Legal Evolution

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NewLaw can be overwhelming. How can I make it less so for the benefit of my team? (278)

Answer: Be the relevant, accurate, and practical colleague You may have noticed that I’m not one for hype and fantastical projections meant to

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How can we keep up with exponential increases in demand and complexity? Invert the pyramid. Bill Henderson once advised me not to use the term

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To date, this highly influential stakeholder has had very little to say. The fierce and fascinating struggle underway in the American states over

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Layering in a new set of skills and know-how in an already crowded law school curriculum. Last week, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

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Short answer: From you. So let’s turn it into a positive. It is that time of year, when 1Ls are starting to think about and explore job

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Boomer retirements ought to be a boon for law school clinics. The Hidden Brain podcast episode Cultivating Your Purpose begins with an effective

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Putting complex and often intimidating topics into context. Chapter 8, Technology No discussion on contracting process improvements is complete

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The hard work that comes before any discussion of technology Chapter 5, Playbooks The need for creating playbooks for templated contracts is a

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[click on to enlarge]“Contracts are the lifeline of the company, so it’s no wonder it is an ongoing cycle.” Chapter 2, What is CLM? The term

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“This book is designed specifically for legal teams to become the lean, mean contracting machines that the business needs.” p 12. [Editor’s

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Collecting data to evaluate how they work together The relationship between different business functions and legal teams is fundamental to the

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Trading ego for effectiveness, friendship, and purpose. Joe Borstein and Paul Stroka asked me to get naked with them. I said yes. Then Bill asked me

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In this week’s feature post (267), we are pleased to welcome guest contributor Casey Flaherty, who explains why the “getting naked” approach

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A law firm with best-in-class ALSP features I have written before about how the lines between legal service providers are blurring, see, e.g.,

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Q. In the simplest terms possible, what is the core functionality of AI in legal? It often seems that most of the legal profession thinks that AI is