Knake Innovation in the Delivery of Legal Services

INNOVATION IN THE DELIVERY OF LEGAL SERVICES(AND HOW LEGAL EDUCATION CAN PLAY A ROLE) RENEE NEWMAN KNAKE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

THE UNMET NEED

FOR LEGAL SERVICES IS

OVERWHELMING

THE QUESTION I ASK MY STUDENTS…

WILL YOU BE THE KODAK OR INSTRAGRAM OF LEGAL SERVICES?

“If you’re not pissing someone off, it’s probably not innovation.”Philip Auerswald, Harvard Business Review, 5/4/12

Nowhere is that more truethan in the American legal profession.

OTHER INNOVATORS IN THE UNITED STATES

IMAGINE

WHAT IF LAWYERS COULD PARTNER WITH NONLAWYERS?

WHAT IF NONLAWYERS COULD ENGAGE IN SOME FORMS OF LAW PRACTICE?

WHAT IF LAW PRACTICES COULD BEFUNDED BY OUTSIDE INVESTMENTS?

CONSIDER REGULATORY REFORM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

INNOVATORS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

How do we (re)invent ways to practice law that we cannot yet predict or even imagine?

“According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur FoundationDigital Media and LearningCompetitions, fully 65 percent of today’sgrade-school kids may end up doing workthat hasn’t been invented yet.”

MILLIONS ARE IN NEED OF LEGAL SERVICES

THOUSANDS OF LAWYERS ARE UN(DER)EMPLOYED

LAW SCHOOLS ARE GRADUATING STUDENTS AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE

LAW STUDENTS ARE BURDENED BY MASSIVE DEBT

“In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit thefuture. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live ina world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Alan Kay

Toward a homebrew lawyering club (or why lawyers should build things in garages)

A PROPOSAL FOR INNOVATION IN LEGAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM REFORM (TECHNOLOGY, COLLABORATION, MARKETING/NETWORKING) CROSS-INSTITUTION & CROSS-SECTOR ALLIANCES CREATIVE COMMUNITIES

CURRICULUM REFORM (TECHNOLOGY, COLLABORATION, MARKETING/NETWORKING)

ENTREPRENEURIAL LAWYERING (A TEAM-DESIGNED/TEAM-TAUGHT COURSE BY KATZ & KNAKE)

• IS LAW A MATURE INDUSTRY? THE MARKET FOR LEGAL SERVICES: COMPETING PERSPECTIVES ON WHERE WE ARE HEADING

• EMERGING LAW PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY - VIRTUAL LAW PRACTICE, LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS, AUTOMATED DOCUMENT GENERATION, E-DISCOVERY AND QUANTITATIVE LEGAL PREDICTION

• CULTIVATING (AND RETAINING) CLIENTS A.K.A. MARKETING LEGAL SERVICES AND MARKETING YOURSELF.

• UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LAWYERS: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, LINKEDIN, SLIDESHARE, PINTEREST, WOR DPRESS AND BEYOND

• DESIGN, HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION AND BUILDING THINGS THAT ACTUALLY WORK

• ETHICS, LICENSING, MALPRACTICE—SPECIAL CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRTUAL, GLOBAL AND MULTIJURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE

• FROM IDEA INCUBATION TO BOOMING BUSINESS: THE LAWYER AS INNOVATOR AND ENTREPRENEUR

www.21stcenturylawpractice.com

CROSS-INSTITUTION &CROSS-SECTOR ALLIANCES

www.lawtechcamplondon.com

CREATIVE COMMUNITIES

18 ReInvent Lawwww.reinventlaw.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION:READ KNAKE ON DEMOCRATIZING THE DELIVERY OF LEGAL SERVICES VISIT WWW.RENEEKNAKE.COM FOLLOW @RENEEKNAKE CONTACT RK@LAW.MSU.EDU

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