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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.During this panel discussion and debate, the panel members will discuss current issues in the legal profession including the challenges created by the global pandemic on the profession, access to justice, managing the challenges of technology with self-represented litigants and the erosion of oral advocacy during the pandemic. (LSO Accreditation Criteria 2.1, 2.14, 3.15 and 3.17, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3)
Guy Pratte of BLG LLP shared his thoughts on the Future of Advocacy and, in particular, emphasized the continued importance of oral advocacy. He encouraged lawyers to continue to rely on written advocacy, but being persuasive, and looking people in the eye, would still be essential skills of advocates in the future.