Legal Upheaval: A Guide to Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation in Law (eBook)

A Guide to Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation in Law

Michele DeStefano (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
296 Seiten
American Bar Association (Verlag)
978-1-64105-121-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is for anyone invested in the future of the legal profession, be it someone tasked with transforming their practice, someone looking to approach their work in a new way, someone looking for a fresh approach to client relations, or someone new to the field interested in a forecast of the world to come.

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In today's legal marketplace, clients are demanding services that require a new skill set and a new mindset from lawyers. In Legal Upheaval, Professor Michele DeStefano lays out the trifecta for success in a changed legal landscape: creativity, collaboration, and innovation. DeStefano, a former marketing executive, now a professor at the University of Miami and guest faculty at Harvard Law School's Executive Education program, has spent more than a decade researching the evolving legal marketplace. The book provides powerful evidence that collaboration toward innovation is the new value equation in law, creating stickier and more profitable client relationships. In a conversational fashion, DeStefano takes us on a journey from why lawyers need to innovate to how they can do so. She unveils the Lawyer Skills Delta and maps out a methodology for filling the gaps in current legal skill sets: The 3 Rules of Engagement and The 3-4-5 Method of Innovation for Lawyers. Full of points of reflection, as well as concrete directions, Legal Upheaval makes innovation accessible. Why should you learn how to innovate? Even if you agree that lawyers could use a refresher on creativity and collaboration, you might still be skeptical. This book is written to inspire lawyers and legal professionals to embrace innovation practices, even if their business model isn t broken. In the process of innovating, lawyers hone the mindsets, skills, and habits that clients desire and, in the future, that clients will require. The book is divided into three parts: Part I: Why Lawyers Should Hone the Mindset, Skillset, and Behaviors of InnovatorsPart II: The 3 Rules of Engagement: Creating a Culture of Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation Part III: The Innovation Possible: Putting Together the Theory, Practice, and ProofEach chapter concludes with points of reflection designed to help the reader determine what are the best approaches for the team, department, or firm. Born of DeStefano s own work leading hundreds of multidisciplinary teams on innovation cycles, as well as conducting more than 100 interviews of general counsels and law firm partners, Legal Upheaval provides a new understanding of the expectations of clients. It is the playbook for lawyers looking to transform business relationships and create a client-leadership edge.

Autor

Michele DeStefano of Coral Gables, FL, BA, magna cum laude, Dartmouth College, JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, is a Professor of Law at the University of Miami and Guest Faculty at Harvard Law School's Executive Education Program and at IE School of Law. She is the founder of Law Without Walls and MOVELΔW. DeStefano is a former Climenko Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School. Before attending law school at Harvard, she was an advertising executive at Leo Burnett and a marketing manager at Levi Strauss & Company. DeStefano frequently speaks and runs workshops on creative problem solving, collaboration, culture change, communication, and innovation for lawyers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Schlagworte: 3 Rules of Engagement • Behaviors of Innovators • Collaboration in Law • Creativity in Law • Culture of Creativity • expectations of clients • fresh approach to client relations • Guide to Creativity, Collaboration • Innovation in Law • Legal Upheaval • The 3-4-5 Method of Innovation for Lawyers
• ISBN-10: 1-64105-121-3 / 1641051213
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64105-121-7 / 9781641051217