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Law Practice

Jul. 29, 2020

A reengineered path for what the legal system must become

When implementing modern-day technology for law practices and the courts, there is an oft-used line known to insiders that comes from years of seasoning and is indubitably based on a school-of-hard-knocks about getting our legal system to adapt to new technologies, namely this: Do not pave the cow paths.

Lance Eliot

Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.

Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.

When implementing modern-day technology for law practices and the courts, there is an oft-used line known to insiders that comes from years of seasoning and is indubitably based on a school-of-hard-knocks about getting our legal system to adapt to new technologies, namely this: Do not pave the cow paths.

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