What would an integrated development environment for law look like?
Back to news archiveIntegrated development environments (IDEs) have long been used by computer programmers as a way to improve efficiencies, reduce mistakes, and standardize outputs. In the latest release of the MIT Computational Law Report, Michael Jeffery provides an overview of the ways that IDEs could improve the practice of legal drafting.
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