Junior lawyers will be ‘significantly replaced’ by technologists and data scientists, Paul Weiss boss predicts

Junior lawyers will be ‘significantly replaced’ by technologists and data scientists, Paul Weiss boss predicts

Top lawyer foresees shifting roles in new tech-driven legal world The chair of US law firm Paul Weiss predicts that junior associates will be “supplemented, if not significantly replaced”, by technologists and data scientists in the years to come. Brad…

‘I don’t think it’s a huge deal’: Business Secretary  plays down ‘solicitor’ controversy amid SRA probe

‘I don’t think it’s a huge deal’: Business Secretary plays down ‘solicitor’ controversy amid SRA probe

Apologises Jonathan Reynolds MP Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has downplayed controversy over his past references to himself as a solicitor, despite an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). As Legal Cheek reported last week, Reynolds left his training contract…