Queen's University

Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador

Legal Sector Analyst and Forecaster

I deliver keynote presentations to law firm retreats and other firm events. My presentations help firm leaders alert their lawyers to radical changes in the market for legal services and begin the process of re-engineering the firm to become more innovative and responsive to rapidly evolving client demands.

I also deliver plenary addresses on legal market change to lawyers associations and other legal organizations. My presentations explain the causes of legal market upheaval to association members and provide them with practical advice and guidance on how to adapt their own practices to be competitive in this new market. I also speak on and moderate panels at conferences, lead workshops at retreats, and facilitate brainstorming sessions and hackathons.

Lawyers who attend my presentations come away with a clear understanding of the forces driving change in the law and a blueprint for how they and their law firms can achieve competitive dominance in the new legal market. They come to understand the impact of social, technological, and regulatory change on their practices, and to fully appreciate the perspectives and demands of legal buyers. They emerge from my presentations thinking differently about their work and ready to engage with their clients in a better and more productive way.

On those occasions when I haven’t been able to personally appear at an event, I have have delivered presentations over the Web using advanced and fully reliable videoconferencing software. I’ve used this technology to successfully deliver webinars to audiences in the United States, Great Britain, Europe, and Australia, appearing onscreen along with the slide deck during the presentation and engaging in question-and-answer sessions with attendees afterwards.

Law21

Principal

College of Law Practice Management

Fellow

As a principal with global legal consultancy Edge International, I served a wide range of clients including law firms (from sole practitioners to some of the world's largest megafirms), legal organizations, state bars, law societies, law schools, and other participants in the legal marketplace in several different countries. I provided strategic planning, market analysis, and industry forecasting services to these clients as part of an elite consulting firm with partners on four different continents.

Edge International Consulting

Partner

As a Senior Consultant with Stem Legal Web Enterprises, I advised law firms and legal organizations about their social media and their web content strategies, assisting in particular with the planning and implementation of legal blogs. I helped structure law firm websites and both drafted and edited customized law firm practice descriptions, lawyer biographies, and other content. I also spoke frequently to legal audiences on social media, communications and online content issues and was a regular contributor to Stem Legal's "Law Firm Web Strategy" blog.

Stem Legal Web Enterprises, Inc.

Senior Consultant

I founded and held senior editorial responsibility for the 11,000-circulation Canadian Corporate Counsel Association magazine, tracking trends and developments for in-house lawyers and legal departments across Canada.

Canadian Corporate Counsel Association

Executive Editor

I served for 10 years as Editor-in-Chief of National, the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association, which focuses on law practice trends and insights into the Canadian legal profession.

Canadian Bar Association

Editor-in-Chief

I served as Managing Editor of Canada's leading weekly newspaper for the legal profession.

The Lawyers Weekly

Managing Editor and Writer

I delivered various legal services during my apprenticeship year in a top national law firm.

Jordan Furlong