Richard Susskind

November 22, 2019 | International Edition

Richard Susskind argues the case for online courts for a more convenient, cheaper and faster system worldwide.

By Richard Susskind

5 minute read

October 24, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Legal futurist Richard Susskind opines on the future for law firms in the latest installment of our serialization of his book Tomorrow's Lawyers.

By Richard Susskind

5 minute read

October 10, 2017 | Legaltech News

Four years ago, Richard Susskind published the first edition of “Tomorrow's Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future.” With the rapid changes…

By Richard Susskind

15 minute read

October 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Richard Susskind outlines the evolution of legal services into four distinct categories in this second installment of the serialization of excerpts from his book, "Tomorrow's Lawyers."

By Richard Susskind

7 minute read

October 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Four years ago, Richard Susskind published the first edition of “Tomorrow's Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future.” With the rapid changes in the legal profession, tomorrow is now today.

By Richard Susskind

7 minute read

December 24, 2013 | Legaltech News

A lesson for law firms: Some great businesses fail because they are too late in recognizing the impact of disruptive technologies—new, innovative technologies that periodically emerge and fundamentally transform companies and markets.

By Richard Susskind

4 minute read

January 24, 2001 | Law.com

Legal Tech keynote speaker Richard Susskind believes that, in the near future, every legal matter will occupy at least four distinct spaces on the Web, seamlessly and automatically. He outlines his vision of interrelated, online, shared spaces with varied levels of access. In the brave new world of legal practice, Susskind says, lawyers' well-known failing at project management will be a moot point.

By Richard Susskind

6 minute read

October 19, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

By Richard Susskind

10 minute read

October 19, 2009 | Law.com

Richard Susskind, the author of "The End of Lawyers?," says that in the future, corporate attorneys who embrace emerging technologies and novel ways of sourcing legal work will continue to be successful, while those unwilling to change will struggle to survive. Susskind predicts that there will be five types of lawyers in the future: expert trusted advisers and enhanced practitioners, who will look much like contemporary lawyers, to be joined by legal knowledge engineers, legal risk managers and legal hybrids.

By Richard Susskind

10 minute read