Also a lawyer here, I think the biggest hurdle is MS Word. MS word is the defacto IDE of the law world. We spend most of our time in Word.
The drafting of documents won't be a problem with libre office. You can send a PDF to the client.
But working with other lawyers/parties could be a challenge. I am not certain how Libreoffice could handle a 500 page memo being worked by 50+ people including thousands of track changes/comments. I even stumble upon bugs in MS Word while working on such documents.
You also need a reliable compare tool to generate redlines.
Video conferencing is also important. You may access zoom/teams through web but it won't be as convenient as the desktop client.
For an independent lawyer / small-mid sized office, linux may work. But for large companies the tooling may not be there.
For example is there an easy way to clean metadata off of documents in Libreoffice, are there any compare tools, drafting assistants etc.?
And if you're doing any litigation, the e-signature systems (dongles) also need to work reliably.
The drafting of documents won't be a problem with libre office. You can send a PDF to the client.
But working with other lawyers/parties could be a challenge. I am not certain how Libreoffice could handle a 500 page memo being worked by 50+ people including thousands of track changes/comments. I even stumble upon bugs in MS Word while working on such documents.
You also need a reliable compare tool to generate redlines.
Video conferencing is also important. You may access zoom/teams through web but it won't be as convenient as the desktop client.
For an independent lawyer / small-mid sized office, linux may work. But for large companies the tooling may not be there.
For example is there an easy way to clean metadata off of documents in Libreoffice, are there any compare tools, drafting assistants etc.?
And if you're doing any litigation, the e-signature systems (dongles) also need to work reliably.