This coursebook addresses key topics in the evolving legal profession and the business of law. The book features chapters on the traditional law firm; the corporate client; the emergence of alternative legal services providers; legal technology; access to justice; employment and diversity in the legal profession; and legal education reform. Students will learn from detailed, insightful interviews of a broad range of legal industry professionals, including the general counsel of an international company; chief litigation officer of a Fortune100 company; director of knowledge management at a Biglaw firm; a legal innovator who founded a pioneering legal process outsourcing company; a legal industry consultant; and a legal tech startup CEO and co-founder. Interactive exercises and questions for reflection and discussion are included throughout the book.
| ISBN: | 9781634599139 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2017 |
| Author: | Katrina Lee |
| Publisher: | West Academic Press an imprint of West Academic Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Coursebook |
| Genres: |
Legal profession: general Legal skills and practice Advice on careers and achieving success |