The Transformation of Legal

The Most Dangerous Phrase in Business is: “We’ve Always Done It This Way”

How can legal learn from the past, look to the future, and lean into today?

During an event hosted by UnitedLex, Richard Susskind and Mark Cohen discussed the mandate to modernize and argued that sticking with the status quo is no longer an option for legal. Our latest paper captures their unique perspectives and predictions discussed a recent event hosted by UnitedLex.

• Professor Richard Susskind OBE, the world’s most cited author on the future of legal services, argues that in an era of increasingly capable systems, the nature and purpose of the professions and of legal service are being incrementally transformed.
• Mark A. Cohen, a regular Forbes contributor and longstanding legal innovator, raises the issue of culture and how forward-thinking leaders must instill, with persistence, a new set of metrics focused on clients and community rather than profits and new business.