2018 Prediction – Lawyers Must Change How They Work
My 2018 prediction for the legal market is as much edict as prediction: lawyers must change how they work. [A similar version of this prediction was published on 15 December…
Evolving Law Firm Staffing – Analysts at Chapman Cutler
I have long thought that law firms should hire smart, recent college graduates to whom lawyers can delegate some work. Chapman and Cutler has done so. I describe here the…
Document Assembly in the Real World (Live #ArkKM)
I am attending the 13th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession conference in NYC, hosted by Ark Group. This is a live post of the session Faster, Better, Cheaper, Smarter and…
The State of Legal AI – a Q&A
What is the current state of legal AI (artificial intelligence) – the Q&A below has my views. [Baretz + Brunelle, an agency supporting Bloomberg Law asked these questions in August,…
Is the Pressure Building on Big Law?
I’ve complained that too many commentators predict Big Law disruption. With Big Law surviving the 2008-10 economic crisis largely intact and profits continuing to grow, it’s hard to see the…
Intriguing New Legal Services Innovation Index
Last week, Prof. Dan Linna of Michigan State University College of Law and his students released and intriguing new Innovation Catalog and Law Firm Innovation Index, jointly titled the Legal Services…
The Growing Importance of Tech-Enabled Law Practice
We can now make a very strong case for the growing importance of tech-enabled law practice. Of course, all law firms and law departments have technology. But mere infrastructure no…
Law Firm Profitability + Service Delivery: What the Altman Weil Survey Says
Law firm management needs to think more about their clients. Right now, they expend more energy on boosting profitability with inward measures than they do on client service. That cannot…
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