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2011 Prognostication Round-Up

By Jack Newton

At this time of year many legal bloggers are busy making predictions about what major trends, technologies and shifts we’ll be seeing in the legal space in the coming year. Here’s a roundup of what some of the legal blogosphere thinks is in store in 2011:

• What Surprised you in 2010 (and What Should Lawyers Expect in 2011)? by Adrian Lurssen on the JD Supra Scoop Blog
• 10 Legal Tech Predictions for 2011 by David Bilinski at Thoughtful Legal Management
• 2011 Tech Trends for Lawyers by Niki Black at Sui Generis
• 10 Legal Trends for 2011 by John Wallbillich at the Wired GC
• Legal Trends to Watch in 2011 by Howard Ankin at the The Chicago Injury Lawyer blog
• 12 Important e-Discovery Trends for 2011 by Chris Preimesberger at eWeek
• Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2011 by Fronterion
• Top 5 Tech Trends of 2011 by the Legal Loudspeaker blog

A broad examination of these various posts sees a few specific recurring themes:

• Mobile will be huge in 2011
• Tablet computing will continue to see huge gains in 2011
• Cloud computing is on the rise, and continuing to reshape the legal (and overall) technology landscape
• Social media will continue to see increased adoption and impact in 2011
• Legal Process Outsourcing will have a dramatic impact on the legal profession

Have I missed a 2011 prognostication post? Let me know in the comments and I’ll add it to the list.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on January 03, 2011 (boomark / email).