Technology in the Legal Sector

It’s safe to say that we are now firmly in 2018, and the first month of this year has been filled with brand new technology that will change the way we live our day to day lives. Not only has it changed the way we live our lives, it has also changed many different business sectors.

As technology advances at this rate, we should probably see what this means for the legal sector. Businesses around the world are adopting and investing in new technologies to effectively compete with the competition out there. Not only do they need to use this technology to compete with other companies, but customers increasingly want more engagement with technology across all business sectors. In this sense, the legal sector is quite behind, but it is quickly catching up.

According to SEO experts, voice search is expected to take over. With Siri and Alexa already setting the bar high, voice search is expected to account for 50% of online searches by 2020. You might be wondering how this could affect the legal industry. Since a quarter of all voice searches are for local information, people are likely to be looking for information on local attorneys. This means that law firms will need to ensure that their websites and online presence are tailored to be found in this way. Law firms will already be used to optimize your page for traditional searches, SEO for voice will be slightly different. It is worth finding out what the difference is and how you can prepare.

Law firms should also expect to get used to the idea of ​​automated technology. The Law Society has predicted that this type of technology will create more than 67,000 jobs in the legal sector by the year 2038. Although many people are concerned that this means losing their jobs, they need to remember the positive aspects of this. Machines can take on much of the legal work that often slows down law firm employees and thus makes them more efficient and better able to take on important work. The automation of services will help increase productivity and help law firms take on more and more work, without any additional stress on their employees. This means you should expect an increase in the number of cases law firms take on, as well as the number of cases they take on in an advisory capacity.

Virtual and augmented reality is fast becoming commonplace in many other sectors, but it’s a piece of technology that law firms don’t seem to have embraced yet. However, all this could change if the legal sector finally gets on board with this technology. Virtual and augmented reality is expected to be used to help with customer recruitment and engagement. Law firms are also expected to be able to use this type of technology to help with staff recruitment and training. It means that training sessions can be delivered via AR or VR and won’t take the employee out of the office for as long as training. This will help reduce costs and ensure people are fully and effectively trained.

SEO is changing all the time, and 2018 will see even more changes in this technology. Artificial intelligence or AI means that they can answer users’ search queries with just the first few words. This is known as predictive search and it already exists, but in 2018 this technology is expected to be more advanced and better able to guess what the user wanted to search for. This means that law firms can be left out of the competition before the user has had a chance to search for them.