Survey: how can the legal profession effectively respond to emerging technology?

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We are seeking opinions and knowledge on the risks and opportunities of emerging digital technologies in legal practice.

If you're a lawyer working in Australia, you can complete our anonymous 20-minute survey until 20 September 2023.

Access the survey here: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/m8vs

Our research project New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies aims to build capacity within the legal profession to effectively respond to the challenges of emerging technology.

Many technologies have advanced dramatically in the past decade, and many will advance beyond our expectations.

This rapid growth of technology is not only creating many new technology-related disputes but also changing the nature of disputes. IP disputes, for example, have expanded from website domain name disputes to include trade secret, copyright, and patent validity and infringement disputes.

To keep up with the pace of change, lawyers are expanding their skills beyond law to deliver to clients to better suit their needs.

This survey aims to fill the gaps by identifying the challenges and proposing essential skills and knowledge required for lawyers in responding to emerging digital technologies and technology-related disputes

The survey is expected to take approximately 20 minutes to complete and we will maintain anonymity for all participants. It is open for responses until 20 September 2023.

Access the survey here: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/m8vs

This project is supported by the Menzies Foundation under the Ninian Stephen Law Program and is being conducted by the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE) at the University of Melbourne. Human Ethics ID 23726

Queries: Prof. Tim Miller at  or Dr. Fahimeh Abedi at .