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The end of lawyers? Richard Susskind’s vision of the future of legal practice

The end of lawyers? Richard Susskind's vision of the future of legal practice By Michael Rappaport Can you imagine a world without lawyers? When Lionel Hutz, the Simpsons' shyster attorney on the long-running animated series contemplated this possibility, it brought a chilling apparition to his mind of people of all nationalities holding hands and dancing around in a circle under a rainbow. Legal technology guru Richard Susskind's vision of the future of the legal profession

Don’t kill billing by the hour, cap it instead

Don't kill billing by the hour, cap it instead By Michael Rappaport Daggers are drawn, blades pointed at the billable hour, fingered as the culprit for all the ills that afflict the legal profession by its legions of critics. "Kill the billable hour," exhorted Evan Chesler, presiding partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, in Forbes earlier this year, while touting his white-shoe law firm for implementing flat fees for handling transactions and success fees for