Tomorrow's Lawyers

An Introduction to Your Future

Second Edition

Richard Susskind

The first introduction for young and aspiring lawyers to the new legal landscape and how to succeed in it
A revised and updated vision of the future, by one of the world's leading experts whose past predictions for the law have generally come to pass
Provides solutions to major concerns within the legal profession, such as diminishing public funding, and explores alternative roles for future lawyers in a world increasingly dominated by IT
Identifies new employers for lawyers of the future and equips young lawyers with questions to ask prospective employers

New to this Edition:

A new chapter to introduce and discuss online dispute resolution
A new chapter to revisit and evaluate The Future of Law - published in 1996, a 20-year prediction about the future of legal services. Exploring what was foreseen, what was not, and, above all, how much the legal world has already changed
A new diagram to depict the evolution of legal service with accompanying discussion
New examples of disruptive legal technologies, innovation by in-house lawyers, new employers, a new part to introduce new thinking on artificial intelligence, and an overview of the proposed £700 million digitisation of the English courts
New analysis of new jobs for lawyers

Tomorrow's Lawyers

An Introduction to Your Future

Second Edition

Richard Susskind

Description

Tomorrow's Lawyers predicts that we are at the beginning of a period of fundamental transformation in law: a time in which we will see greater change than we have seen in the past two centuries. Where the future of the legal service will be a world of internet-based global businesses, online document production, commoditized service, legal process outsourcing, and web based simulation practice. Legal markets will be liberalized, with new jobs for lawyers and new employers too. This book is a definitive guide to this future - for young and aspiring lawyers, and for all who want to modernize our legal and justice systems. It introduces the new legal landscape and offers practical guidance for those who intend to build careers and businesses in law.

Tomorrow's Lawyers is divided into three parts. The first is an updated restatement of Richard Susskind's views on the future of legal services, as laid out in his previous bestselling works, The Future of Law , Transforming the Law, and The End of Lawyers? . He identifies key drivers of change, such as the economic downturn, and considers how these will impact on the legal marketplace. In the second part, Susskind sketches out the new legal landscape as he predicts it, including the changing role of law firms, and in-house lawyers, with virtual hearings and online dispute resolution. The third part focuses on the prospects for aspiring lawyers, predicting what new jobs and new employers there will be, and equipping prospective lawyers with penetrating questions to put to their current and future employers.

This new edition has been fully updated to include an introduction to online dispute resolution, Susskind's views on the debates surrounding artificial intelligence and its role in the legal world, a new analysis of new jobs available for lawyers, and a retrospective evaluation of The Future of Law , Susskind's prediction published in 1996 about the future of legal services.

This is the essential introduction to the future of law for those who want to succeed in the rapidly changing legal landscape.

Tomorrow's Lawyers

An Introduction to Your Future

Second Edition

Richard Susskind

PART 1: RADICAL CHANGES IN THE LEGAL MARKET
1:Three drivers of change
2:Strategies for success
3:Commoditizing the law
4:Working differently
5:Disruptive legal technologies
PART TWO: THE NEW LANDSCAPE
6:The future for law firms
7:The role for in-house lawyers
8:The timing of the changes
9:Access to justice and online legal services
10:Judges, IT, and virtual courts
11:Online dispute resolution
12:'The Future of Law' revisited
PART THREE: PROSPECTS FOR NEW LAWYERS
13:New jobs for lawyers
14:Who will employ young lawyers
15:Training lawyers for what?
16:Replacing the old training ground
17:Questions to ask employers
18:Artificial intelligence and the long term

Tomorrow's Lawyers

An Introduction to Your Future

Second Edition

Richard Susskind

Author Information

Richard Susskind, OBE FRSE DPhil LLB FBCS; Honorary Professor, UCL Law School; Emeritus Law Professor, Gresham College; Law Professor, University of Strathclyde; Chair of Advisory Board and Visiting Professor, Oxford Internet Institute; Strategy and Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales; President of the Society for Computers and Law

Richard Susskind OBE is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. He is President of the Society for Computers and Strategy and Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice. He holds professorships at Oxford University, UCL, Strathclyde University, and Gresham College. His work has been translated into more than 10 languages, and he has been invited to speak in over 40 countries.

Tomorrow's Lawyers

An Introduction to Your Future

Second Edition

Richard Susskind

Reviews and Awards

"As Susskind has pointed out for more than 20 years now, technology is having a profound effect on the world around us. Lawyers who fail to acknowledge this fact and adapt accordingly will undoubtedly pay the price. Don't be one of those lawyers. Educate yourself about the changes, their impact, and then do everything you can to adjust course. If you feel overwhelmed by the prospect and aren't sure how to go about it, never fear, I've got some advice for you: buy this book. It's a great place to start." - Nicole Black, Law Technology Today

""...all members of the legal profession and those thinking of joining should read this book very carefully because the subject-matter will not be going away for any of us."-Phillip Taylor, MBE,The Barrister"

Tomorrow's Lawyers

An Introduction to Your Future

Second Edition

Richard Susskind

From Our Blog

Richard Susskind on the future of law

In the latest episode of the Oxford Law Vox podcast Richard Susskind talks to George Miller about the gaining momentum of technology and AI in the law profession. They discuss just how vital it is that lawyers learn to reinvent themselves and work alongside technology. He also address the importance of the opportunity young lawyers have to bring about and be a major part of social change in the legal profession.

Posted on August 13, 2017

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