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Is The Legal Function Fiddling While The Rule Of Law Is Burning? The Case For An Integrated Response

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. —Immanuel Kant At a time of profound change, upheaval,... read more →

Great Expectations: What Is Legal Talent Looking For?

Digital transformation and its pandemic-produced acceleration have elevated talent to a top-level business priority. For employers, it has caused them to rethink what talent means in a dramatically shifting marketplace.... read more →

Humanizing The Legal Function: What It Means And Why It Matters

When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference. —Laverne Cox The pandemic has intensified the daily battle of subsistence for hundreds of millions of our fellow... read more →

Stakeholder Capitalism: Challenges And Opportunities For Big Law

Big Law has demonstrated remarkable resilience. It has weathered financial crises, economic downturns, the Big Four, automation, social change, corporate digital transformation, and the Pandemic,. Big Law channels Mark Twain—... read more →

Legal Transformation Is A Business Story

Business is undergoing a paradigmatic shift in its relationship with existing and prospective customers, the workforce, society, and even the planet. This is the business story of our time— a... read more →

The Inevitability Of Legal Industry Change. Really?

Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast….” That was in the ‘80’s. What would he say now? Life is moving very fast, propelled by the speed and breadth of change.... read more →

What Is Digital Legal Talent?

“Talent” is a common term lacking a conventional meaning. The importance of a working definition goes far beyond semantics; it is critical to individual and enterprise success. Talent, like other... read more →

The Data-Backed Legal Function: Enhancing Insight, Creating Business Impact, And Improving Customer Experience

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”—Sherlock Holmes Digital business runs on data. It is a multidimensional asset whose value transcends internal functions, supply chain, enterprise,... read more →

From Cost Center To Value Creator: The Digitally Fit-For-Purpose Legal Function

This is the second in a two-part series. The first segment examined how and why legal change derives from business digital transformation. Business has often regarded the legal function as... read more →

Legal Change Derives From Business Digital Transformation

The first of this two-part series examines how and why legal change derives from business digital transformation. The second segment analyzes the legal function’s transition from cost center to value... read more →