{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66667b98b6f3d900124fe6a1/6a39ed8c30d5ebf3c94f8e67?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Can Law Firms Redesign Themselves for AI? Jen Leonard on Unprecedented","description":"<p>Can law firms redesign themselves for a world shaped by generative AI?</p><p>In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by Sharon Crane, president of Practising Law Institute, for a conversation about Jen’s new book, <em>Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing</em>. Together, they explore why law firm transformation is difficult, how storytelling can make change feel more accessible, and why collaboration, human-centered design, and practical experimentation matter in the AI era.</p><p>The conversation also covers PLI’s AI competency framework, the value of business fables, the history of the Cravath system and the billable hour, how Jen used AI as a writing partner, and what the future of junior lawyer training might look like.</p><p>Learn more about <em>Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing</em>:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.pli.edu/catalog/publications/treatise/unprecedented-designing-a-human-centered-law-firm-when-everything-is-changing/447974\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.pli.edu/catalog/publications/treatise/unprecedented-designing-a-human-centered-law-firm-when-everything-is-changing/447974</a></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Why law firm change requires human buy-in</li><li>How storytelling can make transformation more usable</li><li>Why the current legal business model is not inevitable</li><li>How AI can act as a co-intelligence, not a shortcut</li><li>What junior lawyer training might look like in the AI era</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Practising Law Institute"}