alternative resources specialists to improve efficiency for our clients, facilitate new resourcing models and lower costs.Highly agile and scalable resourcing also means increased flexibility for clients.Ms Patterson says technological developments within Allens allow its lawyers to spend more time on high-level work that requires expertise and judgment, rather than repetitive, lower-level work which she notes can be performed by AI and analytics technologies such as predictive coding, machine learning, predictive analytics and expert systems.This also means greater room for experimentation, she adds.Overall, Ms Patterson notes that one major benefit technology provides to the legal profession is the opportunity for new, exciting career prospects to flourish.At Allens, we have a multidisciplinary team of 50 legal technologists, project managers and alternative law specialists, she says.This includes 12 team members with dual law and tech degrees, who are uniquely positioned to understand both sides of the coin and advise on how and where technology can best be applied across a matter to benefit the client.Overcoming obstaclesWith all these proven benefits, why are some firms still hesitant to adopt new technologies?According to Ms Patterson, it all comes down to the legal profession being risk-averse, by nature and by training.The legal sector has traditionally been slow to embrace technological change. However, the rapid advancement of technology and renewed focus on innovation in the business sector [have] ramped up law firms interest in innovation, she says.Separating the hype from the reality around newer technologies such as AI and blockchain can be a challenge.This sentiment is echoed by Mr Adler, who says there is often some resistance to change within the legal profession.One way to combat this, he says, is to use case studies to show employees the effectiveness of technology.By focusing on particular practice areas first where the benefits were most obvious we were able to create some quick wins to demonstrate the value of adoption, he says.Our challenge today is quite the opposite. With adoption rates increasing rapidly, in some areas it has become difficult to keep up with demand a good problem to have!Because of the traditional nature of law, Ms Mahoney says one challenge that remains is getting people to voice their ideas surrounding technologies and the potential positive impacts they could have on the firm.For some it could take time to feel confident to put your idea out there and hope your colleagues love it, she says.To encourage high participation, we use time as a constraint to create urgency. We build the requirements each time as we watch our participants engagement levels with the ideas and the product.Familiarity and creative confidence build over time. Fabulous ideas are talked about, creating a groundswell of doing things differently or trying something new.Plausible predictionsIts not easy to crystal ball-gaze when it comes to technological developments. After all, the idea of a touch-screen phone that allows users to see each other from opposite ends of the globe would have once seemed ridiculous.As we all know by now, technology often has the element of surprise, and with that comes its ability to disrupt the status quo.For legal professionals, this