In 1665, Cambridge University closed because of the plague
Issac Newton decided to work from home
He discovered calculus & the laws of motion
Just saying
— Paddy Cosgrave (@paddycosgrave) March 4, 2020
In the span of the last week, virtually all of legal education has moved to an online format. See Paul Caron, “More than 185 Law Schools (93%) Have Moved Online Due to the Coronavirus,” TaxProf, Mar. 14, 2020. Per the above tweet from Paddy
For many of us, success is partially a function of being at the right place at the right time. Yet, this type of luck often has even larger second-order effects, such as the ability to see new and emerging business opportunities. Indeed, this is how I see the careers of Ian Nelson and Chris Wedgeworth, who were part of the sales team that helped Practical Law Company (PLC) enter and dominate the U.S. market.
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As the above syllabus excerpt suggests, there is now a law school course on how innovation diffuses in the legal industry. This new ground is being tilled at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where I am visiting this fall. It is one of the few courses at Northwestern Law that enrolls both JD and