Lawyers and soybeans

Larry Ribstein —  29 September 2011

Nice article in Slate on technology’s effect on law practice featuring computational law guru Dan Katz.

Some wag contributed this quote:

In Illinois, where I live, you see vast stretches of unoccupied land—because you no longer need people to farm the corn and soybeans that we grow around here. When I look at soybean fields now, I think of lawyers.

This refers to traditional lawyers, not the legal experts who are prepared to work in and create products for the new legal information industry.

Larry Ribstein

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Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law

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