Richard Susskind, the well-known legal market thinker and futurist, has published his newest book, The End of Lawyers. The Times Online previewed the The End of Lawyers last year and included excellent commentary related to it. At Integreon, we do not see the end of lawyers anytime soon, if ever. But Susskind is a deep and provocative thinker and lawyers and law firms will benefit by understanding his views.
Today, in AmLaw Daily, Paul Lippe, founder of the legal community and social networking site, Legal Onramp (itself a likely player in re-shaping law practice), interviews Susskind in Welcome to the Future: An Interview With The Futurist.
Agree or not, Susskind’s predictions provoke thought. He hedges on the timing of some changes, but not on legal process outsourcing (LPO):
“[L]ook out for two major growth areas in the next two years. The first is legal process outsourcing. The Big Four tax firms have already shown how complex professional work can be outsourced to India and other low cost centers. Lawyers will and should follow suit.”
We’d love to hear from readers on your views of Susskind’s vision generally and the role of LPO specifically.
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