Law21 Twitter Updates- The disappearing law firm: Rapid consolidation in UK conveyancing market: http://t.co/quNnGjVc
- China's Baker & McKenzie? Yingke continues expansion with launches in Poland and Turkey: http://t.co/FdXfhKOs
- Ducks are prepped :-) RT @gnawledge Getting my ducks in a row for presentations at #ACLEAMidyear in #NOLA. Co-presenting with @jordan_law21.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
The decline and fall of law school
As every frustrated customer knows, there comes a time when you stop trying to negotiate with a stubborn supplier and start looking for alternatives. I think that time is just about here for the legal profession in its relationship with law schools. If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you probably already know that [...]
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At the crossroads of regulation
I respectfully suggest that we stop using the following lines from Henry VI Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2 in conversations about the modern legal profession: DICK: The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. CADE: Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of [...]
Posted in Governance 1 Comment
Canadian Judicial Council 40th Anniversary Conference, Ottawa, ON
I’m honoured to organize and present a special session on the future of the justice system during the 40th Anniversary Conference of the Canadian Judicial Council at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Québec (near Ottawa) on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.
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Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) 2012 Mid-Year Conference, New Orleans, LA
I’m very happy to deliver a 75-minute plenary address on the immediate future of the legal marketplace at the 48th Mid-Year Conference of the Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Fixing the failings of new lawyer training