Tag: law schools

  • Disintermediation and continuity

    Last year Michele Pistone and Michael Horn published an excellent piece on law schools and disruption that’s full of interesting thinking about law school futures.  It was published in the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, and follows in the mainstream of Christensen’s thinking on disruption.  I agree with almost all of it.  I’m also aware…

  • BILETA conference 2015

    Am giving a paper at BILETA 2015, entitled ‘Disintermediation and legal education’.  Slides up on Slideshare and at the Slides tab above.  Abstract: Disintermediation is a concept well-understood in almost all industries. At its simplest, it refers to the process by which intermediaries in a supply chain are eliminated, most often by digital re-engineering of…

  • Future Ed 2: Making Global Lawyers for the 21st Century – Proposals for reform Professional Development Proposals

    Good introduction by Elizabeth Chambless — feasibility, impact? These were defined as essential for the success of the proposals.  Not all proposals presented are summarised below.  All of them are interesting, though, and can be found on the NYLS web site here.