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Innovative Lawyers
■The second in an annual survey of cutting-edge practice in the legal profession, expanded to cover continental Europe, the public sector, in-house legal teams and the UK Bar and judges
■ FT Law 50 ranking launched, covering innovation in private practice firms across Europe
■ Enhanced coverage of individual initiative and innovation across the profession - -
CONTENTS
Introduction: Uneven picture throws up surprises across Europe
The FT Law 50 ranking is unveiled today as part of expanded coverage of innovation throughout the profession
A painstaking effort: How the tables are compiled
Months of research by RSG Consulting lie behind this report. Here we explain how the work was done
Individuals: Personal initiatives reveal breadth of new thinking
Awards for lawyers who have gone the extra mile to be innovative – often starting something that would not have happened without them
Judges: Influential rulings and modern attitudes in court win plaudits
Judges and innovation are not, perhaps, natural bedfellows. But the litigators asked to nominate ‘innovative judges’ appear to have interpreted their brief positively
Beyond private practice: The Bar
Chambers are using new business models to raise the professional bar
Beyond private practice: Four innovative cases
In the course of research for the Bar section of this special report, information was collected about these four groundbreaking cases
Beyond private practice: Public sector lawyers
The dozen public sector innovations included in the table cover a wide range of subjects
Beyond private practice: In-house lawyers
Company teams are keen to shake off their image as the poor relations
Private practice: US law firms in Europe
There are many different routes to success for established firms and newcomers. Expanded online coverage here
Private practice: Legal expertise category
Novel uses of the law are a strong selling point for the big firms
