Law.com reports Big Four Legal Leader: COVID-19 Will Change the Way Law is Practiced. We would also add that the same applies to legal bodies, associations and their ilk. It’s time to move into the 21st century and quickly.
Stuart Fuller, head of global legal services for KPMG, said the COVID-19 global pandemic has led to a new short-term mantra: Don’t stop what you’re doing—change the way you do it.
Stuart Fuller, the global head of the legal services arm of Big Four accounting firm KPMG, expects the COVID-19 crisis to ultimately change the way law around the world is practiced.
Fuller has been dealing with the impacts of the coronavirus crisis longer than many law firm leaders, as KPMG has offices across Asia and in addition to overseeing global operations, he is the Asia Pacific regional leader for legal services.
Fuller noted that a critical message emerged from Hong Kong and Shanghai before the crisis took hold around the rest of the world. And it has become KPMG’s short-term mantra: Don’t stop what you’re doing—change the way you do it.
“Don’t stop engaging with your teams; don’t stop engaging with your clients; don’t stop having client meetings or client conferences or continuing legal education or insight sessions—just convert the way you do it all into the virtual,” he said from KPMG’s Sydney offices.
Long-term, the COVID-19 crisis will change the way law is practiced worldwide and law firms and businesses need to prepare, he said, adding that the transformation will be particularly great for traditional law firms.