How lawyers can become trusted advisors (again)
We spent decades training lawyers to be knowledge specialists. Now AI is poised to take on that role. But upgrading to "wise counsel" won't be as easy as it sounds.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
We spent decades training lawyers to be knowledge specialists. Now AI is poised to take on that role. But upgrading to "wise counsel" won't be as easy as it sounds.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
Some people think Large Language Models will transform the practice of law. I think it's bigger than that.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
Generational differences are a fact of law firm life, but they don't have to be a source of tension. Reframe and restructure your approach to demographic diversity and make it a competitive strength.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
As we enter the Age of Accessible Law, a wave of new demand is coming our way — but AI will meet most of the surge. What will be left for lawyers? Just the most valuable and irreplaceable role in law.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
Legally trained generative AI will "free up" lawyers by taking away millions of hours of work. The profession's future depends on what comes after that.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
Our legal education and licensing systems produce one kind of lawyer. The legal market of the near future will need another kind. If we can't close this gap fast, we'll have a very serious problem.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
Legal regulators have failed to strike the right balance between accessibility and quality in legal services. It's just possible that Gen AI could open the door to an entirely new solution.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
These are the three essential roles lawyers will play in the post-AI era. We need to start preparing legal education, lawyer licensing, and law practices to adapt.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
I’m very pleased to let you know about Lawyer Licensing and Competence in Alberta: Analysis and Recommendations, a report written by me for the Law Society of Alberta. The law society’s Benchers (the elected lawyer directors of the province’s legal services regulator) accepted the report and all of its recommendations earlier this month. Preparations are […]| Law21
Think about these two questions for a moment: 1. What would you want to know about a person before agreeing they should be allowed to become a lawyer? 2. What would you want to know about a person before agreeing they should be allowed to remain a lawyer? How would you answer them? These are […]| Law21
As technical legal work falls into the vortex of generative AI, we need to redesign lawyer formation to engage and develop the humanity of legal professionals.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
