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22 Appeal: Rev. Current L. & L. Reform 45 (2017)
Legal Technology: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Practice

handle is hein.journals/appeal22 and id is 53 raw text is: APPEAL VOLUME 22 1 45 < ARTICLE LEGAL TECHNOLOGY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF LAW PRACTICE Mark McKamey* CITED: (2017) 22 Appeal 45 I. THE SECOND MACHINE AGE ...................................46 A. The Foundations, Impact, and Pace of Change......................... 46 B. Al in the Second M achine Age.....................................47 II. THE SECOND MACHINE AGE AND LAW PRACTICE................ 48 A. Drivers of Change in the Legal Market...............................48 B. The New Division of Labour and Moravec's Paradox .................... 49 C. New Roles for Legal Professionals...................................50 III. CAUTIONARY VIEWS ON TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIMISM AND THE IMPACT OF LEGAL TECHNOLOGY ...................... 51 A. Internet-centrism and Solutionism .................................. 51 B. Constraints on the Adoption of Legal Technology ...................... 52 i. Technical Constraints.........................................52 ii. Econom ic Constraints........................................54 iii. Cultural Constraints .........................................55 CO N CLU SIO N ....................................................57 Mark McKamey is an articled student in his hometown of Powell River, B.C. He graduated with a J.D. from the University of Victoria and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Calgary. This paper was originally prepared for a Supervised Research and Writing course in the fall of 2015. Mark owes many thanks to Jerry McHale, who supervised the paper and whose compassion and insight continually inspire.