As with many other services, the legal profession is undergoing digital transformation. Established firms are facing competition from aggressive startups running digital only platforms. This disruption is requiring legacy firms to adapt. Meeting the challenge of digital transformation is not only necessary to remain competitive in terms of offering alternative channels, the use of digital technology can also assist with the amount of work involved with the legal process. As firms seek to adapt, machine learning is being adopted more and more in order to help companies grow more efficient and produce greater value from their processes.

Adaption is not only necessary to remain competitive in terms of offering alternative channels, the use of digital technology can also assist with the amount of work involved with the legal process. To assist legal teams with this data review process artificial intelligence platforms can be used. In addition, intelligent machines can be used to assess decisions made by judges, to work out how case law is set and what the decision of a particular judge is likely to be. According to a review by Forbes, the use of machines to assess legal cases can reduce the hundreds of hours required to trawl through case notes considerably.

As with many other services, the legal profession is undergoing digital transformation. Established firms are facing competition from aggressive start-ups running digital only platforms. This disruption is requiring legacy firms to adapt. Adaption is not only necessary to remain competitive in terms of offering alternative channels, the use of digital technology can also assist with the amount of work involved with the legal process. The spotlight here is with machine learning, and three new and innovative technologies are discussed.