Over the past decade, I have documented the erosion of India’s once robustly democratic legal system as part of Prime Minister Modi’s ‘authoritarian playbook’
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As the use of AI grows, so too will the advice clients seek on AI-related legal issues.
Learning how to produce polished prose can greatly enhance your value on the job.
Generative AI can be a useful tool, but it can also create inaccurate information. Here’s how to safeguard Australian courts against fake cases, like we’ve already seen overseas.
The right to a fair trial means cutting the funding of cultural reports will simply shift the burden. Lawyers will find other ways to put the same information before a judge.
From case prospects to bail decisions, law firms are in the early stages of an AI revolution.
AI tools are intended to expand access to the law, but they could open up new divides.
The scandal and its aftermath point to a systemic failure of police accountability. Such failure is fertile soil for police corruption and makes a repeat of the scandal entirely possible.
Philanthropic investments must support the capacity of women in law and leadership.
My research suggests City firms’ efforts to deliver more equal representation at the top have not worked because they were never meant to.
Neurotechnology could mean law firms soon track ‘billable units of attention’ rather than billable hours.
Ongoing strike action by criminal barristers could disrupt trials until demands for better pay are met.
The end of the TV show ‘Better Call Saul’ wraps up the story of Saul Goodman. A clinical neuropsychologist analyzes the character’s progression from a small-time con man to a ‘criminal’ lawyer.
It’s time we stopped using the brain as shorthand for machines
The barrister strike is about more than pay – with women and ethnic minorities leaving the profession, the entire justice system is at stake.
The present state of legal education in Ghana cannot be discussed without understanding its beginings.
As the Law Society recently reported, legal aid in New Zealand is ‘on life support’. Urgent action is required to avoid the justice gap becoming a chasm.
Studies show that tenants facing eviction who have a lawyer are a lot less likely to lose their home.
Unlike other professions dealing with human trauma, criminal lawyers are very rarely offered psychological support. New research aims to learn how best to improve this.
Lawyers were thought to be mostly immune from the coming AI revolution, but two legal experts explain why jobs that rely on human ingenuity can still be affected.
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