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A new survey of people working across the legal sector in a variety of roles has found that over half use WhatsApp and just over a quarter use Slack for work purposes – indicating that at least some lawyers may be moving away from sole reliance on email for text-based communications.
The survey by flexible resourcing group, Obelisk Support, asked more than 2,000 people, covering lawyers and other roles across the industry, a range of questions about their tech use, including what tools they used to communicate at work. 38% of the survey sample were classed as ‘Other’, which meant working in support roles, as well as trainee lawyers who were not qualified yet. Also, just under a quarter of the sample were signed up to Obelisk Support as flexible lawyers.
That said, the results are still indicative of some broader patterns across the industry – see table below. Moreover, the responses were specifically in relation to the question: ‘What do you use for work?’ I.e. not generally and for social use.
