Beyond 2020: The future of legal practice with Peter Dombkins

Peter, Alex and Elliot discuss the future of legal practice, including:

  • What skills and competencies will be required in the future by lawyers and other professionals operating in the legal industry

  • How recent research indicates a dramatic increase in demand for “digital skills”, including in industries outside IT

  • What depth of expertise in these new skills will be optimal for lawyers, and what this means for the structure of law departments, law firms and legal operations teams

  • How Peter went from being a projects lawyer to working on “black ops” for an international law firm, and why this was a catalyst for his subsequent career in legal project management and transformation

  • What the future holds for legal operations and the legal technology market

  • How all this relates to a 1980s Australian science and technology television show

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Episode notes:

Peter Dombkins on LinkedIn

“The New Foundational Skills of the Digital Economy: Developing the Professionals of the Future”, report by the The Business-Higher Education Forum

Beyond 2000 on Wikipedia

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