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   "text": "Legal Tech applications will soon perform most of the work junior lawyers do, and will do so without the human elements that produce imprecision, flaws, inaccuracies, potential lawsuits, and delay; junior legal professionals and support staff are therefore the first casualties.",
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   "text": "Junior legal professionals and legal support staff are the first casualties of the Legal Tech evolution, because applications will soon perform most junior lawyer work without the human elements that create imprecision, flaws, inaccuracies, possible lawsuits and delay.",
   "abstract": "Junior legal professionals and legal support staff are likely the first victims of the Legal Tech evolution.32 Legal Tech applications will be able to perform most of the junior lawyers' work soon without the human elements that create imprecision, flaws, inaccuracies, possible lawsuits, and delay.",
   "citation": "Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227967",
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