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.
