The General Counsel Revolution

The General Counsel Revolution is the subtitle of The Future of the In-house Lawyer: The General Counsel Revolution, edited by Richard Tapp and published earlier this year by the Law Society in London. This book’s significance lies in its timing, breadth of coverage and demonstration of the now indisputable, permanent power of in-house lawyers in the legal services supply chain.

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Posted by on Nov 21, 2016 in Book review, Clients, Legal services ecosystem | 0 comments

Acceleration in the pace of change

Acceleration in the pace of change was the theme earlier this month at the Law Firm Leaders Forum in NYC. Ralph Baxter, Chairman of the Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute (which sponsored the Forum), opened a panel discussion with pithy observations and opinion. I paraphrase; the full text is here. 

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Posted by on Oct 20, 2016 in BigLaw firms, NewLaw business models | 0 comments

One of the last bastions of the old world

In his review of Remaking Law Firms in the Journal of the Law Society of New South Wales, Justin Moses refers to the traditional law firm as ‘one of the last bastions of the old world’. Read what the Head of Knowledge & Development: Compliance, Legal & Secretariat at the Westpac Banking Corporation has to say.

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Posted by on Aug 30, 2016 in Remaking Law Firms book | 0 comments

ABA honours Remaking Law Firms with three major reviews

On its ShopABA page, the ABA honours Remaking Law Firms: Why & How with three major reviews, one from each of the UK, Spain and the US. Read why Barry Wilkinson, Dr Eva Bruch and Bruce MacEwen commend Remaking Law Firms to law firm leaders.

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Posted by on Aug 30, 2016 in Book review, Remaking Law Firms book | 0 comments

How BigLaw and NewLaw are entering the vernacular

Stories in today’s Lawyers Weekly are a pointer to how the terms BigLaw and NewLaw are entering the vernacular. Coined as neologisms to capture the essence of two types of business model for the delivery of legal services, BigLaw and NewLaw are becoming entrenched, at least in some parts of the ecosystem.

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Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Business models, NewLaw business models | 1 comment