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Scenarios for the legal services environment in 2025


The Law is an App describes a highly dynamic, competitive and amorphous world in which only the fittest, and quickest to adapt, survive. The global economy is highly interconnected and global and domestic economic growth is positive and strong. The global legal environment is marked by growth in international rules and institutions and the rise in prominence of private actors and shapers. 'Leading' buyers play an active role in shaping the services they want and they are supported in this by strong and active civil society organisations and technological and process advancements. Innovation in the broadest sense has transformed the market.


Wise Counsel is a story in which legal expertise is highly valued and demand for good quality legal services is strong. There has been rapid economic and socio-cultural globalisation resulting in increased complexity but high global and domestic economic growth. In this world, however, the increased internationalisation of law and legal institutions has a distinctly public nature. 'Receiving' buyers present very limited stimulus for providers to change and innovation in the market has tended to be enhancing rather than transformational.


The Mini Clubmen uses the metaphor of the mini car to paint a picture of the legal services market: the 2025 mini may not be the classic 1960s car but it is still largely familiar – though, in the case of legal services, actually much smaller. Global markets have levelled out and nation states are now more inward looking and protectionist, coinciding with negative domestic economic growth. The global legal environment is fragmented and the former trend towards expansion of international rules is in reverse. 'Receiving' buyers present very limited stimulus for providers to change, and technological and process innovation has enhanced rather than transformed the market


Bleak House is a world of tension between buyer and provider, in which the outlook for both is bleak. The dream of globalisation is a memory and growth, both globally and nationally, is low. Processes of legal internationalisation are in reverse, leading to a fragmented global legal environment – regional pluralism, and 'thickened' legal borders, are rife – and the importance of private legal and governance regimes is on the rise. 'Leading buyers' shop around, search for, and use, information, and have high expectations of delivery and service. They are prepared to be actively involved in the resolution of their problems. However, since innovation in the market has been stifled because of the economic conditions, providers are, in general, not well set up to meet the demands of buyers and dissatisfaction is widespread.


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