Impact of Technology and Innovation on the Wellbeing of the Legal Profession

Michael Legg is Professor of Law and the Director of the Law Society of New South Wales Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession (FLIP) research stream at UNSW. Prue Vines is Professor of Law and Associate Dean (Education) and Co-Director of the Private Law Research and Policy Group at UNSW Law. Janet Chan is Professor at UNSW Law and leader of the Data Justice research stream at the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation.

• Part I. Introduction. Chapter 1. The Changing Field of Lawyering and its Impact on Practice and Wellbeing (p. 1) Part II. Change, Stress and Wellbeing. Chapter 2. Student Attitudes to Legal Education: Revisiting the Pointers to Depression and Anxiety? (p. 29) Chapter 3. The Paradox of Satisfaction and Distress Among Lawyers: Implications for a Changing Field (p. 57) Chapter 4. Stress, Bullying and Harassment in the Legal Profession: A Risky Business (p. 77) Chapter 5. Public Sector Lawyering Stress and Wellbeing: Neoliberalism at Work? (p. 105) Chapter 6. Law Teachers Speak Out: What do Law Schools Need to Change? (p. 131) Part III. Technology, Innovation and the Structure of Legal Practice. Chapter 7. Behavioural Legal Ethics and Attorney Wellbeing in Contemporary Practice (p. 153) Chapter 8. Is 'Uberisation' the Path to Lawyer Wellbeing? (p. 177) Chapter 9. Do Law Firm Structures Matter? Incorporated Legal Practices and the Health and Wellbeing of Lawyers (p. 199) Chapter 10. Artificial Intelligence and Lawyer Wellbeing (p. 239) Chapter 11. Lawyers' Fee Arrangements and their Wellbeing (p. 267) Part IV. Conclusion. Chapter 12. Reflections on the UK Experience of Legal Academic Wellbeing and the Legal Professions: Moving Across Silos (p. 311)

'In sum, [this book] constitutes a meaningful and valuable contribution to the field of the sociology of the legal profession in the digital era.' -- Salvatore Caserta, Sydney Law Review, 2021.