The Legal Profession in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the DTU-Watson Project

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The Legal Profession in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the DTU-Watson Project. / Caserta, Salvatore; Thumand, Michael.

In: Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift, Vol. 168, No. 1, 2021, p. 51-64.

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Caserta, S & Thumand, M 2021, 'The Legal Profession in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the DTU-Watson Project', Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift, vol. 168, no. 1, pp. 51-64.

APA

Caserta, S., & Thumand, M. (2021). The Legal Profession in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the DTU-Watson Project. Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift, 168(1), 51-64.

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Caserta S, Thumand M. The Legal Profession in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the DTU-Watson Project. Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 2021;168(1):51-64.

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Caserta, Salvatore ; Thumand, Michael. / The Legal Profession in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the DTU-Watson Project. In: Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 2021 ; Vol. 168, No. 1. pp. 51-64.

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