Why Legal System needs Super Lawyers? – Leading legal brains deliberate at JGLS annual conference

NEW DELHI, MARCH 12: Super lawyers are the need of the future. This view came out strongly at Lex Concurcus, the annual conference of Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) organized in New Delhi by its Office of Career Services.

Explaining the theme in his welcome speech, Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, O. P. Jindal Global University & Dean, JGLS said, “In this time of innovative technology and artificial intelligence, the future of the Indian Judiciary system lies on the hands of super lawyers”. He also encouraged budding lawyers present to broaden their spectrum as legal system now consists not only of classical lawyers, but legal entrepreneurs too, having corporate legal firms of their own.

The forum reflected on how the future of the legal system is shaping up through the impact of technology and innovations and what the budding lawyers need to do about it. Pavan Duggal, Founder, Pavan Duggal Associates & Head, Artificial Intelligence Law Hub expressed hope about the quantum jump the judiciary system will be taking in the next ten years. “With Artificial Intelligence (AI), block chain and Internet of Things (IoT) changing the world around, the judiciary is bound to evolve dramatically by 2030. And so will be the demand of service from lawyers. With all the information and technological support at hand, the client will already have the data analysis and insights. They would require lawyers to guide them through it and provide necessary support. Hence the future lawyers need to be super lawyers who will be analyst, broadcaster and lawyer, all rolled into one.” He remarked.

Badrinath Durvasula, Vice President & General Counsel, HCC Ltd defined ‘super lawyers’ as the ones who deliver what they commit, with perfection. Talking about the nature of the executive, legislature, judiciary and regulatory segments of the system, he advised “The would-be lawyers will now have to be ‘Jack of all as well as masters of all’ who can win through the survival of the fittest in this era of invention, innovation and realization.”

Prof. Anuranjan Sethi, Assistant Dean (Careers), JGLS said that Lex Concursus is an annual conference conceived to bring together new age legal practitioners and law students to contemplate over the future of legal practice in India.

The daylong conference was well attended by members of the judiciary, legal firms, advocates and legal experts.