The Future Of Law: Expert Insights For Changing Legal Services

In this time of convulsive change and innovation throughout the legal industry, inevitably hordes of “thought leaders” (or “gurus,” or “ninjas,” or whatever) have emerged to help the rest of us understand what is going on around us. With the power of social media, anyone can hold themselves out as an “expert” and tweet, blog, and curate their LinkedIn feeds in order to prove it. With a surfeit of ostensibly useful content pouring forth into the ether, it’s entirely understandable that people feel inundated and simply tune out. Separating the useful signal from the self-promoting noise can feel like a job unto itself. We end up with a sort of echo chamber, where self-described legal innovation thought leaders are addressing an audience solely of other self-described thought leaders. This is a shame: Disruption is real, innovation is happening, and it affects all lawyers, regardless of whether they are up to speed on the latest trendy jargon. In the words of

Neil Patel: “Thought leaders are at the cutting edge of producing a product or service which advances both the thresholds of what is possible and aid others in realizing the possibility.” Everyone can agree that accessing — and leveraging — the best expertise benefits everyone along the legal services delivery chain, from attorneys to their clients.

Now comes HighQ to help legal professionals distinguish genuine thought leadership from the snake oil salesmen.

HighQ asked some of the most esteemed legal industry experts one simple and powerful question: “What do you believe lawyers and law firms need to do to prepare for the future?” HighQ’s impressive line-up of experts (ranging from consultants such as Casey Flaherty and Jordan Furlong, to innovation leaders at global law firms) address the following topics, among many others: