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Richard Susskind Legal Technologist Adviser Consultant Author

Professor Richard Susskind OBE, President, Society for Computers and Law, World’s Most Cited Author on the Future of Legal Services

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(London) - President, Society for Computers and Law, World’s Most Cited Author on the Future of Legal Services

“Professor Richard Susskind OBE is the world’s most cited author on the future of legal services. He is President of the Society for Computers and Law and, since 1998, has been Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. His main area of expertise is the future of professional service and, in particular, the way that AI and other technologies are changing the work of lawyers. He advises leading professional firms, in-house legal departments, and governments and judiciaries around the world.

In the 1980s, he wrote his doctorate on AI and the law at Balliol College, Oxford. Richard’s work has been translated into 18 languages and he has been invited to speak in over 60 countries. He has written ten books, including The Future of Law (1996), Tomorrow’s Lawyers (2013, 2017, 2023), The Future of the Professions (with D Susskind, 2015, 2022), and Online Courts and the Future of Justice (2019, 2021). He has also contributed more than 150 columns to The Times.

In 2000, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty the Queen. In 2022, it was announced that His Majesty the King had approved Richard’s appointment as an Honorary King’s Counsel.”

Find out more about Richard Susskind here.

Our Editors at WardblawG would highly recommend you read at least one of his recent books and watch at least one of his lectures on YouTube or attend an upcoming lecture if you haven't already done so.

#1 on list of Best Legal Technologists & Consultants in England & Wales.

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