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What Law Firms Can Learn From Amazon and Wayne Gretzky
Amazon’s shares have doubled during the past year in a flat market. Good news for Amazon shareholders, but what-you might be wondering-does this have to do with the legal vertical? Lots. Law firms-and...
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Around The World, It’s ‘Hola, Dentons!’
Dentons is the Donald Trump of the legal vertical. The firm is brash, bigger-than-life, and something entirely different. It receives a disproportionate amount of press because it is always doing...
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A Holiday Wish List for the Legal Vertical
It’s that time of year again when gifts are exchanged and returned; resolutions are made and quickly breached; and hopes for the future abound- so long as one stays away from the news and social media....
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What’s A Lawyer?
With the legal delivery system experiencing disruption, it is fair to ask: “What’s a lawyer?” While legal practice-what lawyers do-may not have changed much over the past few decades, the delivery of...
View ArticleLaw School and the Legal Marketplace
Mark Cohen, founder and CEO of Legal Mosaic, talks with Lee Pacchia about legal education and the legal marketplace. Cohen notes “You can’t consider law schools without considering the legal market...
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What’s a Quality Law Firm?
Justice Potter Stewart’s celebrated “I know it when I see it” obscenity test also applies to law firm quality. No one can quite say what it is, but most attorneys and clients claim to know it when they...
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Law and Advertising: What’s The Message?
It has been forty years since the United States Supreme Court upheld the right of lawyers to advertise in Bates v State Bar of Arizona. The rationale for this seminal case is as significant- and...
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The Rise of Lawyer 2.0
The future of lawyers is a hot topic these days. Some suggest that technology- especially the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)- will render many obsolete. Others point to the incursion of other...
View ArticleCorporate Law Departments: Symptom or Cause of Cracks in the Partnership Model?
A spate of recent data confirms all but an elite group of law firms are experiencing an unprecedented existential challenge. And while profit-per-partner (PPP) remains high even outside that small band...
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The Model for Law Firms Looking to Improve Client Relations
Most people — especially lawyers — would not imagine that a legal technology company’s focus is on customer satisfaction. After all, aren’t those companies, so the thinking goes, bent on replacing...
View ArticleHas the Legal Services Deck Been Reshuffled?
Ever watch card players shuffle the deck? The purpose, of course, is to rearrange the cards for a new game. It’s a “reboot.” And it’s entertaining. Is that what we are seeing with legal delivery: a...
View ArticleWill U.S. Lawyers Regulate Themselves Into Diminished Relevance?
The Brits may be anachronistic when it comes to barrister attire, but they are certainly progressive in legal regulation. And while the U.S. courtroom attire might be a bit more contemporary, the...
View ArticleVoice of Change
With no more brass rings to strive for, what will motivate innovative young lawyers to spend their prime years in a traditional firm environment? Dorota Turlejski launched Uplawed, an estate law...
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Perspective: Why Lawyers Should Think About the Sharing Economy
Love it or loathe it, we are living in the age of the sharing economy. Long-standing vertical leaders have fallen like dominoes. They have been marginalized by new, tech-enabled entrants that deliver...
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Perspective: More Turbulence Ahead for Big Law?
I was having breakfast the other day with a friend who is the managing partner of an AmLaw 100 firm (remember when “AmLaw 200” was the standard?). Before becoming a lawyer, he was a Navy bomber pilot....
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Perspective: The Opposition to ABA Law Connect Was About Lawyer...
Monica Bay’s recent article “Rocket Lawyer CEO on the Quick Demise of ABA Pilot Program” in this publication warrants another take. The author interviewed Charley Moore, the Founder and CEO of Rocket...
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Perspective: What Kirkland Departures Signal About Law Firm Branding
It’s hardly news when law firms merge, dissolve, or announce office openings or closings. So too has it become routine when big-name partners lateral from one large firm to another or take the boutique...
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Perspective: Are Law Firms Just Like Other Vendors?
I recently spoke at a Legal Procurement conference where the topic was “Managing Relationships.” My takeaway: providers want to know how to close business and buyers want more for less – and know they...
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The Future Keeps Happening To Legal Services
Google’s self-driven car recently collided with a city bus. It was the fender bender heard round the world. Why? Automation’s mishap was a momentary reprise — and great relief for millions — from its...
View ArticleDLA Piper and Lawyers on Demand Expand Partnership to Australia | Business of...
DLA Piper has been developing a new hybrid legal service business model with Lawyers On Demand in the UK, and this month Piper has expanded the model into Australia. Mark Cohen sits down with Lee to...
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