Welcome
Welcome to the New Law Digest
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the New Law Digest, a curated bi-weekly newsletter from the Lawtrepreneur Learning Platform, pointing lawyers to the resources and strategies on the Internet that help them practice efficiently, deliver more value to clients and live more healthier lives.
With the cultural and social response to the coronavirus being the catalyst of significant transformation in the legal profession, many in the legal profession struggle with knowing what steps to take to adapt their practice and careers to the new reality. Worse, while so much information is available on the Internet on these topics, finding information relevant to legal professionals can be almost impossible to find.
Curated by the Lawtrepreneur Learning Platform and its partners, the New Law Digest is a resource that helps lawyers and other legal professionals understand the challenges their careers face and design responses to address each challenge.
The New Law Digest
Legal Learning
The Lawtrepreneur Learning Platform is coming!
In works for much of 2020, the Lawtrepreneur Learning Platform will be launching to select invitees in December 2020.
The Lawtrepreneur Learning Platform connects lawyers looking to adapt their practices and careers to the new normal with the instructors, frameworks, strategies and tools critical to their ability to practice more efficiently, deliver more value to clients and live healthier lives.
You'll learn more about the platform in subsequent newsletters but suffice to say, the Learning Platform will be a one stop shop for entrepreneurial lawyers looking to modernize their legal practices.
Be one of the first people to access the platform by going to the launch page.
lawtrepreneur.co
Business Model
Finding the Right Corporate Legal Strategy
This article from Prof. Robert C. Bird talks about the five different ways companies use legal services. One of the most influential articles in my journey to build a modern legal practice, use these archetypes to ground how you choose to provide legal services to the various clients you serve.
mit.edu
Legal Technology
How to be a Modern Lawyer: Don’t Start with Technology
In this article for the Legal Technologist, I talk through some of the key lessons I've learnt while exploring what it means to be a modern lawyer. As discussed in the article, its not about legal technology.
legaltechnologist.co.uk
Productivity
The Ultimate Productivity Hack is Saying No
James Clear's book, Atomic Habits, transformed how I look at how to be more productive both personally and professionally. This post from his website argues why saying no is so important so that you can focus on what is important to you, your life and your business.
jamesclear.com
Mental Health
Mentoring During a Crisis
However, while much has been written about the general importance of mentorship relationships, it can be difficult to know how to be an effective mentor during this time of crisis. Use the lessons of this article to approach your relationships with mentee's.
hbr.org
Community
Laura Frederick
One of the goals of the New Law Digest is to highlight lawyers doing some really great work in sharing legal practice tips to the broader legal community using digital technologies.
Today, we celebrate Laura Frederick of Laura Frederick Law (Austin, Texas) who uses LinkedIn to talk though various aspects of negotiating legal contracts. Give her a follow, lots of wisdom to be found.
linkedin.com
Final Thoughts
That's It!
We'll be busy getting the Lawtrepreneur Learning Platform ready for beta launch for December 1, however if you want to share an article or resource you think would be valuable for the wider legal profession or want to nominate someone to be profiled in the Digest, shoot us an email.
Till then:
Be well. Romesh.