There are exciting times for the legal profession and those firms with strong, passionate and committed firm leaders will emerge as the most
successful law firms of the future.
Each of us had a rather different viewpoint, perspective, and forecast, so readers should read these terrific posts: Stuart's What Will
Law Firms of the Future Look Like?
As we settle in to 2015, and with the recent passing of the LegalTech show in New York City, I've begun thinking about
what law firms of the future may look like.
The collection, curation, dissemination, and application of knowledge will lie at the heart of profitably
efficient law firms of the future, and they are the stewards of that knowledge.
The two discussed how in - house lawyers and legal operations professionals can improve the efficiency of how they deliver support and advice to business partners, what
successful law firms of the future will look like, when legal professionals are using information effectively, and his advice for lawyers entering the profession, among other topics.
So what better way to spring BigLaw attorneys from all of the doom and gloom than to appeal to their competitive instincts with a contest that challenges them to create
a law firm of the future?
Ron Friedmann, in his posting on Designing
the Law Firm of the Future also looked at the issue of proper design in addressing the client experience.
The law firm of the future teams have presented their ideas demonstrating the right mix of emerging tools & strategies.
In fact, we've already shared our opinions that
law firms of the future will be software companies and that an Uber - like, legal platform model will ultimately be what saves the legal industry.
But technology is undeniably the future, and in fact,
law firms of the future will probably be software companies.
This is good news, and here's why: law firms that can deliver value through competitive advantage are
the law firms of the future — and leveraging library services is integral to that value.
Millennials looking to prosper and innovate will look for like - minded colleagues who are willing to share their vision of
the law firm of the future.
So what will
the law firm of the future look like?
Those products are only built for
the law firms of the future if you think the law firms of the future are just the law firms of today with a few upgrades.
So are
the law firms of the future just law firms as we know them, but with a few new tech - enabled tools?
In May, I had an opportunity to join the Law Firm Marketing and Business Development Leadership Forum * in New York, where I led a roundtable on the role of lawyering technology in marketing
the law firm of the future.
It may not be obvious to some law firm marketers that a law firm's practice technology is going to play a critical role in marketing
the law firm of the future.
Legal Tech is here and will become a key factor for
the law firms of the future.
What will
the law firm of the future look like?
Little has been written about the role of Legal IT Professionals in
the law firm of the future.
Central to Joe's work has been his vision for
the law firm of the future, which includes Dentons» growth, integration and reinvention.
The law firm of the future looks a lot like Paradigm Counsel now, with no billable hour requirement and the flexibility to work from any location as long as the client needs are being met.
What should
the law firm of the future look like?
What does
the law firm of the future look like?
This is why the «key trait that lawyers and
law firms of the future will need is flexibility.»
Last week, we opened a conversation about
the law firm of the future.
So, once liberated, what should
the law firm of the future look like?
Law firms of the future will increasingly need people to do this to their own internal processes.
I think
the law firms of the future are those that provide quality legal services at reasonable costs, whatever the size of the firm may be.
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the law firm of the future into your law practice today.
The piece assesses the big forces impacting the legal industry and considers how these could shape
the law firm of the future.
We believe that
the law firm of the future will be a tech company.
From business services functions manned by a single person to sophisticated teams driving firm - wide and often global objectives, business services professionals are now key to shaping
the law firms of the future.
This article is a follow - up to a major section in our recent article Non-Lawyers: A Critical Success Factor for
the Law Firm of the Future.
Avoiding Extinction makes the case for how
the law firm of the future will succeed, with a laser - like focus on delivering high - quality legal services better, faster, and cheaper.
Because of these concerns,
the law firms of the future are likely to:
Lawyers» career satisfaction and work - life balance will also be important in
the law firm of the future.
Last month I shared an infographic on what
the law firm of the future might look like.
As a Partner at PwC Zurich and Leader of PwC Legal Switzerlan, he and his team are building
the law firm of the future.