The rising influence of general counsel is playing a key role in dramatic changes shaking up the entire legal landscape, according to a new report from the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center.
“The first and perhaps the most obvious change is that the legal market has become much more intensely competitive than it was five years ago . . . [And] the market for legal services has
shifted from a sellers' to a buyers' market, a shift that has serious...
It's hard enough to get lawyers to agree about things happening right now. Getting them to agree about the future? That's impossible. So it's no surprise that there were many different views of the future at Stanford's FutureLaw Conference. The event, hosted by the "CodeX" Center for Legal Informatics, brought together a broad mix of legal, technology, business, academic and finance people for a busy day of future-gazing. What follows is my personal take on the conference highlights and some impressions...