Legal managed services providers design, build and staff process-driven systems that efficiently complete legal work. The work’s content often is sophisticated and important to the client’s long-term commercial interests. Yet the volume is too large to be performed cost-effectively by law firm associates and too narrow and repetitive to warrant hiring more in-house lawyers.
Jun 1, 2017 12:10 AM CDT
Illustration by Brenan Sharp and Stephen Ravenscraft
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During the course of reporting this story, the name Kodak kept coming up as a symbol of where the legal industry could be headed if it continues to resist technology.…
Apr 1, 2016 4:50 AM CDT
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It's mid-March and I'm at the DocuSign conference at the Grand Hyatt in downtown San Francisco. It's a bustling gathering with a Fortune 500 vibe—room after room of people discussing…
Oct 1, 2015 6:00 AM CDT
Connie Brenton, chief of staff and director of legal operations at NetApp. Photograph by Tony Avelar.
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At a rather small table in a large hotel conference room, five pioneers in new legal services met with the
ABA Journal in May. Someone suggested the Las Vegas gathering…
Sep 1, 2015 6:10 AM CDT
From left: Daniel Lewis, Victor Li, Mark Britton, Kingsley Martin, Jack Newton, Reginald Davis and Michelle Crosby. Photographs by Jeff Green Photography.
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Photography by Willie Petersen
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Illustration by Justin Metz
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These days the smallest and most exclusive piece of real estate in Washington, D.C., is the sliver of common ground that exists between congressional Democrats and Republicans. But during a…
Jun 1, 2014 10:40 AM CDT
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There have already been plenty of pop-up stores, especially ones that appear during the holidays. Now witness the pop-up law firm.
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that architectural…
May 19, 2014 5:20 PM CDT
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Jason Mendelson is the Foundry Group co-founder and one of four managing directors. He hails from Boulder, Colo., and his JD is from the University of Michigan. Photo by Matt Nager.
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Deanna Johnston had 30 minutes to spare. As vice president of litigation at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., she and her busy team couldn’t afford to waste time meeting with another…
Oct 1, 2013 10:30 AM CDT
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Podcast Transcript
Reginald Davis: What should your law firm do to deal with these upstart non-traditional legal service providers?
Bill Henderson: If I was a law firm, I would go…
Sep 30, 2013 1:40 PM CDT
The ABA Journal congratulates its staff and contributors for several awards in the national and regional business-to-business journalism contest sponsored by the American…
Jul 30, 2013 2:27 PM CDT
Corrected: “The law is broken, change is coming.”
So said Axiom Law Managing Director Henry Jones at a one-day session not for the many U.S. lawyers clinging to a century-old…
Mar 11, 2013 5:30 PM CDT
John, a senior associate at a regional law firm, read the recruiter’s email a second time, still in disbelief.
An experienced litigator, John (who asked not to be identified out…
Jul 1, 2012 10:20 AM CDT
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For Andrea, a past decision to ensure her future in law has left her in a stressed and distressful present. Concerned over how it might affect her job prospects, she…
Jan 1, 2012 11:20 AM CST
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