‘Legal Services’ are whatever buyers need to solve business challenges

In ‘Legal Services’ are whatever buyers need to solve business challenges Mark Cohen points out that legacy definitions what constitutes a ‘legal service’, who the client is, and who provides the service constrain our thinking and retard innovation by those invested in traditional paradigms. It’s in the interests of the whole ecosystem that we all revise old thinking (including words and symbols) and adopt new ways to meet the challenges of better, faster, cheaper service to clients and access to justice.

Remaking News of the Week: New LawTech hub in Melbourne

Remaking News of the Week: New LawTech hub in Melbourne features the latest LawTech addition to Melbourne, the Lander & Rogers Hub in partnership with YBF  Ventures.

Melbourne is making steady progress as tech cluster in professional services with CorrsEdge, Neota Logic, and startups like Xakia, Dazy Chain, Plexus Anika Legal and Josef, among many others leading the way.

The ‘Modern Law Firm’ – A Fresh Perspective

The ‘Modern Law Firm’ – A Fresh Perspective is based on my recent conversation with Alastair Morrison, a Pinsent Masons with a penchant for client-centric legal services innovation.

The real value of innovation is not shiny objects

Remaking News of the Week: Axiom’s IPO

Remaking News of the Week features Axiom’s intention to float in the US which was first reported on February 19, 2019.

Fundamental Technologies Shaping Legal Services

Fundamental Technologies Shaping Legal Services is a fully-online subject in the ground-breaking Master in Legal Business offered by the College of Law in Australia.

Early enrolments have come from Tel Aviv, London, Cape Town, Glasgow, Auckland and all parts of Australia, reflecting the global appeal of the subject and the online delivery platform.

Ron Friedmann critiques report on Alternative Legal Service Providers

Hard on the heels of Heather Suttie’s No Alternatives Anymore post on Dialogue, Ron Friedmann critiques the recent Georgetown report on Alternative Legal Service Providers 2019.

Perhaps influenced by the subtitle, “Fast Growth, Expanding Use and Increasing Opportunity”, the many articles covering it suggested the findings portend trouble for law firms. I read the report differently.