
Some promising A2J news from the Hoosier state.
Folks, this update requires a bit of context.
As regular LE readers know, back in 2022, the content of Legal Evolution began to shift as I wrote a series of essays seeking
Legal Evolution, published by Legal Evolution PBC, focuses on the evolving legal services market and the challenges law firms face in adapting to change. The blog covers topics such as law firm leadership, legal technology including artificial intelligence, legal innovation, talent management, and the impact of private equity investment in law firms. It also addresses broader issues like economic and political influences on the legal industry, data protection in legal tech, and cross-functional collaboration within legal organizations. The content includes surveys of law firm leaders, case studies, book reviews, and analysis of market trends shaping the future of legal practice.

Some promising A2J news from the Hoosier state.
Folks, this update requires a bit of context.
As regular LE readers know, back in 2022, the content of Legal Evolution began to shift as I wrote a series of essays seeking…

“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.” — Thomas Edison
The following vignette explores the ecosystem of the personal injury bar. Although the…

Keywords: Uncertain, Unstable, Changing, Chaotic, Complex, Technology, AI, Private Equity, Talent, Litigation Finance
[Editor’s note: This post is a large excerpt from Patrick’s and Michael’s annual survey of law firm leaders. By a wide margin, what makes this year’s survey…

A level set for future posts.
If you wake up each day disturbed by the unraveling of the world around you, and you question whether another day at work is the most rational, constructive, and moral use of your time…

Before drawing firm conclusions on the 2024 election and what to do next, take a clear-eyed view at what actually happened.
November 5 culminated several decades of economic, political, and social change. These changes gradually increased the electorate’s feelings of…

An example of how contract playbooks designed by lawyer experts can be applied to commercial contracts using GenAI.
As the revolution in large language models (LLMs) makes its way into new startups and applications, would-be customers ask: How is my…

The value of embracing roles outside our comfort zone
I recently became the Educational Co-Chair of ILTA‘s (International Legal Technology Association) EVOLVE Conference. I ended up in this role because my ambition for myself and…

The unpaused version of Legal Evolution will be different. This post explains why.
Legal Evolution has been paused since January 2023. The most concise explanation for the pause…

The summer of our discontents
Two months ago, if you prompted Version 3 of the AI-art generator MidJourney to generate depictions of an “otter on a plane using wifi,” you were rewarded with the nonsense in the left panel of…