Traditional law has paved a trail of stagnation, but now that AI and ALSPs have broken into the industry, suddenly nothing is certain. My research on the NewLaw industry unraveled the two biggest sectors of Alternative Legal Service Providers; LPOs and Alternative Staffing Providers. Together, the two sectors cater perfectly to the legal market; one arm focuses on completing menial legal labour with cost effective outsourcing, and the other arm focuses on insourcing experienced legal talent for projects that necessitate expertise in a certain area. Soon though, these two arms will become one fully functioning limb, homogenizing the industry to achieve versatility and supersede the benefits of turning to a traditional law firm. It seems masochistic to abide by TradLaw standards when law firms and in-house counsels finally have the option to automate tasks or outsource/insource various legal work. We are seeing the tide of the legal-sphere turn, and I've made certain predictions as to who will stay afloat, and who won't.

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Dr George Beaton is a partner in beaton and a senior fellow in Melbourne Law School, Australia. His published works include NewLaw New Rules – A Conversation About the Future of the Legal Services Industry (2013) and Remaking Law Firms: Why & How (2016). You have been a pioneer in research into NewLaw, what place does technology have in NewLaw? Is it central to its development? Just 18 months ago when I wrote Fresh thinking on the evolving BigLaw–NewLaw taxonomy little mention was made of the role of technology in NewLaw or BigLaw business model firms.

Aparna Bundro, Business Development and Communications specialist and former lawyer, comments on whether AI robots may be the next inflection point in the legal industry after NewLaw, and considers the extent to which law firms will be inclined to invest in AI robots. As evolutionary beings, we are constantly looking for ways to extend ourselves, to rewire and upscale our abilities, and artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a big part of our modern reality, and what some call trans-humanism. Whether AI brings to mind Kubrick, the Internet of Things or Smartapps, the applications of the technology are endless. But what does this mean for lawyers? But for the tech-savvy maverick practitioners, who welcome the opportunity to'change lanes' every once in a while, AI in a legal universe can bring more opportunities than threats.