Our favourite links from around the web to kick off your weekend.
This week's roundup includes: 12 Peer Predictions: 2018 State of the e-Discovery Union, Everything You Need to Know About the Security of Voice-Activated Smart Speakers, New lawyer-finding app takes a cue from Tinder and more...
- McGill Panel Explores the Future of Legal Education
"Dean Leckey asked the panellists what’s needed to be a successful lawyer. The consensus was that both practical training as well as diversity are important: diversity in one’s personal and educational background and in the sexual and racial makeup of the profession." (via canadianlawyermag.com)
- 12 Peer Predictions: 2018 State of the e-Discovery Union
"What are your fellow e-discovery practitioners watching for in the coming year and how will they prepare?" (via relativity.com/blog)
- The Millennial Lawyer: A Roadmap to Inspiring the Next Generation of Attorneys
"In law firms across the U.S., the term “ Millennial ” can sometimes be cringe-inducing. Partners lament the job-hopping ways of promising young associates and grow frustrated when their attempts to motivate young attorneys seemingly backfire." (via lawtechnologytoday.org)
- Microsoft Announces Plans to Nearly Phase Out Billable Hour
"Microsoft has quietly unveiled new parameters for its outside counsel, and, in an effort to step away from the billable hour, announced it hopes to shift 90 percent of its legal work into alternative fee arrangements within two years." (via biglawbusiness.com)
- Everything You Need to Know About the Security of Voice-Activated Smart Speakers
"...while they make life easier in some ways, could voice-activated smart speakers also be endangering people’s privacy and online security? The range of activities that can be carried out by these speakers means that a hacker, or even just a mischief-minded friend or neighbor, could cause havoc if they gained access." (via symantec.com/blogs)
- How to Handle a Cyber Crisis
"In a crisis – cyber or not – the people reporting to you will keep you in the dark, as opposed to coming clean if there’s going to be some pain." (via itworldcanada.com)
- Robot judges? Edmonton Research Crafting Artificial Intelligence For Courts
"The latest project is new artificial intelligence software that could weigh contradicting legal evidence, rule on cases and predict the outcomes of future trials." (via cbc.ca)
- Swipe right for legal advice? New lawyer-finding app takes a cue from Tinder
"Unless you have very specific taste in romantic partners, the words “Tinder” and “lawyer” are unlikely to go together as an immediate word association. A new app hopes to change that, though." (via digitaltrends.com)
- Why Women “Don’t Write” Business Books, Plus 10 Good Business Books Written by Women
"If you want to hone your business and leadership skills, books are essential. There are good and bad books out there, of course. But it’s hard not to notice that the list of good business books written by women is quite short...Why is this? Here are my hypotheses" (via lawyerist.com)
