Today is the debut of Anusia Gillespie’s monthly Q&A column on NewLaw Fundamentals. See Post 243. This post (241) is an explainer on why we are running Anusia’s series. One part of the explanation is practical. A second part is deeply analytical and likely of more interest to regular Legal Evolution readers. Both parts, however, are rooted in the value of humility.
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In October 2019, I was in the first session of his Innovation Diffusion in the Legal Industry class at Northwestern Law. I was puzzled because I couldn’t figure why Professor Henderson, who was 16 years
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
Later this month, the Institute for the Future of Law Practice (IFLP, or “I-flip”) will celebrate its one year anniversary. Before that, it was just an idea in the minds of a few dozen lawyers, legal educators and allied professionals. In
Sometimes, to protect and promote the long-term interest of stakeholders, leaders have to take difficult public positions. The decision won’t be popular or clearly right at the time, yet the risks of deflecting or avoiding a firm stance are just too high, at least for the collective. For legal education, one of the best examples of this type of leadership occurred in 2014 when Dan Rodriguez was serving as President of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
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Legal education is in the early stages of remodelling and renovation. Thus, we are living through a period of messiness. Evidence of this is a virtual Symposium at PrawfsBlawg, a forum of law professors for law professors. The symposium is called “The Futures of Legal Education.” The organizer is Dan Rodriguez,