Mr Deng's IT News Collection: Hello robo-lawyer Computers are replacing many functions once performed by lawyers, especially young lawyers who have traditionally done the case grunt work. NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst told an Australian Bar Association meeting in July that the future may include not just "paperless courts, but people-less courts, too". While Bathurst did not predict lawyers would become extinct, he warned: "The reality is that technology, either directly or indirectly, will cut into many areas of barristers' work."

07 August, 2015

Hello robo-lawyer Computers are replacing many functions once performed by lawyers, especially young lawyers who have traditionally done the case grunt work. NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst told an Australian Bar Association meeting in July that the future may include not just "paperless courts, but people-less courts, too". While Bathurst did not predict lawyers would become extinct, he warned: "The reality is that technology, either directly or indirectly, will cut into many areas of barristers' work."

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