As law firms send their staffs to work from home and courts take their proceedings online, coronavirus has caused competence in technology to rise to a new level of urgency for the legal profession.

What are the implications of this for lawyers and firms? What will it mean for firms that lag in technology adoption?

That is the topic of my column this week at Above the Law: Coronavirus Could Be Tipping Point For Tech Competence In Law.

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Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.