There’s been a lot of chatter recently about the renovation of the legal industry. Academia has chimed in with ReInvent Law and conferences at Stanford and Harvard law schools. London scholar Richard Susskind has published yet another new book further exploring the difference between “commodity” and “bespoke” work. And LegalTech West Coast will hold its first “ecosystem” track later this month, focusing on changing models of small law firms.
The latest contender for our attention is the long-anticipated missive from the International Legal Technology Association: its 141-page Legal Technology Future Horizons report. The project was launched in January 2013 under the direction of London-based Rohit Talwar, CEO at Fast Future Research. It targets “managing partners, CEOs and their CIOs,” said Talwar in his press release. “The report explores how, in a highly disruptive and rapidly evolving competitive environment over the next decade, law firms will need to transform everything from strategy and client service to business models and technology investment,” he said.
