Three Reasons, Two Birds, One Stone: Why Technology Might Hold the Key to Law's Wellness Problem

  • December 01, 2019
  • Malini Vijaykumar, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

"Innovation". "Wellness". These are two of the most common buzzwords in the legal profession these days. It seems like everyone's talking about legal tech tools, process automation, AI, and the "cloud". And it also seems like everyone's talking about wellness - why lawyers aren't as well as they should be, and how we can fix that.

It might seem like the two concepts don't bear much relation to each other. What does legal technology have to do with the fact that lawyers aren't eating well enough, exercising often enough, or sleeping - well - enough? Can technology fix that? How can technology fix that?

The answer is: because technology has the potential to fundamentally change how we practice law, in a good way. In a way that means we can enjoy our work more, and stress about it less. Here's why.