Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing will transform all sectors of the economy, including the legal profession. But technology has dramatically impacted lawyers before. In my new book, Lawyer 3.0: A Guide to Next-Wave Lawyering, I show how technologies of the late 19th century spurred the emergence of a new “version” of the profession, but one that was largely inaccessible to too many consumers.

Today, new technologies are creating an even newer version of the profession―Lawyer 3.0―that could be more affordable and effective than the one that currently exists. This book not only describes this phenomenon but shows how lawyers cannot just survive but thrive in this new reality.

I will provide an overview of the book with reactions from an array of remarkable experts in legal ethics and law practice technology: Renee Knake Jefferson
Professor of Law and the Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics, and Assistant Dean Outcomes, Assessments, and Strategies, University of Houston Law Center; Caitlin (Cat) Moon, Professor of Practice, Founding Co-Director, Vanderbilt AI Law Lab (VAILL) and, Co-Director, Program on Law and Innovation (PoLI), Vanderbilt Law School; and Sateesh Nori Attorney at Law and Chief Legal Futurist at LawDroid and Senior Research Fellow on AI and Access to Justice, New York University School of Law Center on Civil Justice.

This program qualifies for 1 CLE in the Ethics and Professionalism category for both experienced and non-experienced attorneys.

The program is being hosted by the Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and the Stein Center for Law and Ethics at the Fordham University School of Law.

The Maurice A. Dean School of Law at Hofstra University is certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an accredited provider of continuing legal education (CLE) in the state of New York. New York CLE credits are available to satisfy the mandatory, transitional/non-transitional requirements for attorneys attending the program. Lawyers admitted in jurisdictions other than New York should check with those jurisdictions to determine CLE requirements in their states.

The CLE is free, but registration is required. Please do so here.

For more information, email Freedman.Institute@hofstra.edu

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