Teaching about digital, technological or computer law, as it is called in different latitudes, in the 90s was something that was expected to come, but it was not taught in law schools. However, today, law schools have seen the need to teach more about it, and are worrying to show the world about this not new legal branch, if not a necessary subject in the legal science student’s portfolio.
But what about the lawyer who is not millennial, much less centennials ?, or does not belong to any generation, which is not yet born. We are terrified to think how to face the changes? How should we face our role? To do this, I must begin by saying that the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, as it is also called, is putting us face to face with all the sciences and in itself with the whole world, and legal sciences were not going to be the exception, since it is in constant transformation. Advocacy does not escape it, we must evolve and adapt to new realities; with the dynamics that this new stage entails in which our lives pass and the daily work of those who profess this career.
That is why the legal coroner cannot live behind the backs of technology, because it has been shaping a new modality of relations between citizens, companies and institutions through the evolution of recent times. And who plays a more than important role in this technological revolution is the innovation that has allowed this evolution to continue without problems. New technologies have helped professionals to challenge the limits of time and space to meet the needs of the sector.
The lawyer begins his training with a saying: “Lawyer who does not study, is every day less lawyer.” Eduardo Couture, author of the well-known “Decalogue of the lawyer”, was not wrong to say so. Therefore, it is appropriate to say that the lawyer who does not apply science becomes less and less a lawyer. We are obliged to continue studying throughout life, so as not to get stuck and be agents of change.
Law adaptable to the future
The role of the legal coroner was not going to stop either. Faced with the 4th Industrial Revolution that beset us, the lawyer must be prepared to understand that if the law does not adapt to the future, the future can eat it. In the past, as in the present, we live surrounded by legal situations, and in the future, although we do not know, they will continue to exist. In this new era, the Law cannot wait for modifications from now on, in all areas.
The lawyer of the present has to know how to apply a digital contract or face the “know how” of the internet of things. It must, therefore, know about the successive tract in computer matters, how the consumer reacts to a mass act through electronic commerce, react to a computer crime, as well as apply Habeas Data. The lawyer must prepare to learn about the Block Chain and change its traditional way of working to programs that allow it to handle information at the distance of a click.
Our role and attitude towards the digital age is decisive, we must be very attentive when understanding legal informatics to take the necessary measures and gradually leave the paper culture. Everything is as we say, a matter of order. I am excited to think that the “digital lawyer”, as many authors call the lawyer of the future, can come to present his customary allegations in front of an online court. In fact, El Salvador is already making and modifying laws to adapt them to the computer world.
Teaching about digital, technological or computer law, as it is called in different latitudes, in the 90s was something that was expected to come, but it was not taught in law schools. However, today, law schools have seen the need to teach more about it, and are worrying to show the world about this not new legal branch, if not a necessary subject in the legal science student’s portfolio.
But what about the lawyer who is not millennial, much less centennials ?, or does not belong to any generation, which is not yet born. We are terrified to think how to face the changes? How should we face our role? To do this, I must begin by saying that the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, as it is also called, is putting us face to face with all the sciences and in itself with the whole world, and legal sciences were not going to be the exception, since it is in constant transformation. Advocacy does not escape it, we must evolve and adapt to new realities; with the dynamics that this new stage entails in which our lives pass and the daily work of those who profess this career.
That is why the legal coroner cannot live behind the backs of technology, because it has been shaping a new modality of relations between citizens, companies and institutions through the evolution of recent times. And who plays a more than important role in this technological revolution is the innovation that has allowed this evolution to continue without problems. New technologies have helped professionals to challenge the limits of time and space to meet the needs of the sector.
The lawyer begins his training with a saying: “Lawyer who does not study, is every day less lawyer.” Eduardo Couture, author of the well-known “Decalogue of the lawyer”, was not wrong to say so. Therefore, it is appropriate to say that the lawyer who does not apply science becomes less and less a lawyer. We are obliged to continue studying throughout life, so as not to get stuck and be agents of change.
Law adaptable to the future
The role of the legal coroner was not going to stop either. Faced with the 4th Industrial Revolution that beset us, the lawyer must be prepared to understand that if the law does not adapt to the future, the future can eat it. In the past, as in the present, we live surrounded by legal situations, and in the future, although we do not know, they will continue to exist. In this new era, the Law cannot wait for modifications from now on, in all areas.
The lawyer of the present has to know how to apply a digital contract or face the “know how” of the internet of things. It must, therefore, know about the successive tract in computer matters, how the consumer reacts to a mass act through electronic commerce, react to a computer crime, as well as apply Habeas Data. The lawyer must prepare to learn about the Block Chain and change its traditional way of working to programs that allow it to handle information at the distance of a click.
Our role and attitude towards the digital age is decisive, we must be very attentive when understanding legal informatics to take the necessary measures and gradually leave the paper culture. Everything is as we say, a matter of order. I am excited to think that the “digital lawyer”, as many authors call the lawyer of the future, can come to present his customary allegations in front of an online court. In fact, El Salvador is already making and modifying laws to adapt them to the computer world.