Ready for a Reboot: Law Schools Need to Reboot and Upgrade the Law Curriculum Now to Better Meet the Impacts of Technology

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Hart, Caroline and Timoshanko, Aaron. 2022. "Ready for a Reboot: Law Schools Need to Reboot and Upgrade the Law Curriculum Now to Better Meet the Impacts of Technology." Journal of the Australasian Law Academics Association. 15, pp. 31-48.

Article Title	Ready for a Reboot: Law Schools Need to Reboot and Upgrade the Law Curriculum Now to Better Meet the Impacts of Technology
Article Category	Article
Authors	Hart, Caroline and Timoshanko, Aaron
Journal Title	Journal of the Australasian Law Academics Association
Journal Citation	15, pp. 31-48
Number of Pages	18
Year	2022
Publisher	Australasian Law Academics Association
Place of Publication	Australia
ISSN	2652-6573
Web Address (URL)	https://www.alaa.asn.au/jalaa2022
Abstract	This paper investigates Australian legal education’s capacity to acknowledge and respond to the impacts of the increasing use of technologies aiding legal service delivery. While law academics are debating the extent of this impact, there are already new jobs with new titles requiring new skillsets, and these employment opportunities will go to the best-prepared graduates. Even within the current framework, law academics have the capacity to better equip graduates to succeed in this changing environment through leadership and engagement with the key players. The responsibility to lead this adapted legal education is best held by law schools carrying it out as a fiduciary role towards graduates rather than as a broker for broader tech-interests.
Keywords	technology, legal education, law school, LawTech
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	480409. Legal education
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	School of Law and Justice

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