A Conversation with the Legal Community's Thought Leaders on the Front Lines of an Industry in Transition:
INTRODUCTION
Over the past 50 years the legal industryhas experienced an unprecedented shift from atightly knit profession into a global enterprisedriven by the traditional business motivations ofgrowth and profit. The current economic downturnhas caused the industry to reexamine the waylawyers practice, law schools educate and clientsrelate to their counsel.
This report is the first in a series that combinesinsights from a cross-section of the legalcommunity, ranging from the deans of law schoolsand prominent practitioners, to in-house counsel,law professors and other industry experts, toexamine whether the profession is experiencing ashort term blip or if it is in the middle of a paradigmshift that will materially change the way lawis practiced.
Read the Report here.
Posted by Jon Lutz
