Back to the future

Back to the future

Imagine stepping into a world where the tools of your trade suddenly leap years ahead, transforming not just how you work, but reshaping the very fabric of your profession overnight. This is not a scene from a futuristic sci-fi novel. It’s happening right now in...
Innovating in the New Normal

Innovating in the New Normal

Legal Innovation as a concept was kicked started following the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 when people and business around the world realised they would have to start doing more with less. It took another 5 years before innovating the profession was tackled more...
Is BigLaw Innovation Redundant?

Is BigLaw Innovation Redundant?

As we enter a new decade – one in which the fourth industrial revolution will fundamentally change the way we create and use, store and value, exchange and interact with data – I wonder: is innovation in BigLaw firms redundant? We often hear from legal legend...
When is good, enough?

When is good, enough?

In a ‘time is money’ focused legal market, cluttered with tech solutions driving efficiencies, it’s no wonder GC’s are seeking more cost efficient solutions from their legal service providers. BigLaw continues to ‘over service’,...
It’s Time

It’s Time

Lawyers have become accustomed to billing by the hour: after all, “it’s the way we’ve always done things”. Or is it? Truth be told, billing by the hour is a relatively modern ‘invention’ largely attributed to Reginald Herber Smith who by 1940 in his US firm Hale and...
The 3 things you need for legal innovation

The 3 things you need for legal innovation

After many years pushing the boundaries and being an outlier within BigLaw, it’s only now I’m starting to see some of the real possibilities that legal innovation creates. It’s taken almost 10 years for innovation to not only be considered as...