Reflecting on the nature of legal service, susskind s central premise is that the role and influence of lawyers is on the brink of a fundamental transformation p. Rethinking the nature of legal services predicts that the legal profession will be driven by two forces in the coming decade. Perspectives on the future of law how the profession. Information technology is now part of the universe of lawyers, susskind writes. Susskind is back generating controversy once again in his latest book, tomorrows lawyers. The end of lawyers rethinking the nature of legal services. Richard susskind, a glaswegian as in born in glasgow, scotland is not your typical lawyer. The end of lawyers is the second instalment of richard susskinds vision of the future shape and texture of legal practice.
Tomorrows lawyers predicts fundamental and irreversible changes in the world of law. Online courts and the future of justice richard susskind. Tomorrow s lawyers download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Before we get started, wed like to thank our sponsors. Oct 24, 2017 susskind on the future for law firms and leverage legal futurist richard susskind opines on the future for law firms in the latest installment of our serialization of his book tomorrows lawyers. Oct 10, 2017 richard susskind outlines the evolution of legal services into four distinct categories in this second installment of the serialization of excerpts from his book tomorrows lawyers.
Where the future of the legal service will be a world of internetbased global businesses, online document production, commoditized service, legal process outsourcing, and web based simulation practice. Oct 15, 2015 this book predicts the decline of todays professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. In online courts and the future of justice, richard susskind, the worlds most cited author on the future of legal services, shows how litigation will be transformed by technology and proposes a solution to the global accesstojustice problem.
Tomorrows lawyers richard susskind oxford university press. Richard eric susskind obe frse born 28 march 1961 is a british author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. His views on the future of legal service have influenced a generation of lawyers around the world. The timesonline is publishing extracts of susskinds forthcoming book. From the very start of his career, he has embraced technology as. The context was the launch of his latest book, the end of lawyers. The first is an updated restatement of richard susskind s views on the future of legal services, as laid out in his previous bestselling works, the future of law, transforming the law, and the end of lawyers he identifies the key drivers of change. Tomorrows lawyers a compelling read for todays attorney. The books inspirational outlook and yet practical approach make it a mustread for any lawyer aspiring to achieve professional success and make a difference for his or her clients. Susskind on the future for law firms and leverage the. An introduction to your future, richard susskind provides a concise and uptodate account of the mid and longterm future of the legal profession. Clay shirky, we are advancing into a postprofessional society. Oxford university press, 2008 this is an enormously important book, and if you have any interest or stake in how the legal marketplace will operate in future, you have to read it.
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During the past 25 years, susskind s legal industry predictions have been proven accurate, so his description of likely dramatic future changes for lawyers is credible. An interview with richard and daniel susskind the question is not can a machine exhibit empathy or judgement but instead for what problems are empathy, judgement, or creativity the solution. Digital agedoes the digital age mean the end of lawyers. Richard susskind is honorary professor of law at gresham college. Richard susskind quotes author of the future of the professions. This is a finely crafted work that not only reflects on the potential new horizons of legal practice, but also asks us to consider how such transformations can make our society a more just and fair. Professor richard susskind obe is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to major professional firms and to national governments. Rethinking the nature of legal services revised edition by susskind obe, richard isbn. However, susskind recommends a more ambitious alternative strategy.
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