The changing international legal landscape and new opportunities for young lawyers View(s):On the legal profession, a popular quotation is from Dick the butcher in William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Legal institutions and lawyers form the ultimate bulwark against tyrannical rule. The international legal landscape has not remained static during the past three or four decades. Technology has been the single most influential factor that has changed the international legal landscape. In some ways, future lawyers will be ‘returning to basics’ and performing only those tasks that they are uniquely trained to do. Introductory lectures will also be offered on a variety of subjects such as competition law; international arbitration; letters of credit; project finance; environmental law; international joint ventures; health law; insurance law; privatization of public service functions; intellectual property law; technology law; international contracts; international agency and distribution agreements; international taxation; issues in international litigation; and, international capital markets.

Source: Sunday Times April 27, 2019 20:00 UTC