It’s a long story I don’t often tell my colleagues in the legal field, partially because it is long and attention spans are short, and partially because they’ll just find it confusing. But before I went to law school (at age 35), I was a firefighter/paramedic for nine years. See Post 070 (full story for
In 2019, I graduated from Northwestern’s Master of Science in Law. After graduation, I got a job in the legal department at VillageMD, a healthcare and technology growth company. I am actually one of three graduates
Today’s feature post (Post 175) is a groundbreaking case study of how to create a modern policy management system, from identification of need to design to content to successful implementation. It comes to us from a multidisciplinary team inside the legal department of VillageMD, a high-growth healthcare and technology company based in
For many years, the lateral market in Big Law has reminded me of the old cowboy television series “Have Gun — Will Travel.” Richard Boone, pictured above, played the protagonist, “Paladin.” The refrain of the
Law firms offer a bundle of services tied tightly together, and most lawyers think of this bundle as a naturally integrated offering. But innovators have long believed that the legal services bundle is actually composed of a series of largely unrelated capabilities, and the true flowering
The title of this article is based on an open-ended question presented to more than 3,800 professionals who responded to ALM Intelligence’s recent Mental Health and Substance Abuse Survey (ALM Survey).
Granted, this is a population of very busy people, so not everyone took the time to
Per Bill’s introduction in Post 169, I’ve been invited to share Indiana University Maurer School of Law’s plans for the fall.
The most noteworthy feature, summarized in the above graphic, is a new block scheduling format for 1Ls, which reflects a mix of in-person and online modalities
For today’s special guest post (170), I’ve asked Austen Parrish, the Dean of my home institution, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, to share the details of our fall 1L program.
If we combine two obvious truths—that legal education is slow to change and Covid-19 changes everything—the optimal response is far from
Today’s post covers two topics: (1) current best practices in legal matter management based upon various deployments we see in the industry today, and (2) how legal matter management systems and processes are destined to evolve over the next decade or so.
Before we begin, however, I’d be remiss if I
Every summer since 2018, Bucerius Law School has offered a three-week, on-campus Summer Program on legal technology and operations. In total, the program has now educated nearly 70 highly selected students. The faculty has included some regular contributors to this publication and will hopefully also include others