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Access to Justice

The minimum number of lawyers needed to eliminate legal deserts in the United States (345)

Allied Professionals

Learning about law firms, Part III: Innovation at "Everybody Else" firms (335)

Artificial Intelligence

LexFusion’s Second Annual Legal Market Year in Review (348)The emergence of data-driven contracting: notes from the field (292)Brass tacks re: Artificial Intelligence in legal (264)

Bar Associations

Our Bar Federalism, Part IV (246)Our Bar Federalism, Part III (245)Our Bar Federalism, Part II (240)

BigLaw

LexFusion’s Second Annual Legal Market Year in Review (348)Should firm leaders take the lead on their own performance review? (343)10 fatal traps that explain why law firm strategic plans are DOA (339)

Book Excerpts

CLM Simplified Part IV: Technology, Metrics & Data, and Outsourcing (272)CLM Simplified Part III: Playbooks, People, and Process (271)CLM Simplified Part II: What is CLM?, Legal Policy Review, Templates (270)

Book Reviews

Three empirically based theories of national decline (book review) (321)My mind is just a broken machine: Part IV of book review series on AI in law (263)Positively Conflicted (book review) (252)

Case Studies

Learning about law firms, Part III: Innovation at "Everybody Else" firms (335)Learning about law firms, Part II: Why confederation is our default model (332)The highest performing teams have rules (323)

ContractTech

What is "market" for limitation of vendor liability? A look at the data (322)The emergence of data-driven contracting: notes from the field (292)Legal careers in the age of outsourcing: A conversation with Colin Levy (288)

COVID & Legal Innovation Series

My walk in the shoes of a prospective client (254)Indiana Law's fall 1L program (170)Law departments and the agile supply chain (161)

Crossing the Chasm

A product-led growth strategy for legal tech, explained (197)A playbook for innovation magic (052)Successful technology adoption: David Cambria (ADM) and Eric Elfman (Onit) discuss their collaboration (041)

Data Points

LexFusion’s Second Annual Legal Market Year in Review (348)The minimum number of lawyers needed to eliminate legal deserts in the United States (345)Should firm leaders take the lead on their own performance review? (343)

Diffusion Theory

LexFusion's Legal Market Year in Review (280)Moneyball for law firm associates: a 15-year retrospective (257)Humble pie diet (241)

Diversity

Hope, the Invincible Summer (314)Leading courageously with data (302)Q: How does innovation intersect with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in law? (298)

Editor's Notes

Mindshare matrix for legal professionals (349)Christmas 2022 (346)Guest contributor David Freeman (341)

Event Announcement

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Privacy and Public Health in the Coronavirus Age (152)Law Jobs for Humans (090)What signal are legal employers sending to legal education? (064)

Founder Stories

A better way to teach business development (342)Getting naked with colleagues and clients (267)Why and how I'm unbundling my career (224)

Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)

Q. What is digital transformation? A primer for legal professionals (289)Legal evolution is industrial evolution (277)

Gilded Age Lawyering

The original Gilded Age lawyers (312)

Historical Perspective

The end of the "End of History" era (319)Hope, the Invincible Summer (314)The original Gilded Age lawyers (312)

In-House Legal Departments

LexFusion’s Second Annual Legal Market Year in Review (348)Preview of the LexFusion Second Annual Legal Market in Review (347)Q. How do GCs thrive amid disruption? (337)

Institute for the Future of Law Practice

Special Post: LSAC acquisition of IFLP explained (275)Just not good enough (226)The IFLP Case Study Method (202)

Last Miler's Club

PartnerVine and the Last Miler's Club (072)

Lawyer Development

Should firm leaders take the lead on their own performance review? (343)A better way to teach business development (342)Agile leadership: navigating the double bind (334)

Lawyer Regulation

The high highs and low lows of legal regulatory reform (333)Q: Is proposing an ethical duty for legal innovation worth the effort? (328)Your most common questions about ALSPs (307)

Leadership

Should firm leaders take the lead on their own performance review? (343)The expanding role of technology in the law firm business model (338)Q. How do GCs thrive amid disruption? (337)

Legal Education

The dollars and math behind Yale Law's withdrawal from USN rankings (340)Fostering law student professional identity in a time of instability and strife (326)Looking at legal knowledge technology through an unusual lens (301)

Legal Innovation

LexFusion’s Second Annual Legal Market Year in Review (348)Learning about law firms, Part III: Innovation at "Everybody Else" firms (335)The high highs and low lows of legal regulatory reform (333)

Legal Metrics

What is "market" for limitation of vendor liability? A look at the data (322)Best practices for effective litigation tracking systems (316)Case study: impact of AI and Big Data on low-risk contract negotiations (236)

Legal Ops

LexFusion’s Second Annual Legal Market Year in Review (348)Preview of the LexFusion Second Annual Legal Market in Review (347)The expanding role of technology in the law firm business model (338)

Legal Productivity Problem

Preview of the LexFusion Second Annual Legal Market in Review (347)Learning about law firms, Part III: Innovation at "Everybody Else" firms (335)Four waves of change in #LawLand (282)

LegalTech

A better way to teach business development (342)The expanding role of technology in the law firm business model (338)Learning about law firms, Part III: Innovation at "Everybody Else" firms (335)

NewLaw

Q: NewLaw is hard. Why should I stay? (344)"Did you sign them up?" and other questions from an industry in transition (320)Q: The first “White Shoe” law firm launched an innovation subsidiary. Does that matter? (315)

NewLaw Fundamentals Q&A

Q: NewLaw is hard. Why should I stay? (344)Q. How do GCs thrive amid disruption? (337)Out with the old, in with the ... bold? (331)

PeopleLaw

The minimum number of lawyers needed to eliminate legal deserts in the United States (345)Learning about law firms, 20 years in (330)The Commons Law Center: A unique and promising business model for PeopleLaw (311)

Public Resources

Overview of states considering regulatory changes (187)Four charts to better understand the Class of 2017 (060)Legal Services Landscape Report (058)

Public Service Channel

Unique opportunity for teaching the next generation of legal professionals (293)An alumni community in action (192)Overview of states considering regulatory changes (187)

Reader resources

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Small Law

Learning about law firms, 20 years in (330)

Strategy

10 fatal traps that explain why law firm strategic plans are DOA (339)

Survey Annoucement

Survey on the intersection of Legal & Business (268)

Talent

Fostering law student professional identity in a time of instability and strife (326)Leading courageously with data (302)People-driven tech: How new priorities and remote work are increasing #legaltech adoption (299)

Taller Corn

Illinois Court Help: A case study in court customer service (310)Legal tech platforms through the years (108)Is just-in-time training for lawyers a good business? (102)

Uncategorized

Guest contributor Yvonne Nath (222)

Values and Purpose

Mindshare matrix for legal professionals (349)Q: NewLaw is hard. Why should I stay? (344)Is it possible to find meaning in BigLaw? (336)

Why we keep going

Q: NewLaw is hard. Why should I stay? (344)Hope, the Invincible Summer (314)Just not good enough (226)

About the Editor

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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