Legal Innovation

Canadian In-House Counsel Embrace Law Blogs

Looking to have your insight and commentary reach in-house counsel in Canada? Looking to improve the chances you’ll get hired by those same in-house counsel?…

Kevin O'Keefe June 15, 2015

State and Local Governments: Unlikely Supporters of ODR

Innovation often takes place in waves, and the strongest, most prevalent one of our generation is without a doubt that of communication, specifically the Internet.…

Loic Coutelier June 11, 2015

Q&A Interview: Law Firms Need to be Pushed by Clients to Embrace Cybersecurity, says Segway’s Shariati

At the Legal Executive Institute’s 5th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum, held last week in New York, law firm leaders, corporate counsels and cybersecurity experts…

Behrooz Shariati June 10, 2015

Enemies at the Gate: The Threat to Law Firm Data Security

The Legal Executive Institute’s 5th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum in New York last week was devoted entirely to cybersecurity—and for good reason. The risk…

Ralph Baxter June 09, 2015

Auditable Contracts: Moving from Literary Prose to Machine Code

With the rise of contract analytics, there is a growing interest in—or at least awareness of—computable contracts. This post will seek to explain the concept,…

Kingsley Martin June 04, 2015

The AmLaw Data Is In: What Does It Tell Us?

The American Lawyer magazine completed its survey of America’s 200 highest grossing law firms this week. So, what can we glean from this year’s annual…

Ralph Baxter June 02, 2015

Web Trends 2015: Responsiveness, Group-Think and Seeking a Competitive Edge Online

For the last three years, I have been a judge for the Web Awards and each year the judges get together in advance to compare notes. This…

Burkey Belser May 28, 2015

The Trouble with Lawyers: Looking Inward at the Legal Profession

Everyone interested in improving the profession of law should read Deborah Rhode’s latest book, The Trouble with Lawyers (Oxford Press, June 2015). Ms. Rhode is an…

Ralph Baxter May 27, 2015

Top 10 e-Discovery Trends in the U.S. in 2015

The overarching theme for 2015 in e-discovery will be continuity. It is highly unlikely that the market will develop game-changing, net-new e-discovery innovation, but—as is…

Edward Sohn May 21, 2015

Altman Weil Report Shows Link between Strategic Shifts and Firm Performance

The annual Law Firms In Transition report from Altman Weil is always a good barometer for what's eating, ailing or tormenting the law firms of…

David Curle May 20, 2015

Stop Calling Legal Service Professionals “Non-Lawyers”

It is time to stop using the term “non-lawyer” to refer to everyone who works in legal service who has not passed the bar exam.…

Ralph Baxter May 19, 2015

ABA Summit: Growing Consensus on Need for Change, New Models and More Practitioners

Last week I wrote about the proceedings of the ABA’s National Summit on Innovation in Legal Services. Today I will address the substance. It is…

Ralph Baxter May 12, 2015