Legal Commentary

Designing The Nuclear Supercarrier Of The Future and The Practice Of Law

By Patrick J. Lamb

"Designing a nuclear powered aircraft carrier is a mindbendingly complex process."  I love that sentence--if only because of its understatement (and the use of "mindbendingly").  It is from a fascinating article at FastCompany.com, How Does The Navy Design The Nuclear Supercarrier Of The Future?  The answer, of course, is that one designs nuclear supercarriers with the help of virtual reality simulations.  It is crystal clear how this relates to the practice of law, right?

Not so clear?  Let me explain.

With every technological advancement, opportunities arise.  The article on supercarrier design discusses the change from the use of full-scale wooden models when the ships were last designed (a generation ago).  Wood models vs. virtual reality.  Change happens.  Sometimes its really big change.

When change happens in the real world, the legal world eventually catches up.  Can you imagine filing a brief that allows a judge to see in virtual reality what happened in the event at issue?  Can you imagine the ability to bring the parties together on the facts when you can see what transpired?  Maybe less lawsuits or quicker resolution.  Articles like the FastCompany supercarrier article have to be viewed as keys to unlock our imagination. 

Close your eyes.  Imagine.

Full post as published by In Search of Perfect Client Service on June 17, 2009 (boomark / email).