Author Description

"We all want to make things better. We want to improve our law practices. We want to improve the legal profession. We want to improve our communities. Reinventing the Practice of Law explores ways in which lawyers can change their practices to make things better - for themselves, their clients and their neighborhoods. The book encourages lawyers to step out of the mold and consider how they can create better practices when providing personal legal services. Chapters explain the benefits of embracing unbundled services, online technology, fee-shifting practices, and peace-making strategies. The book illustrates creative client outreach. It shows how to structure a practice focused on the practitioner's passions. Beyond the micro changes that individual practitioners can embrace, Reinventing the Practice of Law also details the benefits that result from changes at the community level. It examines the success of a project that creates a community-based network of lawyers. The book explores lawyer incubators, which, like business incubators, provide the tools and resources to support recently-admitted lawyers who are dedicated to practices advancing social justice. It then concludes with an analysis of non-profit co-pay law firms scattered around the country. Reinventing the Practice of Law is not a blueprint, although it has those elements and encourages replication of the tested models that are set out here. But, at its core, the book is intended to be a catalyst for creative thought. What's the next chapter as we work to make things better?"--Unedited summary from book cover.