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Professor richard susskind obe is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to major professional firms and to national governments. Susskind who is soon to release the second edition of his bestselling title tomorrows lawyers thinks there is too much hype around the technology right now, but warns against. The book generated a lot of controversy among lawyers with some proclaiming that he had indeed seen the future of law and others protesting that the practice of law would certainly not undergo the kind of radical changes that susskind foretold. Tomorrows lawyers predicts that we are at the beginning of a period of fundamental transformation in law. 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. An introduction to your future oxford university press, 20 at p 8. Tomorrows lawyers, by richard susskind 101620 margaret no comments this book does a great job in delineating what kind of professions should be developing in the legal sector with some amount of particular focus on the uk, but it can easily be transposed to the uss situation. Tomorrows lawyers 20 is professor richard susskinds latest book about the future of legal services, wherein he predicts that legal markets will be further liberalized, with new jobs, and new. Tomorrows lawyers richard susskind oxford university press. Richard susskindthe bestselling author of the end of lawyers. This time, the book tomorrows lawyers by richard susskind will be presented.
An introduction to your future published by oxford university press, uk, january 20. His main area of expertise is the future of professional service and the way in which the it and the internet are changing the work of lawyers. Tomorrows lawyers predicts fundamental and irreversible changes in the world of law. Jan 10, 20 put simply, susskind offers a mustread for any current law student. Ebook richard susskind libro electronico descargar pdf serie. Jun 06, 2017 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. Susskinds premise is always flawed, he focuses on the individual lawyer, looks them in the face and says change to the court service is coming. In tomorrows lawyers, susskind achieves what very few people attempt and hardly anyone achieves, namely to predict the future in a complex field, in an inspired, credible, and engaging way. All books presented in this series will explain why legal service providers will work differently in the future.
Although richard is selfemployed and works independently, he does not claim to be a dispassionate analyst or to be free of commercial interests. Part two the new landscape the future for law firms. Rethinking the nature of legal services oup, 2008, tomorrows lawyers. The supreme court struck out all extra claims for fees leaving only those calculated by the lodestar method. Instead, it will be a world of virtual courts, internetbased global legal businesses, online document production, commoditized service, legal process outsourcing, and webbased. Richard susskind and the future of law the lion group. In tomorrow s lawyers, susskind achieves what very few people attempt and hardly anyone achieves, namely to predict the future in a complex field, in an inspired, credible, and engaging way. In the years to come, susskind predicts, that conventional lawyers will not be as prominent in society as today.