Spare a thought for law firm IT directors. They can see much further into the future than most lawyers; they endure sleepless nights worrying about the storage and security of big data; and they are typically fascinated by the potential of artificial intelligence to disrupt the traditional law firm business model.

But the broader challenge for many firms is less strategic and more immediate: getting their lawyers to adopt current technological changes and fully integrate new technologies into the daily processes of their working lives.