Is Professional Knowledge FALLING APART? | Julian Webb | This Multidisciplinary Life: EP 6

Julian is a Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, teaching in the areas of legal ethics, civil procedure, and regulatory theory.–Episode 6 of This Multidisciplinary Life features a second conversation—the first being back in Episode 2—with Professor Julian Webb from the University of Melbourne. It’s another brain-bending and thoroughly eye-opening conversation, discussing Mirko Nordegraaf’s idea of connective professionalism. Sarah and Julian chat through traditional professional boundaries and how they’re designed to ‘protect turf’ rather than facilitate openness and collaboration—a dynamic which will change as we move towards a more multidisciplinary future. Episode 6 also covers some of the significant knock-on effects that will occur as a biproduct of this change. The idea of ‘professional knowledge’ will be de- and re-constructed, changing the ways we produce, retain, and use information. Sarah and Julian also discuss the key pitfalls and things to protect against as AI and generative technologies become more prevalent. Lastly, they run through the most important skills to develop in the ‘lawyer-as-cyborg’ era, as we become increasingly reliant on technology in the not-too-distant future.