Heck, that's a good goal for a philosophy class. The dullness and abstraction of the deans' discussion brought home to me how distant the concerns of legal academia were from the problems of those in the field. Thinking in Teams Those working with technology are among the people most focussed on the future. Of course, problems arise. It was the mind-set of attorneys.
Modern technology requires and rewards sharing work, ideas and support.
But legal training and the structure of many legal work places are antithetical to cooperation and collaboration. Although many people form small study groups in law school, because that was what Harvard students did in the movie 1L , there is little other teamwork involved in law school. Indeed, one of Bartlit Beck's former summer associates, Max Grant, says that one of the most rewarding things he remembers from the firm was the collaborative aspect of the firm's training. Technology, in some ways, is the opposite of law. One of the things he likes best about technology is its collaborative aspect.