Ep 107: Was the Pandemic A Tipping Point for Law Firms?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we begin to look ahead to a post-pandemic world, what will the legal market look like in 2021 and beyond? Has the pandemic’s impact on law firms resulted in a tipping point that will forever alter law firms and the business of law?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A report by the</span> <a href= "https://www.law.georgetown.edu/legal-profession/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">at the</span> <a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Georgetown University Law Center</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/institute.html"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Thomson Reuters Institute</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "https://www.legalexecutiveinstitute.com/state-of-the-legal-market-2021/"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">2021 Report on the State of the Legal Market</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, speculates that the combined effects of the pandemic may have so softened partner resistance to fundamental change as to create a tipping point in favor of a significant redesign of our legal delivery systems — including law firms.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining LawNext this week is the lead author of that report,</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-jones-a4156439/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">James W. Jones</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, senior fellow at Georgetown and director of its Program on Trends in Law Practice. Formerly a law firm managing partner, corporate general counsel, and management consultant to the legal industry, Jones specializes in strategy and trends in the legal profession.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a conversation with host Bob Ambrogi, Jones details the financial and organization impacts of the pandemic on law firms and shares his thoughts on whe