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SUMMARY:IBA Bar breakfast hosted by the American Bar Association and the 
 East Africa Law Society: changes in the delivery of legal services
DESCRIPTION:The delivery of legal services continues to raise issues of r
 egulatory and professional conduct issues on the one hand\, and the need
  to address access to justice on the other. In legal systems across the 
 world\, in both common law and civil jurisdictions\, basic legal needs a
 re not being met. The so-called justice gap is not limited to the most n
 eedy\; surveys show that middle income and small business actors are als
 o attempting to represent themselves when proper legal advice would be a
 ppropriate. The panel\, including representatives of both common law and
  civil law jurisdictions\, will explore developments in this area\, part
 icularly in regard to cross-border practice\, where traditional forms of
  law firms are being challenged.\n\nIn addition\, the geometric advance 
 of artificial intelligence\, from advanced data aggregation and predicti
 ve services to the use of blockchain and smart contracts\, is seen by so
 me as an attempt to level the playing field and allow smaller firms to c
 ompete\, and by others as a threat to legal jobs and the province of mor
 e wealthy firms and companies. Complementing the extended programming on
  artificial intelligence at this conference\, the breakfast programme wi
 ll touch on these issues in the context of the broader question: are the
  traditional means of delivery of legal services sufficient and if not\,
  how far will we go before the old rules need to be changed?
LOCATION:Sala Adalberto\, Palazzo dei Congressi
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