Rethinking How Lawyers Work Post Crisis – 1
Last week I joined a virtual lunch hosted by Ari Kaplan (thanks Ari!). We discussed what the legal market might look like post crisis. I raised the idea that, in working from home and living through disruption, we should rethink how lawyers work, not merely...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
4 min read
Judicial System Failure – An Example (a Personal Story)
I share here my experience with a judicial system failure. I sued a manufacturer for breach of warranty in Virginia small claims court. On Friday, I won a default judgment. Now I have to figure out how to collect. My story illustrates our judicial system...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
8 min read
Big 4 vs Big Law Legal Talent
On Friday morning (1 November 2019) I Tweeted (screenshot): [The original LPO Are Disputing article cited in that Tweet is here. I dashed off this post in about 15 minutes on Sunday morning to inject into the Twitter conversation. Apologies if some context is not...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
2 min read
Getting Real about #LegalTech
In the last couple of years, I have written blog posts questioning the hype around legal artificial intelligence (AI) and legal innovation? Has the time come to focus on legal technology hype? I think so. In this post, I share some dynamic Twitter exchanges from...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
2 min read
Lessons for Lawyers from a Low Cost Indian Hospital
You may be surprised that a low cost hospital chain in India offers multiple lessons for lawyers. The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper (Business Week, 26 March 2019) explains how an already-low-cost operation can go even lower. That message may not be...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
5 min read
Partnering with Clients to Drive Practical Innovation (Live #ArkLib)
This is a live post of the session Partnering with Clients to Drive Practical Innovation at the Ark conference Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services (aka Ark Library). The presenters are Toby Brown, Chief Practice Management Officer, Perkins...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
6 min read
How Law Firms Should Prepare for the Future of Legal Services (HighQ SmartLaw Book Contribution)
HighQ, a UK-based software company serving the legal market, recently initiated a conversation about SmarltLaw. It started with a website earlier this year. This month, the company released a short e-book that asked 15 experts to answer the question “What do you believe lawyers and law firms need to do to...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
3 min read
The Coming Changes in How Lawyers Practice
In this century we have seen dramatic changes in the legal market. From a period of plenty, we moved to one of seeming scarcity. Many commentators suggest that the legal market has been, is being, or will be disrupted. I have a different point of...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
6 min read
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