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What Is Legal Design Thinking?

By Mark Beese
September 01, 2018

Last year, the global firm Baker McKenzie launched a new initiative called “Whitespace Legal Collab.” On the 27th floor of their Toronto office on Bay Street, the global firm opened their doors to clients and leaders in business, government, academia and non-profit organizations to “address complex global challenges at the intersection of business, law and technology” according to their website. “Our Whitespace Legal Collab is part of our firm's wider effort to cultivate a new type of thinking when helping our clients develop solutions to complex challenges,” says Paul Rawlinson, the global chair of the firm.

Baker McKenzie's innovation project is one of several law firm initiatives that use a process called Design Thinking. While Design Thinking has become a staple topic in MBA programs and tech companies, it is just now showing up in law practice management circles.

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