Archive - Jordan Furlong

How will you spend your AI Dividend?

Generative AI is going to free up hundreds of hours of lawyers' time, whether the lawyers like it or not. How should they use this gift? By reinvesting…

Nov 8 •

October 2024

The end of courts?

Civil justice systems aren't serving the public interest. It's time to break new ground and chart paths towards fast and fair dispute resolution that…

Oct 25 •

AI and the rise of the Niche Lawyer

A new legal market will create a new type of lawyer: Specialized, flexible, customized, fractional, home-based and online, exclusive, balanced and…

Oct 10 •

September 2024

Building a generationally integrated law firm

Generational differences are a fact of law firm life, but they don't have to be a source of tension. Reframe and restructure your approach to…

Sep 19 •

Forget law school recruitment. Build your own lawyers.

Law firms that really want to win the war for talent should look beyond the tiny pre-filtered population of law students and extend their talent search…

Sep 3 •

August 2024

How Generative AI will change what lawyers do

As we enter the Age of Accessible Law, a wave of new demand is coming our way — but AI will meet most of the surge. What will be left for lawyers? Just…

Aug 13 •

New lawyers: Start building your client relationships now

The ability to initiate, grow, and maintain professional business relationships is absolutely critical to your future legal career. Here's why these…

Aug 1 •

July 2024

Forget everything you think you know about law firms

Preface your strategic planning by explicitly rejecting all the accumulated conventions of the law firm model. The (legal) world has changed. Open up…

Jul 24 •

The race against time to reinvent lawyers

Our legal education and licensing systems produce one kind of lawyer. The legal market of the near future will need another kind. If we can't close this…

Jul 10 •

There's no such thing as non-billable hours

The false dichotomy of "work that matters" and "work that doesn't" wreaks havoc on law firms' priorities and lawyers' morale. Here's how to escape it.

Jul 3 •

June 2024

I've got a little space to fill

Some personal reflections on life in the legal profession, and encouragement for young lawyers who haven't yet found their place in it.

Jun 5 •

May 2024

New ways to develop new lawyers

Generative AI is going to wreck the traditional methods by which new lawyers learn the ropes. What can we do? Forecast lawyers' future roles and…

May 21 •

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