No-code application platforms provide lawyers with building elements to create their own applications tailored to their specific automation and digital workflow needs.[5]<\/a> Low-code software, a predecessor to no-code, is \u201cvisual-focused software… targeted towards developers… for those skilled in programming to program faster.\u201d[6]<\/a> Low-code is often discussed alongside no-code as an answer for simplifying software delivery for legal services.[7]<\/a> However, low code is solely focused on the software developer, which requires the legal provider to outsource costly IT integration and adhere to rigid perimeters once the software is implemented.[8]<\/a> Conversely, no-code software is centered on lawyers as builders and eliminates the need for the lawyers to have any programming knowledge to build their applications.[9]<\/a> Operationally, no-code features \u201cvisual building such as drag and drop tools, (allowing) lawyers to manipulate pre-built blocks of code to handcraft technological solutions while the platform auto-generates the code in the background.\u201d[10]<\/a> Typical no-code applications involve automating intake procedures, auditing compliance, automating document and contract creation review and management, providing automatic business flow updates, tracking financial metrics, and automated performance review processes.[11]<\/a> Additionally, no-code eliminates the expensive, complex, and time-intensive process of having software developers build specific code for particular business needs.[12]<\/a> A significant benefit to no-code software is that it allows lawyers to prototype their applications, update as needed, and scale to meet their clients\u2019 needs.[13]<\/a><\/p>\n BRYTER, a leading no-code service automation platform, provides \u201cthe backend capability of a powerful corporate solution with a more user-friendly, intuitive design, so all users have access… allow(ing) users in the organization to start creating digital tools themselves and have them published and enterprise-ready\u201d.[14]<\/a> Their approach lets lawyers build their own digital applications in only a matter of weeks to manage their specific business needs while providing the capacity to build software on top as complexity requires.[15]<\/a> Legal OS, another no-code platform, creates digital knowledge graphs \u201cto be used to build legal service products, generate documents, embed compliance, or automate processes through the open-source Legal\u00a0OS automation platform.\u201d[16]<\/a> No-code companies appeal to enterprises to allow their employees to become \u201ccitizen coders\u201d and build their apps to increase workplace efficiency.[17]<\/a><\/p>\n The pandemic has broadened the acceptance of the role of technology in the effective delivery of legal services.[18]<\/a> Despite expense cuts, law firms increased their technology spending by 7.1% during the 12-month period through November 2021.[19]<\/a> As the delivery of legal services evolves with client and employee demands, no-code software stands apart as readily available technology to provide adaptable and cost-effective solutions in the delivery of legal services.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [1]<\/a> Thomas Reuters Institute, 2022 Report on State of the Legal Market 1, 23-24 (2021).<\/p>\n [2]<\/a> CLIO, LEGAL TRENDS REPORT, 44 (2021).<\/p>\n [3]<\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n [4]<\/a> Olga Mack, Preparing for the No-Code and Low-Code Age of Law, <\/em>Bloomberg Law (May 24, 2021), https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/preparing-for-the-no-code-and-low-code-age-of-law.<\/p>\n [5]<\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n [6]<\/a> What is no-code, <\/em>BRYTER, https:\/\/bryter.com\/trends\/what-is-no-code\/.<\/p>\n [7]<\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n [8]<\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n [9]<\/a> Mack, supra <\/em>note 4.<\/p>\n [10]<\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n [11]<\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n [12]<\/a> Steven Lerner, Push For Attys To Code Loses Steam In No-Code World, Law 360 pulse (Aug 13, 2021), https:\/\/www.law360.com\/pulse\/articles\/1412598\/push-for-attys-to-code-loses-steam-in-no-code-world.<\/p>\n [13]<\/a> BRYTER, No-code for Law Firms 28 (2021).<\/p>\n [14]<\/a> Id. <\/em>at 14.<\/p>\n [15]<\/a> Id. <\/em><\/p>\n [16]<\/a> Legal OS (2021), https:\/\/www.legalos.io\/.<\/p>\n [17]<\/a> No-code for law firms, supra <\/em>note 13, at 14.<\/p>\n [18]<\/a> See generally <\/em>Legal Trends Report, supra <\/em>note 2.<\/p>\n
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