In this edition of the Priori Digest, a weekly look at what’s happening in law and technology, we explore the future of companies, honor the top women in law and laugh at a classic lawyer cartoon. To get the digest straight to your inbox, sign up here. Enjoy!
What's got us thinking about 2019
- The age of the specialist lawyer is upon us (featuring Priori and our client AngelList)
- Want to know the average arrive and leave times for graduates at top law firms in London? Find out here
- Machine-learning algorithms that let smartphones identify faces or respond to our voices can identify signals of depression
- Meet the in-house National Women In Law nominees
- Should there be an overhaul of the conventional company? This academic thinks so
- Generation Z (born after 1995) have started entering law school and this paper argues they’ll be harder to teach than Millenials
What confuses us
- A 69-year-old man loses legal battle to change his age to 49
The weekly lawyer cartoon
By the numbers
- 10: Things you need to know when presenting legal issues to senior executives, by Marketo’s General Counsel, Steven Miller
- 20: The percentage of solicitors in England who work outside of traditional private practice law firms
- 180,000: A company in China fines employees if they walk less than 180,000 steps a month
