Uberizing the Legal Profession? Lawyer Autonomy and Status in the Digital Legal Market

Yao, Yao

doi:10.1111/bjir.12485

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“…Unlike the Uber driver, the police officer using a predictive app has no immediate financial transaction with the citizens they serve, the officer is not an independent contractor working for a private company, and the officer is not able to sign in or out of their app to being or end their work. Accordingly the uberizing of policing refers mostly to the use of smartphones and algorithms to geographically guide and task police patrols, a less radical transformation as is described in literature on the uberizing of transportation, law, healthcare and labour more generally (Khan 2016, Rosenblat and Stark 2016, Chen et al 2019, Yao 2019. Despite the limitations of using the Uber analogy, many participants made similar claims that predictive policing amounted to the creation of Uber-style and software-instructed police work.…”

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The ‘uberization of policing’? How police negotiate and operationalise predictive policing technology

Sandhu

Fussey

2020

Policing and Society

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Predictive policing generally refers to police work that utilises strategies, algorithmic technologies, and big data to generate near-future predictions about the people and places deemed likely to be involved in or experience crime. Claimed benefits of predictive policing centre on the technology's ability to enable pre-emptive police work by automating police decisions. The goal is that officers will rely on computer software and smartphone applications to instruct them about where and who to police just as Uber drivers rely on similar technologies to instruct them about where to pick up passengers. Unfortunately, little is known about the experiences of the in-field users of predictive technologies. This article helps fill this gap by addressing the under researched area of how police officers engage with predictive technologies. As such, data is presented that outlines the findings of a qualitative study with UK police organisations involved in designing and trialing predictive policing software. Research findings show that many police officers have a detailed awareness of the limitations of predictive technologies, specifically those brought about by errors and biases in input data. This awareness has led many officers to develop a sceptical attitude towards predictive technologies and, in a few cases, these officers have expressed a reluctance to use predictive technologies. Based on these findings, this paper argues that claims about predictive software's ability to neutralise the subjectivity of police work overlooks the ongoing struggles of the police officer to assert their agency and mediate the extent to which predictions will be trusted and utilised.

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Section: The 'Uberization' Of Police Patrolsmentioning

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The ‘uberization of policing’? How police negotiate and operationalise predictive policing technology

Sandhu

Fussey

2020

Policing and Society

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“…Moreover, only those female lawyers who are blood relatives of established lawyers get the chance to excel in their careers. The female lawyers who become the victim of patriarchy could be very beneficial for the legal and constitutional environment of the country (Yao 2020).…”

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Gender Disparity in Judicial System of Pakistan: Attitude and Practices of Lawyers

Imran¹

2022

JLSS

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Gender discrimination is prevailing in the legal profession all over the globe. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the attitude and practices of lawyers towards gender disparity and the factors responsible for this menace in the judicial system of Pakistan. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted. A five-point Likert scale was employed for measuring the response of each participant. The SPSS (version 21) and the Microsoft office (version 2013) were utilized for data analysis. Descriptive statistics like mean, median, and percentages along with regression analysis were used to present the data. Many participants agreed with the statement “The greatest significant issue affecting woman is considered to be sexual harassment” (84.2%). Most of the participants remained neutral in response to the statement “I value every one of my coworkers, acquaintances, professors, and family members at same amount, nevertheless of their sex specification or appearance” (84.2%). Factors like male gender, having 30-40 years of age, and practicing in civil and high courts for 5 years in the field of criminal law are associated with gender discrimination in the legal profession. The participants showed neutral attitudes and practices towards gender discrimination.

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“…The occupational sector level has only been indirectly addressed in the contingent work literature, except for two recent studies showing that lawyers experience lower professional status when working on online labor platforms (Yao, 2020) and photographers experienced that platforms undercut their professional status (McDonald et al, 2021). The indirect role of occupational sector has been addressed by, for example, several studies that examined career experiences of food delivery riders and taxi drivers (Duggan et al, 2021;Ravenelle, 2019) and freelance workers in the IT and creative sectors (e.g.…”

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Toward a sustainable career perspective on contingent work: a critical review and a research agenda

Retkowsky

Nijs

Akkermans

et al. 2022

CDI

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the contingent work field and to advocate a sustainable career perspective on contingent work.Design/methodology/approachAdopting a broader review approach allowed to synthesize the contingent work literature across contingent work types (temporary agency work, gig work and freelance work) and develop a sustainable career perspective on contingent work. The authors searched for empirical, conceptual and review articles published from 2008 to December 2021. In total, the authors included 208 articles.FindingsThe authors advocate a sustainable career perspective that allows for organizing and synthesizing the fragmented contingent work literature. Adopting a sustainable career perspective enables to study contingent work from a dynamic perspective transcending one single organization.Originality/valueThe field is suffering from fragmentation and most importantly from an oversight of how contingent work experiences play a role in a persons’ career. This paper addresses this problem by adopting a sustainable career perspective on contingent work.

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Uberizing the Legal Profession? Lawyer Autonomy and Status in the Digital Legal Market

Cited by 28 publications

References 50 publications

The ‘uberization of policing’? How police negotiate and operationalise predictive policing technology

The ‘uberization of policing’? How police negotiate and operationalise predictive policing technology

Gender Disparity in Judicial System of Pakistan: Attitude and Practices of Lawyers

Toward a sustainable career perspective on contingent work: a critical review and a research agenda

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