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The Business Of Law: Evolution Of The Legal Services Market, Tyler J. Replogle
The Business Of Law: Evolution Of The Legal Services Market, Tyler J. Replogle
Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review
The legal services market is changing. This change has been driven by various factors through the years: expansion of in-house legal departments, globalization (through mergers and outsourcing), technological advances, and the rise of alternative legal service providers. This paper explores these factors in isolation—i.e., discussing each factor separately and distinctly from other factors. Then, this paper seeks to understand these factors together, as products of a legal services market that is evolving from the growth stage into the mature stage.
Part I summarizes the early history of law firms, including the rise of the Cravath System through the Golden Era …