A strange future: virtual courts, internet-based global legal businesses, web-based simulated practice. Richard Susskind -- author of the provocative best-seller The End of Lawyers? and the just-published Tomorrow's Lawyers -- thoughtfully predicts important changes in the world of law. We are excited to welcome Professor Susskind to speak on April 18 at 4 p.m., as part of our new Institute on Law Practice Technology and Innovation.  

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013 (reception to follow)
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Join us afterward for a panel discussion on the implications of Susskind's remarks:

MODERATOR:
Andrew Perlman, Suffolk Law Professor and Chief Reporter for the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20

PANELISTS:

	Krish Gupta JD '96 is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for EMC Corporation. EMC Corporation is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology with 2011 revenues of $21B. At EMC, Krish has worldwide responsibility for IP law and technology licensing matters, including IP policy, patent and trademark prosecution, open source and standards activities, IP litigation, strategic OEM agreements, and support for EMC's M&A activities. Krish is a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the IPO and is a member of the Board for the Northeast Chapter of the ACC.
	Jordan Furlong is a partner with Edge International, providing consulting services to law firms on strategic planning and practice management matters. He also provides media and communications advisory services as a Senior Consultant with Stem Legal, and chronicles the extraordinary changes underway in the legal services marketplace at the award-winning blog Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Brink, named five straight years by the ABA Journal as one of the 100 best law blogs in North America.
	Regina Pisa is Chairman of the law firm Goodwin Procter LLP. With over 850 attorneys, the firm has offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Prior to serving as Chairman, Ms. Pisa also served as the firm's Managing Partner for 13 years. She is also Chairman of the firm's Executive Committee and a member of its Management and Allocations Committees.

A reception will follow

Professor Richard Susskind OBE is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to major professional firms and to national governments. His main area of expertise is the future of professional service and, in particular, the way in which the IT and the Internet are changing the work of lawyers. He has worked on legal technology for over 30 years. He lectures internationally, has written many books, and advised on numerous government inquiries.

Richard lectures internationally and has been invited to speak in over 40 countries and has addressed audiences (in person and electronically), numbering more than 250,000. He has written and edited numerous books, including Expert Systems in Law (OUP, 1987), The Future of Law (OUP, 1996), Transforming the Law (OUP, 2000), The Susskind Interviews: Legal Experts in Changing Times (Sweet & Maxwell, 2005), The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services (OUP, 2008), Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future (2013), and has written around 150 columns for The Times. His work has been translated into 10 languages.