In 2019, most lawyers would agree that technology is essential to the practice of law. After all, it’s a different world than it was at the turn of the century. Lawyers are now required to understand eDiscovery, and e-filing is now being mandated in many jurisdictions. This e-filing mandate is causing lawyers to digitize their law firm’s documents, and as a result more firms are moving towards a paperless law office, or, at the very least, offices with less paper. Because of the past decade’s rapid technological advancements, the comments to ABA Model Rule 1.1 were revised a few years ago to require lawyers to maintain technology competence, and 36 jurisdictions across the country have now adopted that same concept into their rules of professional conduct. Read More
