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Ian Daly, Lecturer in Brain-Computer Interfaces, University of Essex

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Could neurotechnology make lawyers smarter workers - What They Never Told You

Barristers may be set to swap their wigs for electroencephalograms. DC Studio/Shutterstock

Cognitively enhanced lawyers may one day work in our courts. A recent report from The Law Society of England and Wales suggests the rapidly advancing field of neural technology could create “digitally enhanced” super-lawyers capable of focusing more keenly or accessing case law via an implant.

The report is broad and far-reaching, describing some of the most recent advances in neural technology. It also sets out many of the ways that neural technology could affect the practice and enforcement of law in the future.

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