As lawyers today confront existential challenges to their profession, from globalization to technological change, demands to innovate abound. In a world of rapid change, individuals must have certain skills to succeed; they must be “changemakers.” A notion arising from the global movement of...

Proposals to change the regulatory framework for the legal profession to increase access to legal services have been made for decades. The organized bar frequently responds to these proposals by raising concerns about the difficulty of regulating alternative providers and corporate legal...

This article puts forth processes for preventing disputes based on value innovation, an approach referred to as Cooperative Design Lawyering (CDL). It suggests that law firms could take a competitive edge by offering Cooperative Design Lawyering services. It explores how legal designers can...

Scholars have shown that well-designed legal institutions foster economic development and innovation. Intellectual property (IP) laws, financial markets, robust property and contract laws, and a fair and accessible judiciary encourage strong economies based on creativity, invention and...