Anna Simmonds is a barrister and Head of Commercial at Sparqa Legal, a digital law service with a mission to make the law more accessible and effective for businesses and individuals, from the same minds behind FromCounsel, the online legal resource trusted by top global law firms.
Barristers, it’s time to consider how we meld tried and trusted tradition with lawtech innovation. The future volume of work, and the legal market’s willingness to pay for it, could be in the balance, writes Anna Simmonds
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