Law 2030

On this episode of Law 2030, we hear from Marion Leary, Director of Innovation at Penn Nursing. Listen to learn about the natural innovative inclinations of nurses, Marion's predictions for the future of nursing, what all professions can learn about user-centered design and how to develop a creative mindset.

Rising 2L Peter Neal discusses: * How he and his girlfriend made the most of quarantine by designing an online CARES Act Calculator * New lawyers' vision for the future of legal services * How interdisciplinary legal education strengthens lawyers’ ability to solve complex problems and * Mindsets lawyers can adopt to better serve client needs

Law firm marketing guru Deborah Farone discusses the unique challenges COVID 19 presents for law firms as they work to generate new business while ensuring the financial health of their own firms. Deborah discusses: 1. How clients are reacting to firm approaches to legal service during COVID 2. How firms can more creatively use timekeepers in search of billable work 3. A strategic approach that emphasizes short-term survival and the development of practice areas that might emerge after the pandemic subsides

Jonathan Petts L'07 discusses how he and colleagues created two online platforms--Upsolve and immigrantslikeus.org--to better connect individuals with the legal system. Listen to learn: 1. How Jonathan and his co-founder used a "Turbo Tax"-like workflow to eliminate the financial barrier to bankruptcy protection for consumers. 2. Why Upsolve's nonprofit status actually helps consumers find it more easily and grow its impact. 3. How Jonathan's approach to Upsolve was transferable to immigration work. 4. Jonathan's vision for immigrantslikeus.org and the future of legal services.

Richmond Law Professor Christopher Corts discusses: * His hope for a greater focus on humanity in the future of the profession * His approach to integrating happiness, purpose and intrinsic motivation into lawyer formation * How his background as a theologian and actor informs his work as a law professor, and * How COVID 19 accelerates our need to be intentional in our dealings with the humans across the profession, including those we serve AND our colleagues

On this second part of a two-part series, Professor Cat Moon and Jordan Furlong discuss COVID 19's impact on legal education and law firms. The conversation explores: * The "knock out effect" the crisis has on the various parts of the lawyer formation system * Who might take ownership of coordinating the new landscape of lawyer accreditation * The opportunities lifelong learning creates for law schools to be involved in the ongoing development of legal professionals * How human-centered design and project-based learning offer ways to integrate the three sides of the Delta model of lawyer competency * How small and solo law firms might be impacted by the crisis

This episode is the first of two episodes that discuss the future of the profession in the wake of the COVID19 crisis. Guests Jordan Furlong and Cat Moon discuss: * How COVID 19 exposes the access to justice crisis the profession has created * Why the crisis offers the opportunity to leverage technology in new ways * Why the structures and systems that have defined the profession have been so durable * Whether lawyers view the crisis as a blip or a transformation * How leaders can pivot toward innovation

Lawyer and entrepreneur Tamika Cummings L'03 joins Associate Dean Eleanor Barrett L'05 to discuss: * How lawyers and entrepreneurs can work as partners to propel great ideas * How law schools can support students in learning the impact skills that provide value to clients * How design thinking offers a helpful framework for empathizing with clients and developing better ways to deliver exceptional service, and * How the advancement of technology can complement legal work and support lawyers in doing what they do best

Zack DeMeola of IAALS joins Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs Eleanor Barrett L'05 to discuss: * The findings of IAALS's Foundations for Practice study on the competencies new lawyers need * How to integrate competency-based training into legal education and how to assess outcomes * Best practices for effective and objective hiring in legal settings * Predictions for regulatory shifts in practice designed to expand access to justice

University of Pittsburgh School of Law Dean Amy Wildermuth talks about the future of legal education. Dean Wildermuth explores: How artificial intelligence is impacting the practice of law  Opportunities for expanding access to justice How best to experiment with new law school educational opportunities How to welcome different generations of legal professionals into the conversation