Legal Innovation

Corporate Counsel Should Drive Innovation

Last week, I addressed lawyers and law firms, with a message about their interaction with clients. This week, I address the leaders of corporate law…

Ralph Baxter April 07, 2015

Client-Centric Data Analysis, Part I

Large law firms recognize the importance of client focus. To relate to clients, these firms work to understand their clients’ business and industry. Yet, for…

Dr. Evan Parker April 06, 2015

Legal Tech 2.0: The World We Live in Now

How exactly will technology change the way legal service is delivered? Nearly everyone in law accepts that great change is underway, and that it is…

Ralph Baxter March 24, 2015

The Path to Adoption of New Tools and Methods

The progress of one of the great hopes for advancing legal service has been slower than I expected. I’m referring to the “new entrants” to…

Ralph Baxter March 03, 2015

Video: Firms Should Redesign How They Deliver Legal Services, Says Bradley Arant’s Murdock

John E. Murdock III, Partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, talks to LEI Chairman Ralph Baxter about redesigning legal service delivery. http://youtu.be/DHtwOMflpK8?list=PLg-Lm-KP2_HcQPU-2qc_5WkzRsE7pA2FF  

John Murdock III March 02, 2015

New Study Shows What Your Corporate Clients are Worried About

Law firms and their leaders are usually willing to gaze into any crystal ball to divine what their clients are thinking, and more importantly, determine…

Gregg Wirth February 23, 2015

Upcoming LEI/Stanford Emerging Legal Tech Forum to Focus on How Tech Will Alter Delivery of Legal Service

We have an important new program coming up on April 9 in New York: The Emerging Legal Technology Forum. The one-day Forum is designed for…

Ralph Baxter February 17, 2015

IBM Watson Might Transform the Practice of Law. Will it Fix Law Itself, Too?

It happened recently as I was looking at demonstrations of two very interesting new technology-based companies that help automate due diligence processes. eBrevia and Diligence…

David Curle February 09, 2015

Law Firm Leaders Will Face Challenge of Moving Firms into Shifting Future

This week, I want to share some suggestions on law firm leadership. I do so because I believe leadership, or the absence of it, will…

Ralph Baxter February 03, 2015

Q&A Interview: The Coming Year Will Be One of Industry Change, Says AdamSmith’s MacEwen

Bruce MacEwen, President of Adam Smith, Esq., which provides management consulting services on the business and economics of law firms, spoke with Legal Executive Institute…

Bruce MacEwen January 13, 2015

A New Year and a Fresh Perspective

A new year always provides a fresh perspective—a context for measuring progress or other movement. We are entering a new period that we all recognize…

Ralph Baxter January 06, 2015

Advisory Suggests Pace of Change is Impacting Law Firms’ Bottom Line Now

I just read the most recent, and excellent, Client Advisory published by Hildebrandt Consulting LLC and Citibank. It contains several observations suggesting that the trends…

Ralph Baxter December 16, 2014