By Richard Palmer, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
The emergence of alternative legal and non-legal providers in recent years, alongside the increased need for technology, is reshaping the legal sector beyond traditional law practice.
The legal sector has changed tremendously in the past two decades, and this transformation is now accelerating. The proliferation of technology, the growth of alternative legal service providers and a raft of non-legal practitioners who play important roles in delivering legal and commercial services to businesses and clients have spurred the creation of a complex legal ecosystem.
This changing landscape was the subject of a session at the recent Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Summit in London, entitled “Legal Industry or Legal Profession?,” whic...