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Bricklayers and Architects (080)

By Jason Barnwell on January 20, 2019
Posted in Lawyer Development, Leadership, Legal Innovation
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How do we become lawyers who can see, understand and solve the biggest picture issues? One lawyer’s mid-career reflection.


I came to law from engineering. My previous training and trade create an outsider’s inside perspective on how we solve problems with the practice of…

Missing in Action: Data-Driven Approaches to Improve Diversity (074)

By Evan Parker on November 25, 2018
Posted in Data Points, Diversity


Someday we’ll wonder why it took so long to use data to solve our diversity problem.


As a social scientist focused on empirical data, I believe the following three statements are true. I’d be curious how many readers agree or disagree with my assessment:
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Introducing guest contributor Evan Parker (073)

By Bill Henderson on November 25, 2018
Posted in Editor Notes

For this week’s post, I’m pleased to introduce guest contributor Evan Parker, Managing Director of LawyerMetrix. In Post 074, Evan tackles the profoundly important topic of diversity in the legal profession. After presenting compelling evidence that (1) clients want more diversity, (2) diverse legal teams produce better results, and (3) diverse firms…

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The editor of Legal Evolution is Bill Henderson, Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law where he holds the Stephen F. Burns Chair on the Legal Profession.

Bill is a prolific author and lecturer on the legal market. His industry accolades include ABA Journal Legal Rebel (2009), National Law Journal 100 most influential lawyers in America (2013), and National Jurist most influential person in legal education (2014 and 2015). Bill is also a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and co-founder for the Institute for the Future of Law Practice.

Bill’s academic work can be found on SSRN. For additional information, please see Bill’s personal webpage.

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