What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You: Technology Competence in the Time of COVID-19

Last fall, I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at Relativity Fest entitled “Why Lawyers SHOULD Be Luddites.” It was a lively discussion about whether lawyers should be luddites, whether robots would be taking attorney jobs, should attorneys learn to code, and how to future-proof yourself. Opinions were split but what struck me the most was that a majority - if not all – of the attendees wanted to learn how to future-proof themselves. Somewhat speaking to the choir, the panel discussed how attorneys could future-proof themselves and I began to wonder what my industry colleagues were doing to keep up with technology.