Lucy Endel

The Simple Guide to Legal Innovation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lawyers need some basic information on what is happening in the legal industry around them. There is too much to digest and it can be overwhelming. The Simple Guide to Legal Innovation provides a guide to the changing legal ecosystem and practical tips on how to modernize the delivery of legal services.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Bar Association
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781641055871
• ISBN-10: 1641055871
• Artikelnr.: 59923931

Autorenporträt

Lucy Bassli is an attorney, author of The Simple Guide to Legal Innovation and a former Assistant General Counsel of Legal Operations and Contracting at Microsoft. While at Microsoft, she redefined how legal work is done and created one of the first managed service engagements with a law firm. Lucy was tapped to teach the Legal Operations course for Suffolk University Law School¿s Legal Innovation & Technology Certificate Program; and has a deep partnership with Dentons, the world¿s largest law firm, to deliver legal operations consulting to corporate legal departments. Lucy is a highly sought-after legal industry expert who works with corporate legal departments and law firms on legal service delivery, automation, smart risk-taking and alternative resourcing models. She educates and consults with lawyers to take best practices in the legal industry to a new level. Lucy is also a strategy advisor for LawGeex, an AI legal start-up that automates contract review services. She is a frequent writer and speaker on legal services innovation, legal technology and legal process outsourcing. In 2015, she was named to the National Law Journal list of Outstanding Women Lawyers.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1 My Innovation Journey 3
A Journey That Redefined a Career 5
Sharing My Learnings 10
Plea to Innovate 11
Chapter 2 Legal Ecosystem Under Pressure 13
Law Firms 15
Corporate Legal Departments 18
Alternative Legal Service Providers 21
Industry Groups 28
Regulation 29
PART II FOUNDATIONAL TOPICS 33
Chapter 3 Legal Operations: What Is It and
Why Is It Important? 35
Technology and Infrastructure 39
Business Strategy and Planning 42
Project and Program Management 45
Data and Insights 48
Chapter 4 Legal Education Landscape 55
Quick Look at Law Schools 55
Continuing Legal Education: The Gap for Practicing Lawyers 58
Chapter 5 Legal Technology 65
AI, Blockchain, and Other Buzzwords 67
Access to Justice and Technology 72
Competency in Technology 73
Jobs in the Legal Market 74
Model of Competency 75
Technology Implementation 76
Chapter 6 Women and Innovation: The Secret Weapon for Women to Finally
Advance 79
Why Women Make Great Innovators 80
Supporting Women as Innovators¿Opportunity and Culture 85
Conclusion (a.k.a. the Final Pitch) 86
PART III JUST ENOUGH ON THE KEY TOPICS THAT EVERY LAWYER NEEDS TO KNOW 91
Chapter 7 Talking Points on Each Topic 93
Need to Know #1: Definition of Innovations 97
Need to Know #2: Project Management 109
Need to Know #3: Process and Efficiencies 123
Need to Know #4: Automation 133
Need to Know #5: Value and the Law Firm Managed Services Model 153
Need to Know #6: Alternative Legal Service Providers 167
Need to Know #7: Data 177
Need to Know #8: The Modern Legal Workforce 184
Need to Know #9: Outsourcing Legal 194
Need to Know #10: Corporate Legal Management: Peek Behind the Curtain 209
Conclusion 221
Appendix 223
Endnotes 239
Index 247