Legal technology : the new face of legal practice : Polish perspective

This chapter discusses practical applications of emerging technologies in the context of legal services. The newly established legal technology (legal tech) industry is based on the application of IT services in the legal sector, radically changing the current nature of the lawyer's work. Importantly, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the digitization of individual processes and fundamental aspects of lawyers' work, contributing to the development of legal tech. The first part contains definitions and descriptions of the term ‘legal technology' and some related ones, pointing out to the context of the relationship between dynamic technological development, the use of artificial intelligence, and the practice of the profession. The following sections describe the research on the current legal tech scene in Poland, based on integrative literature review. Then follows an analysis of the collected material, looking for the industry's map and an analysis of its specification