Susskind on "The End of Lawyers?"

A great number of resources related to Dr. Richard Susskind‘s recent book, The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services (2008) (see the descriptions at Worldcat.org and at the Oxford University Press Website, and the summary on Dr. Susskind’s blog) are now available. Here is a selected list:

• Dr. Susskind’s Subsequent Articles & Blogposts:
• Dr. Susskind’s article in The Times of London, The Way Lawyers Do Business Is Changing – Is It Time for Them to Plan Ahead? (Jan. 28, 2010);
• Dr. Susskind’s post, Disaster Ahead for Lawyers Unwilling to Change, on ABA’s Legal Rebels Blog (Oct. 14, 2009);

• Speeches & Lectures:
• Dr. Susskind’s appearances at ILTA09 on August 26, 2009, including a lecture on the main topics of the book (see the slides here), and his participation in a panel entitled “Technologies that Will Disrupt Traditional Law Practice” (see Webcast here (scroll down; a fee may apply), and slides here;
• Dr. Susskind’s lecture summarizing the main topics of the book, delivered at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, April 21, 2009 (video (Quicktime) and audio podcast (MP3)); (and here is Gene Koo’s live blogging (at Law School Innovation) of the lecture and discussion);
• Dr. Susskind’s keynote address at ABA TechShow 2009 (Mar. 25, 2009) (audio, in Quicktime format); (plus a transcript of the Twitter feed about the speech from Legal Tweets, and a summary of the keynote by Laura Calloway in Law Practice Magazine (June 2009));
• Interviews:
• Interview with Dr. Susskind by Karim Bardeesy and Tara Perkins of the Globe and Mail, for the article Tentative Steps into the Blogosphere (Jan. 5, 2010) (HT @stevematthews);
• Interview with Dr. Susskind by Sarah Murray of the Financial Times, for the article FT Innovative Lawyers 2009: Spreading the Cost (Oct. 22, 2009) (HT @ronfriedmann);
• Dr. Susskind interviews Leah Cooper, Managing Attorney at Rio Tinto, about Rio Tinto’s decision to outsource certain legal services to CPA Global (Oct. 9, 2009) (HT @complexd);
• Interview with Dr. Susskind by Charon QC (published Sept. 21, 2009);
• Interview with Dr. Susskind by Kina Kim of PivotalDiscovery, at ILTA ’09 (Aug. 26, 2009) (HT Kina Kim);
• Interview with Dr. Susskind by Mark Harding, Group General Counsel, Barclays Bank PLC (May 2009?) (HT Conor Maguire, Brussels Matters Limited);
• Interview with Jacquie McNish of the Globe & Mail (Apr. 9, 2009);
• Paul Lippe’s interview with Dr. Susskind, at AmLawDaily (Nov. 10, 2008);
• Interview with Michael Rappaport of Lawyers Weekly (Feb. 1, 2008);
• Commentary:
• Stephanie Kimbro’s comments about Dr. Susskind’s ABA Legal Rebels Blog post entitled Disaster Ahead for Lawyers Unwilling to Change (Oct. 19, 2009);
• Nick Holmes’s comments about Gillian Bull’s review (Oct. 14, 2009);
• Ron Friedmann’s comments on Dr. Susskind’s remarks during the ILTA09 panel on “Technologies That Will Disrupt Traditional Legal Practice” (Aug. 26, 2009);
• David Hobbie’s comments on Dr. Susskind’s remarks during the ILTA09 panel on “Technologies That Will Disrupt Traditional Legal Practice” (Aug. 26, 2009);
• David Hobbie’s comments on Dr. Susskind’s address at ILTA09 (Aug. 26, 2009);
• David Bilinsky’s comments at sLaw (July 30, 2009);
• Commentary by Michael Stern in The American Lawyer (July 23, 2009);
• Jordan Furlong, This Is Not the End of Lawyers … But This Is the End of the Traditional Legal Business Model, 12 News & Views on Civil Justice Reform 6 (Spring 2009);
• Tessa Shepperson’s comments at Landlord Law Blog (May 14, 2009);
• Chris Dale’s comments at the e-Disclosure Information Project (May 6, 2009);
• Mark Ross, Have Wilson Sonsini Read “The End of Lawyers?”, Legal Process Outsourcing (Apr. 23, 2009);
• Comments from a solo perspective by lennyesq (Apr. 23, 2009);
• Commentary by Dr. Adam Wyner (April 16 & 18, 2009);
• Lisa Solomon, What Susskind’s ABA Techshow Keynote Means for Independent US-Based Contract Lawyers, legalresearchandwritingpro.com (Apr. 12, 2009);
• Post by Bob Ambrogi at LegalBlogWatch (April 6, 2009) [with many interesting reader comments];
• Commentary on Dr. Susskind’s ABA TechShow address by The Posse List, with selected Twitter tweets (Apr. 3, 2009);
• Carolyn Elefant, Richard Susskind & The End of Lawyers: What It Means for Solos (Mar. 24, 2009), and Richard Susskind & The End of Lawyers and the Future of Women in The Law (Mar. 26, 2009), both at MyShingle.com;
• Susan Cartier Liebel, Will You Be A 20th Century Solo Or A 21st Century Solo?, Build A Solo Practice @ SPU (Mar. 25, 2009);
• Shireen Smith, The End of Lawyers? The Legal Hybrid Is Already Here, IP Brands Blog (Feb. 17, 2009);
• Richard Granat, Automated Document Assembly as a Disruptive Legal Technology, eLawyering Blog (Dec. 30, 2008);
• Commentary by Stephen Fairley at the Rainmaker Blog (Nov. 16, 2008);
• Claire Ruckin, Susskind Predicts Demise of Lawyers in IT-Led Future, Legalweek (Nov. 1, 2007);
• Commentary by David Giacalone at f/k/a (Oct.-Nov., 2007);
• The Times Online (Oct.-Nov. 2007): Extracts from the book with commentary; and readers’ comments;
• Ron Friedmann, Susskind: The End of Lawyers? I Think Not, Strategic Legal Technology (Oct. 29, 2007);
• Comments by Rob Millard at Adventure of Strategy (Oct. 27, 2007);
• mazy hedayat’s comments at pm blog (Oct. 25, 2007);
• Comments by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World (Oct. 24, 2007);
• Comments by Ken Adams at AdamsDrafting (Oct. 23, 2007);
• Several posts about the book at sLaw;
• Reviews:
• Review by Gillian Bull in 9 Legal Information Management 228 (Sept. 2009) (fee or subscription required);
• Review at Adam Smith, Esq. (July 31, 2009);
• Review in Law Institute Journal (ISSN 0023-9267), July 2009, at 65 (password required);
• Review by Prof. Mark C. Miller in 19 Law & Politics Book Review 331 (May 2009);
• Review by Geoffrey Bindman in New Law Journal (ISSN 0306-6479), Apr. 24, 2009, at 602;
• Review by Brenlee Carrington in Winnipeg Free Press (Apr. 20, 2009);
• Review at Quill Blog (Apr. 7, 2009);
• Review by Jason Mendelson in Mendelson’s Musings (Mar. 28, 2009);
• Review by Michael Rappaport of Lawyers Weekly (Feb. 27, 2009);
• Review by Jordan Furlong at Law21 (Feb. 10, 2009);
• Review by Mitch Kowalski in the Financial Post (Feb. 10, 2009);
• Review by Jim Hassett of Legal Business Development (Feb. 4, 2009);
• Brief review by Donna Tuke in For Your Information: ABA Tech Show and Investigative Research, Legal Information Alert, Feb. 2009, at 7;
• Review by Nick Holmes in Internet for Lawyers & Law 2.0 (Jan. 2009);
• Review by Douglas Mill in The Journal: The Member Magazine for the Law Society of Scotland, Jan. 2009, at 55 (scroll down).
• Review by Alarna Carlsson-Sweeny in PLC Law Department (Nov. 13, 2008);
• Reviews quoted by Oxford University Press.

If you know of other useful resources related to this book, please mention them in the comments.

[NOTE: Updated on 29 January 2010 to link to Dr. Susskind's 28 January Times of London article entitled The way lawyers do business is changing - is it time for them to plan ahead? Updated on 16 January 2010 to link to the 5 January 2010 Globe and Mail article by Karim Bardeesy and Tara Perkins quoting Dr. Susskind. Updated on 28 October 2009 to link to Dr. Susskind's discussion of Rio Tinto's legal outsourcing decision, with Leah Cooper of Rio Tinto. Updated on 22 October 2009 to link to the Financial Times article on Innovative Lawyers 2009. Updated on 20 October 2009 to link to Dr. Susskind's interview with PivotalDiscovery at ILTA '09. Updated on 19 October 2009 to link to Dr. Susskind's post entitled Disaster Ahead for Lawyers Unwilling to Change on the ABA Legal Rebels Blog, and to Stephanie Kimbro's comments on that post. Updated on 18 October 2009 to link to Nick Holmes's recent post. Updated on 21 September 2009 to link to Charon QC's interview with Dr. Susskind. Updated on 19 September 2009 to link to a review by Gillian Bull. Updated on 5 September 2009 to link to recent commentary. Updated on 8-23-09 to add links to the ILTA09 events, and on 8-8-09 to add Mark Harding's interview with Dr. Susskind, materials at the Oxford University Press website, and several commentaries and reviews. Updated on 8-7-09 to reorder the materials and to include citations to additional reviews of the book.]

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