How Is Legal Tech Changing The Field Of Law?

Legal tech is one of the hottest issues in our sector. Wenger Vieli adapted to this trend early on and believes it offers great opportunities for the further development of legal services of outstanding quality.

When Wenger Vieli was founded, the most important technical devices were the typewriter, the dictation machine, and the telephone. That situation has fundamentally changed in only 50 years. Typewriters and dictation machines have almost entirely disappeared, and even the telephone is being pushed aside by videoconferencing.

A lawyer's most important tool these days is a computer with Internet access. Legal research is done by inputting search terms in online databases that sort the re- sults by relevance. Legislative texts, which are amended sooner and more frequently these days, are retrieved online, guaranteeing that the most recent version is consulted. Letters from lawyers, legal briefs, and memoranda are drafted on the computer and often transmitted