will play in transforming legal service\, in
  improving our courts\, and in improving access to justice. He will argue 
 that these transformations present a fundamental challenge for those who t
 each law and engage in legal research. He will conclude by outlining new j
 obs for the next generation of lawyers.\n\n*About the speaker*\n\nProfesso
 r Richard Susskind OBE is an author\, speaker\, and independent adviser to
  professional firms and national  governments. His main area of expertise 
 is the future of legal service\, with particular reference to information 
 technology. He has written numerous books\, including _The Future of Law_ 
 (Oxford\, 1996)\,  _Transforming the Law_ (Oxford\, 2000)\, and _The End o
 f Lawyers?_ (Oxford\, 2008)\, and he is a regular  columnist on _The Times
 _. He has been invited to lecture in over 40 countries\, and has addressed
  legal audiences (in person and  electronically)\, numbering more than 200
 \,000.  Richard is Honorary and Emeritus Law Professor at Gresham College\
 , London\, Visiting Professor in Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet I
 nstitute\, Oxford University\, and  IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice o
 f England and Wales. A Scots lawyer by background\, he holds a doctorate  
 in law from Balliol College\, Oxford\, and is a Fellow of the British  Com
 puter Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.\n
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Old Combination Room (OCR)
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