Back at the end of January, at the Northwestern Conference in San Diego, Cisco's general counsel, Mark Chandler, gave a provocative speech about how he sees the future of legal practice. Here is an excerpt from that speech that pretty nicely illustrates how Mark provides food for thought in his speech:

"First, how is technology driving change in knowledge-based industries? Second, what are the key areas of vulnerability in the legal services business to these technological changes? And third, what will it take to succeed in this changed environment?"

I think many of us would be more than happy to see the death of the billable hour. Aren't you tired of reading articles like this one that implicitly makes a mockery of our profession?

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