Three years ago, the first Liquid Legal book compelled the legal profession to reassess its identity and to aspire to become a strategic partner for corporate executives as well as for clients. It also led to the foundation of the Liquid Legal Institute (LLI) – an association that sparks innovation and drives collaboration in the legal industry.
This second Liquid Legal book builds on the LLI’s progress and on the lessons learned by a legal community that has moved beyond focusing purely on LegalTech. It not only presents an outlook on how legal professionals will operate in the future, but also allows readers to develop a genuine understanding of the value of digitalization, standardization and new methodologies. Further, the book outlines a Common Legal Platform (CLP) and makes it the common point of departure for every author, offering inspiring insights from a wide range of forward-thinking experts who are all invested in driving new thinking within the legal ecosystem. The book also features “Liquid Legal Waves,” which provide links between the various articles, connecting concrete ideas, practical solutions and specific topics and putting them into perspective, and so creating a true network of ideas for readers.
A must read, this book is vibrant proof of the power of sharing, collaboration and coopetition, helping the legal profession to shape its digital future and revitalize its relevance while retaining a focus on the human lawyer.
Kai Jacob started working as a partner at the Deloitte Legal firm on 1 November 2019. Kai has previously worked for SAP SE. As Global Vice President Legal Technology & Innovation, he was responsible for contract management at SAP and together with his team led the development of SAP's Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly Solution in S4/HANA. In addition, Kai is a thought-leader in the field of LegalTech, author of numerous articles on various topics related to the transformation of the legal market and a founder / member of the board of the Liquid Legal Institute e.V.
Dr. Dierk Schindler, M.I.L. (Lund). As a certified and practicing lawyer, Dierk is one of the co-founders of the Liquid Legal Institute e.V. (www.liquid-legal-institute.com) and serves as its Co-CEO, together with Kai Jacob. In 2017 he co-edited the first volume of the book “Liquid Legal” (Springer). In 2019, Dierk joined Robert BOSCH GmbH as their Vice President Corporate Legal Services, Mobility Solutions, Supply Chain and Logistics. In his role he drives the adoption of digitally supported Agile practices and, jointly with the leadership team, the digital transformation of the legal team. Prior to BOSCH, Dierk has spent more than 14 years with NetApp Inc., where he built and led the EMEA Legal Team, established the EMEA Deal Management function and implemented the Global Legal Shared Services Team. His teams have been awarded IACCM “Global Innovation Awards” in 2014 and 2015. Dierk teaches regularly at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) on Innovation Management, Digital Business Law and Compliance. He took his doctorate degree from Augsburg University, Germany, and his Master ofInternational Law from Lund University, Sweden.
Roger Strathausen is a global business expert with experience in organizational design, process modeling, corporate universities, talent strategy, coaching and functional team building. Dr. Strathausen previously was an executive at Accenture and an employee at SAP. He is co-editor of the „Liquid Legal“ compendium (Springer 2017), author of “Leading When You Are Not the Boss“ (Apress 2015), and a speaker on topics of leadership and learning. Strathausen earned his PhD from Stanford University while on Fulbright and Stanford Dissertation Fellowships, and his MA from the University of Tübingen.
