E-Lawyer: A Guide to Legal Practice Leadership in the Internet Age

If you feel bewildered by the rapidly shifting dynamics of legal practice in the digital age, you are not alone. The Millennial mind-set may be unnerving if you think that all things digital are mere add-ons to today's practice of law. We cannot reverse the advance of the new work culture. Sooner or later, we must let go of pre-digital notions. The digitalization of the business environment is irreconcilable with our traditional concepts of reality. It calls upon us to redefine how we think and relate to one another. The sooner we recognize that a new era has dawned and leave the baggage of tradition behind, the sooner the new culture will become our own. With such dynamic and rapid change, there are new expectations of the type of skills attorneys need to succeed. This technological and mental shift demands that lawyers not only adapt themselves to be adept leaders in a digital age, but to take advantage of the new opportunities. E-Lawyer: A Guide to Legal Practice in the Internet Age will bring lawyer's attitudes into sync with the realities of today's marketplace, and help unravel the sometimes daunting and unfamiliar legal landscape in the new "Internet age." After reading this book, you will know how to: - Navigate the new paradigm of law practice; - Create successful digital relationships, and- Build effective, modern leadership competencies.

ADAM NEWHOUSE of Tokyo, Japan, understands firsthand the challenge of being a global lawyer in the digital age. In his 25 years of commercial litigation and transactional experience in the United States and Japan, Newhouse has seen the good, the bad, and the wrongheaded at law firms large and small. He has served as deputy general counsel for one of Japan’s largest trading houses and develops global legal strategies for multinationals operating within widely divergent regulatory environments. His rare nexus of skills and perspectives has led to some unusual missions--co-authoring a treatise on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), for example. Newhouse is a graduate of Cornell Law School and NYU School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation). He is licensed by the State Bar of California and is a licensed foreign member of the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association. Practicing what he preaches, Newhouse is committed to leading his profession forward. He can be reached at elawyerleader@gmail.com.