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Keeping “Innovation” Meaningful
Early this week, law.com published a list of seven firms that its editors believe have “moved the needle on innovation in 2017.” The leading-edge advances highlighted in the article make for...
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Study Correlates Fixed Fees with an Entrepreneurial Approach to Practice
A 2016 study by LexisNexis, reviewed by Neil Rose in an article in the UK online publication Legal Futures, found that small firms (fewer than 20 fee-earners) that offered fixed-fee billing to clients...
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Nurture Effective Leadership Where You Need It the Most
I was pleased to contribute an article entitled “Stealth Discrimination: A Model for Choosing and Managing Your Leaders” to the December 2017 issue of Edge International Communique. I developed the...
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Change Can Be Easier than We Think
In my years as a managing partner, I believed that the most difficult challenge of a leader in a law firm was to inculcate change. This Harvard Business Review article – which indicates that such...
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“Legal Tech as a Service” (LTaaS): When? Now.
Artificial Lawyer reports that the global law firm Allen & Overy, always on the forefront of law-related technology, has just released three new “legal and RegTech” apps through its growing online...
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Three Tips for Better Time Management
Many of us probably assume that we could do a better job of managing our time if we only had the time to figure out how to put time-management strategies to work for us. Now Lolly Dascal, president and...
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Twelve Laws (Plus One!) for Law Firm Success
I was pleased to contribute an article entitled “Gerry Riskin’s Immutable Laws of Law Firm Success” to the February 2018 issue of Edge International Communique. There are twelve laws in all (plus a...
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Former NZ Solicitor General Creates Online Divorce Property-Splitting Platform
Michael Heron, QC, Creator of CODR. Image from stuff.co.nz. With an array of new legal apps and online services designed to address legal problems quickly and inexpensively, there is no doubt that we...
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Who would you have review your NDAs: A machine (AI) or a human?
Screen capture from Artificial Lawyer, Feb. 26, 2018. An article in Artificial Lawyer reports that a challenge that pitted 20 highly qualified lawyers against a LawGeex artificial intelligence...
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Time-limited discount: Tackling Partner Underperformance, Second Edition, by...
A special note to readers: My esteemed Edge International colleague Nick Jarrett-Kerr has arranged a substantial discount (effective only until March 28, 2018) for readers of Edge International...
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Blockchain Choice: Option A, have every lawyer in your firm read this;...
It is not charming to brag about one’s ignorance of technology. I’m sure you have heard some colleagues announce dismissively: “Technology is for young people. If I’m lucky, I will be able to retire...
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Managing Partner Forum Leadership Conference May 2-3 in Atlanta
I am honoured to have been invited once again to participate as a faculty member at the Managing Partner Forum Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, May 2-3, 2018. This year’s theme is “The Law...
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How to Speak So That People Want to Work with You
With our natural propensity as lawyers to jump to the negative, an excerpt from a new book entitled Impromptu: Leading in the Moment by Judith Humphrey may offer a good balancer. In “These 5 Speaking...
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Five Essential Articles: Depression and Substance Abuse among Lawyers
Rocket Matter has published a series of five excellent articles on depression and substance abuse among lawyers. They represent a valuable reminder that – given the competitive nature of our work, its...
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Artificial Intelligence in China’s Law Schools
A recent story in Legal Tech News indicates how seriously legal educators in China are investigating the potential effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on the practice of law. Until now, almost all...
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Device Allows Users to “Think” Search Requests to their Computers
The futurist Ray Kurzweil reports that, thanks to a new “intelligence-augmentation device” invented by an MIT research group, users can “‘speak silently’ with a computer by just thinking.” The device,...
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Leaders in Legal Business: 2018 Edition Now Available
I was recently pleased have been invited to submit a chapter on the subject of “Consulting and Advisory Services” to the legal industry, for the 2018 edition of Leaders in Legal Business. In it, I...
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Artificial Intelligence vs The Legal Profession: Can Both Survive?
Will artificial intelligence send lawyers the way of the Cryolophosaurus? In an article on the World Economic Forum’s publication Agenda, Paul Rawlinson – global chair at Baker McKenzie – explores a...
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Crowdsourcing Dispute Resolution on the Blockchain
An article in The Artificial Lawyer reports that Reuters Thomson has invited Kleros, a blockchain-based legal arbitration platform, to participate in its incubator program. The Kleros platform,...
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Slicing and Dicing the Demographics of Law-Firm Surveys
As my clients and those who have listened to my presentations are well aware, I am an avid proponent of the use of demographics as an analytic tool by law firms. I had the opportunity to expand on...
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