Are you worried about the future of law practice?

I believe Tom Peters correctly predicts that 9 out of 10 white-collar workers face either extinction or enough change to make current jobs unrecognizable within the next 10 years. I believe lawyers are white-collar workers and that there is no exception for us. My article “Stampede to Extinction” predicts 6 of 10 lawyers will not be in traditional law practice in 10 years.

My hit list of the first to perish among lawyers and law firms:

       1.  We will do “business as usual” as we always have done business.

       2.  Our problems will solve themselves if we just reduce overhead.

       3.  I am satisfied to be a good lawyer, administrator, staff person in a good law firm.

       4.  I am satisfied to lead, administer, work for or volunteer for a good local, state, or national bar, bar section, or committee.

I believe that lawyers, firms, and bar associations satisfied with any standard short of excellence will be replaced by service providers (not necessarily lawyers) with a passion for excellence.

I believe that “better, faster, cheaper” doesn’t cut it any more in the new client-driven marketplace.

This web site is for:

• Those in the profession who want to achieve more than survival.

• Folks who share my belief that those lawyers willing to change with or ahead of the times will enjoy unprecedented practice opportunities in the years ahead.

• Innovators, visionaries, and revolutionaries who understand the need for law practice reinvention and want to share information, reading lists, and insights of every sort with fellow revolutionaries.

• Lawyers, bar executives, legal administrators, consultants, coaches, support staff, and even clients who believe that good law firms and good lawyers are not good enough.

I guarantee you will not find this site comfortable unless you have a positive passion for the profession’s future and are willing to reinvent your role for the future.

I want to share my research and views about the future and hope you will help me sharpen my thinking, identify issues and solutions, and hire me from time to time for your keynote speeches and future workshops.

I don’t know all the answers or even most of the questions and I hope you will teach me what I am missing.

I need your participation and your wisdom.
There is so much we can do together.