Inhouse Life
47% of Inhouse Counsel Are Burned Out, But They’re Not Leaving: Why?
Just under half of inhouse counsel (47%) are either very or extremely ‘burned out / stressed’, yet only 22% of those who feel this way …
Digitization
While Legal Talks Digitization, the Business Walks – It’s Time to Get Moving
By Michael Grupp, CEO, BRYTER. Around the world, companies are experiencing “process digitization fever” — everything faster, easier, better, and at a fraction of the …
Law Firms + Legal Ops
Shearman & Sterling Launches Legal Ops Service In Sign of the Times
In another sign of the changing times we are in, leading New York law firm Shearman & Sterling is formally launching a Legal Operations capability. …
Legal Innovators
Legal Innovator Profiles: Karen Jacks, CTO, Bird & Bird
This week’s Legal Innovator Profile is with Karen Jacks, CTO at international law firm Bird & Bird. – When did you first hear the term …
Tech Risks
Are Lawyers’ Attitudes Towards Technology a Barrier to Law Firm Growth?
By Matthew Leopold, Head of Brand, LexisNexis. What’s the biggest threat to the future growth ambitions of top law firms? Increased competition from international firms? …
Modular Contracting
The Law Machine: A Modular Solution to Contract Standardisation vs Flexibility
One legal tech startup that may help with the contract standardisation vs flexibility challenge is The Law Machine, which has atomised contracts into their constituent …
Legal Tech Awards
And The Winners Of The American Legal Tech Awards Are….
The finals of the American Legal Technology Awards have taken place in Nashville, Tennessee, at a special gala event and the winners of each category …
Human APIs
An End to ‘Human APIs’ and ‘Protein Processing’?
Charles Post, Executive Vice President at Cimplifi, sees legal technology as bringing an end to ‘human APIs’ and ‘protein processing’, i.e. to take the person …
Sabbaticals
Sabbaticals: Taking + Offering Them – The Market View
Does the law firm or company you work for offer sabbaticals, and if so, under what conditions? More broadly, do you think they’re ‘a good …
Law Firm Innovation
Reed Smith Launches Innovation Lab, Hires Anthropologist Boss from KPMG
Global law firm Reed Smith has launched an Innovation Lab, ‘a virtual space for discovering, incubating and accelerating creative ideas at the firm and alongside …