Lawyer Monthly - October 2021 Edition

document creation. The decisive factor here is the completely different way of dealing with the vast amounts of correspondence: the platform and its users do not work directly with this bulk, but with structured data, which is surprisingly easy. This is because every piece of correspondence is converted into essential core information and then into data. This, in turn, allows work steps to be automated and project-specific workflows to be established and maintains an overview of the overall project. Another new feature is that clients can access the platform directly and therefore benefit from complete transparency – a wish that comes up more and more often in large-scale projects. And because key figures mean everything in mass proceedings, reports are generated in real time. Since we are also receiving enquiries from other countries, JUNE now has to become multilingual. This is an item on our roadmap. modular. JUNE can be expanded. JUNE grows continuously. JUNE even allows the integration of third-party tools. We are therefore catering to the current trend of cloud-based technology – not static old-school software, but rather a dynamic linking of diverse applications under one roof. For us, JUNE is the digital tool par excellence for handling mass proceedings and other large projects in law firms, legal departments or public authorities. Mass proceedings and litigation are on the rise, but, as I mentioned at the beginning, they generate an enormous amount of time and effort - and often only for a modest fee. Does this mean that JUNE takes on the typical tasks of a lawyer? Not quite, but almost. JUNE is absolutely data-driven and thus takes over essential work steps, from digitisation and data capture to file management, deadline management and automated Could JUNE also be offered to companies with no legal background? Yes, absolutely. The word about the operational advantages of JUNE has now spread outside the legal sector. Insurance companies and public authorities are becoming interested in accessing the system. Recurring processes are not an exclusive legal phenomenon. Here, you need only provide precise information on the operational process during onboarding; the logic behind it remains the same. In light of this fast- paced technological development, would you say that the job profile of the traditional lawyer could one day become obsolete? No, I do not think so. A machine will not be able to take over the specific way we lawyers think in the foreseeable future. In any case, we should not try to remove the link between human and legal expertise. Where ethical principles do not play a direct role, the machine must help to simply facilitate and accelerate work steps. It serves to ease the workload, but should certainly never be given a final decision on complex legal issues. The legal expertise will always remain with the lawyer, and that is a good thing. A machine will not be able to take over the specific way we lawyers think in the foreseeable future. WWW.LAWYER-MONTHLY.COM | OCT 2021 54 EXPERT INSIGHT