Review of Data-Driven Law

With today’s post, Review of Data-Driven Law, we welcome Colin S. Levy as a Contributor to Dialogue on Remaking Law Firms. Hailing from Boston, Colin adds to the ranks of corporate counsel in our line-up. Review of Data-Driven Law commends a new book to lawyers who need / want to understand how ‘numerical analysis in the practice of law can result in lasting and meaningful outcomes’.

The one with the board game

In The one with the board game Brian Inkster makes a welcome return to Dialogue on Remaking Law Firms reporting on a recent conference on a topics that’s not all that common today, the human elements involved in running a law practice. With all the tech buzz, one may be forgiven for forgetting that law is still first and foremost a people business. Thank you Brian!  

Remaking News of the Week: It’s a two-way street

Today’s Remaking News of the Week: It’s a two-way street reports an American Lawyer story by Dan Packel published on November 8, 2018 headlined It’s a Two-Way Street From Big Law to the Big Four.

Why everyone should read Legal Upheaval

Today’s headline on Dialogue, Why everyone should read Legal Upheaval, is a rhetorical statement emphasising my message and challenging readers to take action.

Michele DeStefano wrote Legal Upheaval: A Guide to Creativity, Collaboration and Innovation in Law to inspire practising lawyers to innovate, irrespective of how comfortable and successful they feel. In this she succeeds admirably. Here’s why…  

Remaking News of the Week: Women founders

We are regularly reminded of the same dismal facts about the lack of anything near gender equality in BigLaw firms the world over. Some ‘name’ firms still have fewer than 10% of women in their equity ranks and, to my knowledge, no large law firm has anywhere close to 50%.

The commonly cited reasons include subconscious gender bias and family-unfriendly policies and practices. Or perhaps as today’s Remaking News of the Week feature shows women are finding other ways: Women-Owned Law Firms Surge Amid Gender Disparity in the Profession was published on 9 October 2018 in The NewYork Law Journal.

Remaking News of the Week: What lawyers learn from Deep Blue

We all know IBM’s Deep Blue computer narrowly defeated Garry Kasparov in 1997, having lost the first match a year earlier.

Then in 2015 Google’s DeepMind triumphed in the AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol match. 

Now comes the story of AI defeating not one, but 20, corporate lawyers: 20 top lawyers were beaten by legal AI.

Yes, you can tell a roomful of millionaires their business model is wrong

David Maister is credited with rhetorically asking “How do you tell a roomful of millionaires they are wrong?”. Well now Mark Cohen reports he’s found a receptive room of lawyers in Singapore.