Randy Kiser

American Law Firms in Transition: Trends, Threats, and Strategies (book review) (110)

By Bill Henderson on August 18, 2019

Posted in Book Review, Founder Stories, Talent

Culture. Character. Practices. Systems.

When it comes to empirical research on lawyers, we’re all lightweights compared to Randall Kiser. Over the last decade, Kiser has authored books on lawyer decision making in the context of litigation, Beyond Right and Wrong (2010), the mindset and work habits of trial lawyers who consistently outperform their peers, How Leading Lawyers Think (2011), and an empirically grounded analysis of the skills and behaviors needed to build a successful legal career, Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer (2017).…
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A theory of legal industry events (083)

By Bill Henderson on February 17, 2019

Posted in Diffusion Theory, Legal Innovation

Why do we attend legal industry events? What makes them worth our time? Valuable blue sky remains.

Earlier this month I participated in the Inspire.legal conference in New York City. Because Inspire.legal was sufficiently different than any other legal industry event I have attended, I began ruminating on the question “why?”

The matrix above, which…

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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Public Event: Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer (023)

By Bill Henderson on September 14, 2017

Posted in Event Announcement, Legal Education

Legal Evolution PBC is pleased to announce our first public event. On Tuesday, October 10, author and researcher Randy Kiser of DecisionSet® will give a lecture and Q&A session based on his recently published book, Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer (Cambridge University Press 2017).

This event is graciously hosted by Chapman and Cutler LLP…

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.

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