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Education
Educating
‘Tomorrow’s Lawyer’
For Digital Success
By Patricia Salkin and Jack GraveS
D uring the past few decades, law schools have made significant strides in devel- oping their “skills” curriculum, so as to
better prepare students for the actual practice of law. Today, however, technology is bringing enormous and, perhaps even fundamental,
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changes to the delivery of legal services, such that we are in far too many instances prepar- ing students to practice law yesterday, instead of tomorrow. Touro Law Center is one of a small, but growing, list of schools responding to this challenge with the addition of a signifi- cant “digital lawyering” curriculum and prac- tice opportunities.1 While no one can say with certainty what legal service delivery models will look like tomorrow, there is no question
that the law graduate with a solid foundation in technology-leveraged law practice will be far more likely to adapt to the coming changes and prosper as “Tomorrow’s Lawyer.” This article seeks to explain how and why.
Employing Technology to Deliver “More for Less.” Richard Susskind speaks directly to “Tomorrow’s Lawyers” in his seminal work of the same name. In doing so, he describes three primary drivers of change in the market
for legal services: (1) the “more-for-less” chal- lenge; (2) the “liberalization” of the regula- tory environment; and (3) the effective use of “information technology.”2 In this article, we will focus on the use of technology to meet
PAtRICIA SALKIN is dean and professor of law at Touro Law Center. JACK GRAvES is professor of law and director of digital legal education.
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