{"id":1022,"date":"2017-09-18T20:17:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T00:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/?p=476426"},"modified":"2017-09-18T20:17:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T00:17:54","slug":"understanding-the-duty-of-legal-technology-competence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2017\/09\/18\/understanding-the-duty-of-legal-technology-competence\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The Duty Of Legal Technology Competence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-466252 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/200141_43632922.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"218\" \/>It\u2019s been five years since the ABA created an ethical duty of technology competence. In the years since, a majority of states have adopted this duty, yet most lawyers still have little understanding of the scope of this duty and what it means for the day-to-day practice of law. Courts and ethics panels have provided little guidance, and many lawyers still lack basic competence in legal technology. On October 11, ATL and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xo9jAj\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exterro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will present a webinar for the relatively tech-savvy lawyer who strives to meet and exceed his duty of competence and is interested in the ever-evolving implications of the duty as it relates to actual practice, with a particular focus on eDiscovery. Webinar moderator <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fn5CpW\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bob Ambrogi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be joined by expert panelists to do the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore the boundaries of the duty of technology competence;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provide an understanding of the history and purpose of the duty;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore the practical impact of the duty of competence on the practice of law; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discuss the interplay between the duty of competence and eDiscovery issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Time: October 11 at 1 p.m. EST<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Register for this free informative webinar below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid grey\"><iframe border=\"0\" class=\"shortcode_iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/go.pardot.com\/l\/43312\/2017-09-05\/74fj6j\" width=\"80%\"height=\"1300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">Don&#8217;t miss it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":589,"featured_media":467711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[44,157,230,304,51,7,52],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sponsored-content","category-technology","tag-bob-ambrogi","tag-e-discovery","tag-exterro","tag-legal-ethics","tag-sponsored-content","tag-technology","tag-webinars"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - 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