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30 September 2016 / Roger Smith
Issue: 7716 / Categories: Opinion , Legal services , Profession
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The MoJ could learn some lessons from Canada & the US when considering the future of legal services, says Roger Smith

WiredJustice was the title of a conference held in September just north of Toronto by Legal Aid Ontario for the Canadian Association of Legal Aid Plans. Transforming our Justice System is the title of a paper recently issued by our Ministry of Justice. Report on the Future of Legal Services in the United States covers what you would expect and is a product of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Commission on the Future of Legal Services published in August. Together, these three publications indicate a step up in the pace of change in relation to technology and the law around the world.

WiredJustice

The WiredJustice conference had two particularly interesting features. The first was its form. It is the first conference at which I have spoken where virtual contributors outnumbered those physically present. Since the venue was a particularly pleasant resort hotel on a lake, this was a bit of a shame for the ten people who got to present remotely. However, what

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