They will leverage the exponential growth in computing power, artificial intelligence, pattern matching and reasoning engines to significantly augment what humans are capable of. As a general rule, in a digitally-leveraged world where excellence is the defining requirement for all the humans in the business, quality will always trump scale. As new legal tech solutions and alternative work models continue to emerge, the legal market is becoming increasingly competitive and is constantly evolving. Virtual Law Firms are growing very fast in numbers. The specialization of boutique law firms can create some stumbling blocks that full-service law firms don't have to face. Virtual Law Firms – in the past, many of the best-known Firms drew most of their talent from a small geographic area, often in competition with other leading Firms. It was a fascinating event that looked at the future of law firms in all their dimensions. Anduri: The law firms that are members of networks will be challenged by the advantages of scale enjoyed by international business law firms, the increasing importance of technology in meeting client demand for value, and the increasing client demand for improvements in client service. When certain aspects of an existing case stray from a boutique firm's niche although the case itself conforms, the firm generally has to bring in specialists to deal with that particular area. Michael Smets. 4. In their vision, future lawyers won’t “choose law firms based on old ways of establishing status… What is of interest to them is that the lawyer is considered an expert within the specific field of law and that the matter is handled in an efficient way by use of IT. The law firm of the future I think the law firms of the next five to ten years are going to be quite different from today. Once, routine tasks such as drafting contracts and analysing legal documents were often delegated to junior lawyers. A number of the trends we saw this past year will continue to shape the way we practice law in 2020. The most common way is during the process of document review. Most staff sat in traditional offices, where they saw clients, and worked full time. The Future Of The Law Firm Discussing the evolving practice. In short, it seems that the leading law firms of the future will be as large as they need to be in order to deliver their core suite of services, but no larger. The firm noticed some potential for greater cost savings in the future, but didn’t act on all of those opportunities right away. How law firms are currently benefitting from AI. So, how is AI transforming the everyday practice of law? By Joe Patrice. That really brought home how many of the features of law firms that we take for granted are coming under increasing pressure to change; anything from the nature of expertise to new career preferences of associates to the billable hour and professional ethics. The system grows more accurate over time, as it learns more about a