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Managing Partners Say Their Lawyers Are Underperforming and Slow to Change
June 10, 2017
The leaders of Big Law firms in the US don’t seem to be very happy with recent changes — or lack thereof — in their...
June 10, 2017
The leaders of Big Law firms in the US don’t seem to be very happy with recent changes — or lack thereof — in their...
Ravel Law Unveils New Tool That Measures Law Firm Success
June 9, 2017
Ravel unveiled its Firm Analytics suite, which purports to rank law firms by case volume and winning percentages across practice...
June 9, 2017
Ravel unveiled its Firm Analytics suite, which purports to rank law firms by case volume and winning percentages across practice...
Law Firm Leaders Report Lawyer Oversupply and ‘Chronically Underperforming Lawyers’
June 4, 2017
Fifty-two percent of law firm leaders responding to Altman Weil’s Law Firms in Transition Survey (PDF) said their equity partners are not sufficiently busy. Sixty-two percent said nonequity partners are not busy enough, and 25 percent said associates don’t have enough work. A summary is here; Bloomberg Big Law Business and the Am Law Daily (sub. req.) have stories. Eighty-eight percent of the leaders said they have “chronically underperforming lawyers” at their firms. When asked why, 82 percent...
June 4, 2017
Fifty-two percent of law firm leaders responding to Altman Weil’s Law Firms in Transition Survey (PDF) said their equity partners are not sufficiently busy. Sixty-two percent said nonequity partners are not busy enough, and 25 percent said associates don’t have enough work. A summary is here; Bloomberg Big Law Business and the Am Law Daily (sub. req.) have stories. Eighty-eight percent of the leaders said they have “chronically underperforming lawyers” at their firms. When asked why, 82 percent...
Proposed ABA Model Rule Changes Address Social Media Advertising
June 3, 2017
Proposed amendments to the ABA Model Rules governing attorney advertising would embrace a "false and misleading" standard...
June 3, 2017
Proposed amendments to the ABA Model Rules governing attorney advertising would embrace a "false and misleading" standard...
IBM Says New Watson Tool Could Dramatically Reduce Outside Counsel Spend
May 27, 2017
A new tool using International Business Machines Corp.'s Watson, notorious for defeating its human competitors on "Jeopardy" in 2011, is hard at work for in-house legal departments with the goal of significantly reducing outside counsel spend. So far, use of "Outside Counsel Insights," or OCI, has been limited to legal departments in the financial services industry, according to Brian Kuhn, co-founder and leader of IBM Watson Legal. But with the potential to save as much as 30 percent on annual...
May 27, 2017
A new tool using International Business Machines Corp.'s Watson, notorious for defeating its human competitors on "Jeopardy" in 2011, is hard at work for in-house legal departments with the goal of significantly reducing outside counsel spend. So far, use of "Outside Counsel Insights," or OCI, has been limited to legal departments in the financial services industry, according to Brian Kuhn, co-founder and leader of IBM Watson Legal. But with the potential to save as much as 30 percent on annual...
Can Practicing Mindfulness Improve Lawyer Decision-Making, Ethics, and Leadership?
May 26, 2017
To practice mindfulness is to pay attention in a curious, deliberate, kind, and nonjudgmental way to life as it unfolds each moment. Mindfulness is currently very fashionable and has been so for sometime now in American business, education, media, medicine, popular culture, and sports. Many business, legal, and medical organizations are considering how mindfulness can help alleviate stress, improve productivity, reduce mistakes, and resolve conflicts. Many people from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Wall...
May 26, 2017
To practice mindfulness is to pay attention in a curious, deliberate, kind, and nonjudgmental way to life as it unfolds each moment. Mindfulness is currently very fashionable and has been so for sometime now in American business, education, media, medicine, popular culture, and sports. Many business, legal, and medical organizations are considering how mindfulness can help alleviate stress, improve productivity, reduce mistakes, and resolve conflicts. Many people from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Wall...
Financial Times: Artificial Intelligence Closes In On The Work Of Junior Lawyers
May 25, 2017
“The 2020s will be the decade of disruption,” says Professor Richard Susskind, co-author of The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts. He believes there is growing demand from executives who control corporate legal budgets to cut costs by taking advantage of the savings offered by technology. ... So far, firms say, technology has not meant job losses. But Prof Susskind believes a wave of lay-offs is to come — law firms are still experimenting...
May 25, 2017
“The 2020s will be the decade of disruption,” says Professor Richard Susskind, co-author of The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts. He believes there is growing demand from executives who control corporate legal budgets to cut costs by taking advantage of the savings offered by technology. ... So far, firms say, technology has not meant job losses. But Prof Susskind believes a wave of lay-offs is to come — law firms are still experimenting...
San Antonio Bar Association Names New Executive Director
May 20, 2017
The San Antonio Bar Association has named June Morse Moynihan as its new executive director, the organization announced Tuesday. Moynihan, who was serving as assistant executive director, has worked for the bar association for more than two years, previously serving as membership director and director of the San Antonio Bar Foundation. “It’s an exciting change for the San Antonio Bar,” bar association President Bobby Barrera said in a press release. “The board and I are delighted to welcome...
May 20, 2017
The San Antonio Bar Association has named June Morse Moynihan as its new executive director, the organization announced Tuesday. Moynihan, who was serving as assistant executive director, has worked for the bar association for more than two years, previously serving as membership director and director of the San Antonio Bar Foundation. “It’s an exciting change for the San Antonio Bar,” bar association President Bobby Barrera said in a press release. “The board and I are delighted to welcome...
Let Me Introduce You to Three Robot Lawyers
May 13, 2017
The practice of law is going to look very different 15 years from now. The most routine legal work traditionally performed by human lawyers will likely be carried out by artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, some law firms have already employed robots to perform legal services and private companies are rapidly developing new artificial intelligence and data analytics tools for lawyers. I would like to introduce you to three examples. Do Not Fear the Robots Ross, Lex Machina and Kira are just...
May 13, 2017
The practice of law is going to look very different 15 years from now. The most routine legal work traditionally performed by human lawyers will likely be carried out by artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, some law firms have already employed robots to perform legal services and private companies are rapidly developing new artificial intelligence and data analytics tools for lawyers. I would like to introduce you to three examples. Do Not Fear the Robots Ross, Lex Machina and Kira are just...
Justice in the Age of Technology: ‘The Rise of Machines is Upon Us’
May 13, 2017
Changing and emerging technologies are reshaping the justice system. First, and at the most basic level, technology can assist to inform, support and advise people involved in the justice system ('supportive technology'). Second, technology can replace functions and activities that were previously carried out by humans ('replacement technologies'). Finally, at a third level, technology can change that way that judges work and provide for very different forms of justice ('disruptive technology') that...
May 13, 2017
Changing and emerging technologies are reshaping the justice system. First, and at the most basic level, technology can assist to inform, support and advise people involved in the justice system ('supportive technology'). Second, technology can replace functions and activities that were previously carried out by humans ('replacement technologies'). Finally, at a third level, technology can change that way that judges work and provide for very different forms of justice ('disruptive technology') that...
