Comments on: Ready or not, here come the clients http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F12%2F22%2Fready-or-not-here-come-the-clients%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Ready+or+not%2C+here+come+the+clients Dispatches from a legal profession on the brink Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: So what happens next? http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F12%2F22%2Fready-or-not-here-come-the-clients%2F%23comment-1776&seed_title=Ready+or+not%2C+here+come+the+clients/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 So what happens next? Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:39:22 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1257#comment-1776 [...] This time last year, I wrote: “Years from now, we’ll look back on 2009 as the year the legal market began to change; but we’ll look back on 2010 as the year lawyers began to respond.” By and large, I’d say lawyers did a pretty decent job responding, from AFAs to outsourcing to rethinking legal talent; but the marketplace’s rate of change accelerated, leaving us relatively farther behind. I think we’ll look back on 2011 as the year the profession’s walls really came tumbling down and new competitors began to assert themselves, aggressively, in multiple sectors at once. But I emphasize again: these are still very early days, and there are developments coming that no one can foresee. Amazon buying Lexis-Nexis? Google buying LegalZoom? Goldman Sachs buying equity in a global law firm? You can’t dismiss any black swan scenario anymore. [...] [...] This time last year, I wrote: “Years from now, we’ll look back on 2009 as the year the legal market began to change; but we’ll look back on 2010 as the year lawyers began to respond.” By and large, I’d say lawyers did a pretty decent job responding, from AFAs to outsourcing to rethinking legal talent; but the marketplace’s rate of change accelerated, leaving us relatively farther behind. I think we’ll look back on 2011 as the year the profession’s walls really came tumbling down and new competitors began to assert themselves, aggressively, in multiple sectors at once. But I emphasize again: these are still very early days, and there are developments coming that no one can foresee. Amazon buying Lexis-Nexis? Google buying LegalZoom? Goldman Sachs buying equity in a global law firm? You can’t dismiss any black swan scenario anymore. [...]

]]> By: Jayram Narayanasamy http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F12%2F22%2Fready-or-not-here-come-the-clients%2F%23comment-1506&seed_title=Ready+or+not%2C+here+come+the+clients/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Jayram Narayanasamy Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:50:25 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1257#comment-1506 Well said,,Jordan I too wish to echo Susan Cartier LiebeL. 2010 appears to be the awakening decade for all of us in the Legal profession. With Kind Regards Jayram Narayanasamy BA (Hons) LLb (Lond) Well said,,Jordan I too wish to echo Susan Cartier LiebeL.

2010 appears to be the awakening decade for all of us in the Legal profession.

With Kind Regards
Jayram Narayanasamy BA (Hons) LLb (Lond)

]]> By: Susan Cartier Liebel http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F12%2F22%2Fready-or-not-here-come-the-clients%2F%23comment-1286&seed_title=Ready+or+not%2C+here+come+the+clients/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Susan Cartier Liebel Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:57:17 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1257#comment-1286 Well said, Jordan...as always :-) 2010 - A Brave New World! Well said, Jordan…as always :-) 2010 – A Brave New World!

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