Survive Law and The Legal Forecast have teamed up to provide law students with bite-sized, easy-to-understand explainers on the latest law-tech and legal innovation hot topics. Were you one of those lawyers or students who felt an obligation to ‘catch ‘em all’ in 2016 through the mobile phone app Pokémon Go? You are not alone as the game attracted millions of players around the world. The app uses augmented reality (AR) adding a layer of Pokémon on to the real picture gener
Will technological innovation save us from climate change or do we need policy and the law? Climate change is the most pervasive threat facing humanity today. Unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced dramatically, global temperature rise will have severe and irreversible impacts on communities and ecosystems, as well as the economy, trade, defence, food security and health. Carbon-intensive technologies and practices must be phased out rapidly. The global average surface
There aren't many of us who haven't imagined ourselves delivering an inspiring closing address worthy of Atticus Finch at the close of a flashy criminal trial. But whichever way you lean, defence or prosecution, there's not doubt that as tomorrow's aspiring criminal lawyers, cyber-crime will become part and parcel of your job. And to cover you on all the basics and more, LexisNexis has put together a comprehensive guide to cyber-crime that covers leading international instrum
With technology beginning to take over, it’s a question of whether to embrace it, or continue without. While we all know that going paperless can speed up tasks, particularly where administration is concerned, there are a number of concerns that are raised in the ongoing use of technology. The legal profession in particular has more than usual to account for, with the use of technology beginning to replace confidential files, and even written contracts in some cases. So while