There is currently no roadmap to the future for the chronically myopic, change-averse legal profession. Fortunately, now comes Crystal Law Firm: Why and How which tells us in well-documented detail how to pack our bags for the journey ahead.

Janet Welch

Executive Director
State Bar of Michigan

Crystal Law Firm is an important contribution to the discussion that is feeding the dreams and nightmares of wise and worried BigLaw partners around the world. When the history of the NewLaw era is finally written, George Beaton will occupy a leading role in its development and execution. You don’t have to buy into everything George says to find value in his views.

Aric Press

Retired EngineerFormer Editor-in-Chief
The American Lawyer | Partner Bernero & Press

Crystal Law Firm blends George Beaton’s twenty-five years of market leading research and legal consulting with Imme Kaschner’s interest in the legal services industry, work and change, to produce an outstanding analysis of the future of the legal profession. They encourage lawyers to challenge their assumptions to meet the rapidly shifting legal environment. Law firm leaders will ignore this book at their peril!

Stuart Clark AM

President
Law Council of Australia | Partner, Clayton Utz

No-one knows exactly what the future holds. Some create their own future; others need to be prepared and flexible for whatever happens. As old certainties disappear and new ones are not available, the most powerful question any strategy process can ask is: “What if…?” There is no better preparation or companion for generating answers to that question than Crystal Law Firm.

Stephen Mayson

Professor
Faculty of Laws, University College London

The status quo in the legal industry has a way of ossifying in the minds of law firm leaders. We had better get over it. George Beaton and Imme Kaschner predict a world in which change must be embraced as you would an old friend. Ignore their message at your peril.

Peter J. Kalis

Chairman and Global Managing Partner
K&L Gates LLP