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SmallLaw: 12 Monkeys or What I Learned on My Journey to the Future of Legal Technology

By Mazyar Hedayat

Originally published on November 23, 2009 in our free SmallLaw newsletter. I recently caught a rerun of Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, a brilliant film that asks whether people would heed a warning from the future about the future. Apparently the answer is no. In the film, psychiatrists diagnose a messenger from the future as a sociopath and lock him away. There's a message in this movie for small law firms. If someone told you that everything you took for granted would soon change or be swept away altogether, would you believe them? I didn't think so. Besides, we small firm lawyers are too busy running our offices, connecting with clients, staying current, doing research, keeping pace with technology, and trying in vain to have a personal life to look ahead more than a few years...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on December 24, 2009 (boomark / email).