HeyJaredRyan McKeen
Professor, consultant, and attorney helping the legal profession build the future of law one dream at a time.
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What Actually Matters in Legal Right Now (opens the original)
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Everyone is asking the wrong question.The question I hear at every bar event, every CLE, every conference hallway is some version of: is AI going to replace lawyers?This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<div class="fake
Our Revolutionary Era Event Is Going To Be..... Revolutionary (opens the original)
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Legal is a Mess. (opens the original)
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If I could give this all backI would be home in the morningI'd wake up in a cold sweatTake a flight back to the city I was born inAnd I would wipe myself cleanOf what I knew was unimportantI'd want typical thingsI'd try to fit back into all my old clothing - Noah Kahan “Mess”AI is good. Really good. Better than most lawyers want to admit. And yet I can’t think of a single person in my world who is less busy because of it. Not one.That should tell you
None of It Was Cheap and Easy (opens the original)
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Legal Has a Conference Problem (opens the original)
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Last week I got a proposal from a hotel in Nashville. A nice hotel. By no means the Four Seasons.We're in the early stages of planning an event there for 2027. Great city. Warm, professional sales team. Nothing about the proposal was unusual. That's the point.Here's what it said.The math nobody shows youThe room rental was "waived." Sounds generous. It's waived because of a $45,000 food and beverage minimum.And that $45,000 comes with two plus signs after it. In hotel language, "++" means a serv
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