Oregon State Bar Bulletin — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015

Science fiction’s vision of a computer-controlled future appears to have become a reality, leaving many to wonder if in our own digital age we are changing our brains as a species. What’s more, the intellectual functions we seem be sacrificing — sustained, linear thought; the ability to follow an argument — are the ones that typify the traditional practice of law. Writer and lawyer Jennie Bricker explores the implications of the modern age upon the practice of law.