What Makes Uber Tick, and What Lawyers Can Learn From It

What Makes Uber Tick, and What Lawyers Can Learn From It is written by Jordan Furlong and was originally published on Lawyerist.com on June 8th, 2016. It is reproduced on Dialogue, the blog of Remaking Law Firms: Why & How with permission from Sam Glover, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of  Lawyerist, and author Jordan Furlong.

I keep hearing people say that some innovation or other will become ‘Uber for law’. Personally, I have a hard time seeing it.

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AI and the New Business Model

Richard Tromans is the founder and principal of London-based TromansConsulting, serving law firms with strategic input through strategic intelligence, thought leadership reports and evidence-based strategic insights.

Yesterday Richard posted ‘AI and the New Business Model’ on LinkedIn. Read his post to understand why Richard believes an ‘AI whirlwind (is) hitting the current world of paralegals and junior associates‘. In my view, this ‘whirlwind’ will also hit increasingly senior lawyers in the future; it’s case of classic Christensen disruptive innovation.

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Client-led change – Toward a more perfect legal market

As ‘Toward a more perfect legal market‘ demonstrates, D. Casey Flaherty is fast becoming one of the most influential commentators on the trends in the BigLaw supply chain. Courtesy of Casey, this post is reproduced from the 3 Geeks and a Law Blog where it first appeared on May 9, 2016. Casey makes a cogent case for research into reducing information asymmetry and increasing transparency in the legal services supply chain.

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Today’s young lawyers are opting out of the Hunger Games

Compared to 1991 it seems today’s young lawyers are opting out of the Hunger Games. In that year Marc Galanter and Thomas Palay wrote Tournament of Lawyers positing that the success of the BigLaw business model depended in part on an incentivised ‘tournament’ for promotion. No more it seems.

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Remaking Law Firms: A perfect primer

It arrived in the mail yesterday, a perfect primer for those who are thinking about remaking their law firm. “It” is the The Clayton M. Christensen Reader, a 2016 treasure trove compilation of Christensen’s and co-authors’ writings that are as relevant to legal services as they are to music, taxis, postal services and every other industry.

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