One of my favorite academic LegalTech/innovation thought leaders is Dan Linna. Dan was a practicing litigator for several years before moving over to the academic side and is now with the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago. Dan brings good humor to every issue and never tires of pushing the needle when it comes to legal tech. He’s also very attuned to what’s going on in the marketplace. To paraphrase an old commercial: When Dan Linna talks, everyone should listen.
Dan Curle is an equally interesting and knowledgeable guy from the private sector. Curle is the Leader of Thomson Reuters Executive Institute and has one of those rare jobs we all aspire to: Curle’s job is basically to think. Think about what’s going on in the LegalTech marketplace, what is just over the horizon and to understand the environment in which Thomson Reuters’ customers find themselves these days. If you don’t know, Thomson Reuters has the very broadest group of legal customers imaginable: everyone from a solo practitioner to the very largest global law firms, accounting firms, and world’s largest legal departments.
Between Linna and Curle, I can imagine no two people more knowledgeable about today’s legal environment and where it’s headed. So, when Linna recently ventured into the podcasting to interview Curle, it was a rare opportunity to learn what these guys are seeing and predicting. (I say interview in the broadest sense. It was really more of a discussion. Which is good since both gentlemen have lots to say).
And what are the top 5 things these guys are seeing?
Some of the largest and more competitive law firms are finally distinguishing themselves in new and different ways, responding to competitive pressures to be more innovative. Not that long ago that most
