Legal Innovation Forum – Key Takeaways
On October 3, 2023, ClearyX analysts Kaitland Goulet and Egi Troka attended the Legal Innovation Forum in Calgary, Alberta. This year’s theme focused on how leadership and collaboration are driving change and delivering value in the evolving legal ecosystem. The following are key takeaways from the panels.
Alternative Legal Careers
The traditional assumption has been that an individual graduating from law school will almost always enter private practice, climb the law firm hierarchy and reach the coveted status of equity partner. Why else would you go through the trouble of attending all those early morning constitutional classes, and the effort of being called to the bar? By many accounts, a sizeable number of lawyers are currently unhappy with private practice. Surveys conducted by the American Bar Association indicated that 24% of lawyers who passed the Bar in 2000 were no longer practicing law in 2012[1].