We also have the opportunity to redefine the nature and delivery of legal services and reinvent law practice. Katz concluded that, as more and more people learn the advantages of doing business via the Internet, the transformation of our economy will force the legal profession to redefine both the justice system and the very nature of how we deliver legal services. Many professional service firms are taking part in a trend that is rapidly becoming a strategic priority becoming an e-business. They are using interactive technologies and enhanced knowledge management practices to create more connected relationships with their clients, colleagues, and service providers. Our clients and other service industries are already using e-commerce tools much more aggressively than we are.
Lawyers have to catch up and assume our role in the digital frontier.
Global Culture Cyberspace begins in our own minds, where we can learn about and begin to understand the culture of cyberspace. A useful starting point is to accept that we have to think and act differently when we are in cyberspace. Any traveler will tell you to learn about the culture of the place you are visiting in order to fully enjoy your time there. Cyberspace has its own culture, and a coherent framework. In his book, Being Digital , Nicholas Negroponte, Founding Director of the MIT Media Lab, says that the key to understanding the Internet economy is to focus on the difference between bits and atoms.