ABA Journal: Legal Rebels
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The ABA Journal Legal Rebels Podcast features men and women who are remaking the legal profession and highlights the pioneers who are changing the way law is practiced and setting the standards that will guide the profession in the future.
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Apr 14, 2016 • 8min
Technology is 'breathtakingly positive,' says lawyer and writer Monica Bay
Lawyer and longtime journalist Monica Bay didn't let sexism or a technology-averse legal establishment keep her from breaking new ground.
"The baby boomer lawyers were so entrenched with the idea that 'only the girls touch anything with a keyboard' that they absolutely refused to do anything involving tech," Bay recalls. "They thought it was beneath them."
Now, Bay says, the profession has stepped away from thinking that technology is reserved for support staff, and beneath lawyers.
"If you don't learn tech," she says, "you are not going to be relevant anymore."
