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ARTICLE · 25 JULY 2016

The Barbarians Have Passed The Gate

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For some mid-size firms it is already too late but for those prepared to "swim out and meet this challenge" there exists real opportunity.

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Stephen Mabey
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, defines 'barbarian:

"A member of a people considered by those of another nation or group to have a primitive civilization". The word originated with the Greeks and later, the Romans used the same term to describe anyone who was not Roman.

I always like to start any presentation off on challenges facing the legal profession with the following quote from an unknown source (or at least to me):

"Lawyers should not fear the changes going on in the legal profession today, but rather should really fear their inability to change".

There are any number of existing challenges that "threaten" the legal profession's historical way of life including in no particular order:

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