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Lawyers have the reputation for being tech-ignorant because for a long time they were. Long after everyone else was using word-processors, lawyers relied on typ
by denton-scratch 3y ago
Lawyers have the reputation for being tech-ignorant because for a long time they were. Long after everyone else was using word-processors, lawyers relied on typists and shorthand secretaries.
That got shaken up with the arrival of knowledge management systems; law firms led that charge.
Most politicians are lawyers; and most politicians are tech-ignorant. That sustains the myth.
- kiba 3y agoIt seems to be a kind of overspecialization, especially in a dynamic world that's constantly changing.
- tiahura 3y agoIncorrect. During the mid to late 80s law firms were some of the favorite customers of integrators. Firms moved from a 1:1 lawyer to secretary ratio to 2 or 3:1. IT also transformed the accounting department. Who do you think was buying all those WordPerfect licenses?
- denton-scratch 3y agoI worked as an integrator for city law firms in the late 80s. Yes, they were using WordPerfect and Netware. No - lawyers didn't have computers on their desks. They regarded using computers as clerical work, and beneath them. And these were City firms, working for big corporations. High Street lawyers were way behind. I was never involved with the accounting departments of law firms; but obviously, that's clerical work, from the point of view of a lawyer.