The digital agenda is all around us, and legal services are at the forefront of the profound changes we will witness in the coming years. This transformation is reshaping both the practice and the business of law: the “Transformation of the Law” as predicted by Richard Susskind back in the ‘90s has arrived.
Law firms can no longer afford to ignore process optimisation and the strategic disaggregation of legal tasks, leveraging specialised teams and cutting-edge tools to achieve greater efficiency and cost savings. Technology has become so ingrained in every aspect of our clients’ lives that they now expect their legal teams to embrace LegalTech, not only to enhance their capabilities but also to deliver greater value. Digitalisation, automation and data are not only crucial for making your legal operation more efficient. This is the language of the C-suite. If lawyers want to stay relevant, they have to become pioneers of these trends.
This shift is not just about waiting for artificial intelligence to become mainstream. Those who wait for that future moment will be those left behind. Yes, technology can’t forge relationships, persuade, or build trust. But it is capable of doing the rest—and the rest is a lot. Taking a firm and holistic view across people, process and – only then – technology is required to optimise and design the strategy for sustainable success.
At D2LT, we bring deep experience in legal strategy and transformation. Our team has worked across all aspects of the legal profession, including senior partner roles within law firms, chief technology officer positions, and leadership of in-house legal functions, legal operations, technology, and change management. We also understand the vendor landscape, giving us a comprehensive understanding of the challenges required to successfully deliver LegalTech solutions.
All too often, LegalTech is used as a PR exercise, failing to drive meaningful change to a business model that will need serious scrutiny in the years ahead. We offer practical, effective advice on optimising core processes and systems such as document management, matter management, e-billing, document generation and contract lifecycle management, know-how management, workflow automation, document review, and legal opinion generation/automation, among other specialist practice applications.
To help law firms navigate this transformation, we offer a free assessment of your firm’s current capabilities and maturity across processes and systems—both in the practice and the business of law.