b'The future of law In 1822, while George Allen was establishing his legalMany Allens clients are capitalising on technological firm in Australia, English mathematician, philosopher andinnovation, including Canva, with its online design tool inventor Charles Babbage was working on his Differencethat has over 75 million active users in over 190 countries. Engine, a complex calculating machine that is nowThe firm advised Canva through Allens Accelerate, the considered the worlds first computer.first dedicated startups and scaleups practice for a major Australian law firm. Allens is also working on the Today technology is enmeshed with the practice of law,deployment of cutting-edge technology in community both in the nature of the legal issues clients bring to thecontexts, including work with Justice Connect, a charity that firm and the legal tools used to help solve them. Since 2018uses artificial intelligencethe University of NSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law andto help vulnerable people gain legal assistance.Innovation (a partnership between Allens and UNSW) has been undertaking academic research into emerging areas ofThe firm continues to evolve alongside its startup, scaleup, technology affecting the law and legal practice; developmentsand longstanding clientsbanks developing new digital-such as artificial intelligence, cyber security, online platforms,first platforms, mining companies automating their the Internet of Things, blockchain, and green tech. processes, and clients embracing the twenty-first centurys pressing task of decarbonisation and energy transition. From Among the hubs current research is a review of theadvising the first bank in the young colony and assisting concepts of trust and trustworthiness in cyber security,to install the first gaslight on its streets, to working with one of the great challenges of the digital age. The hub iscompanies that are transforming how we live, Allens is also looking at the use of artificial intelligence in decision- privileged to play a role in these developments. making within governments, courts, corporations and society, including the design and implementation of legislation by automated systems. 245'