The Legal Ecosystem: A Look at Tension Points for an Industry in Turmoil (Part 1)
It should come as no surprise that many practicing lawyers are unaware of the seismic changes happening across the legal industry all around them. It’s [...]
The Legal Ecosystem: The Regulators and the Do’ers (Part 2)
There are two members of the legal ecosystem that are fascinating to study together — industry associations and regulators — because they have such opposing [...]
The Legal Ecosystem: Law Schools Are Catching Up with the Times (Part 3)
One can say the entire legal ecosystem is a complicated riddle of chicken and egg. Where is the beginning of this interrelated set of influencing [...]
The Legal Ecosystem: Law Firms — In Defense of the Institutions (Part 4)
The most discussed player of the legal ecosystem is likely the law firm. In many cases, the law firm is attacked for its lack of [...]
The Legal Ecosystem: Alternative Providers are not Alternative Anymore (Part 5)
There are plenty of legal press and trade publications that review the status of alternative legal service providers, their growing revenues, and the evolution of [...]
The Legal Ecosystem: The Big 4 Are Not a Threat. They Are a Reality (Part 6)
There has been a significant amount of well thought out articles in the legal press on the topic of the entry of “Big 4” accounting [...]
The Legal Ecosystem: Legal Tech’s Impact on Legal — Contracting & Beyond (Part 7)
There is no denying the fact that technology has been driving efficiencies as a core component of the practice of law for some time. Since [...]
When I grow up I wanna be a Chief Legal Strategist.
Well, that is not exactly what I used to say when I was a kid. But had I known such a thing existed, that would [...]
Will the Practice of Law Ever be the Same? (I Hope Not!)
The entire legal ecosystem is feeling the changes coming our way. Every aspect of legal practice is being tested and stretched beyond the average lawyer's [...]
Moving Legal Operations from the Back Office into the Front
A chapter in the book Building the Law Department of the Future, this article considers how to have the same success legal operations is having [...]