[NOTE: I wrote the first version of this article in 2010. The article was one of the earliest practical articles on digital estate planning and, in its own way, was influential. It is also one of many of my articles that can no longer be found on the web because of publisher website issues.
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Productization of Legal Services – 2014 Version
[Note: I wrote this article about a “big idea” in 2014. Due to issues with the publisher’s website and search, the article has become all but impossible to find.I felt like I was back on the web in the days before search engines, but I found it by hand. I’m reposting my original version…
The Dennis Kennedy Video Curation Project
Someone recently asked me if there were many videos of me speaking or being interviewed. I said, “Yes. They are scattered all over the Internet.”
I got the gentle suggestion that maybe it would be a good idea for me to collect links to those in one place. I couldn’t disagree.
This post begins my…
Recording The Kennedy-Mighell Report Podcast Live at #ABATECHSHOW
I’m heading to Chicago for what I believe will officially be my “umpteenth” visit to the ABA TECHSHOW. It’s definitely the legal tech conference where I have the most fun.
In big news, after more than 230 podcast episodes of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, Tom Mighell and I will record our first podcast while…
Upcoming Webinar on Productizing Legal Services

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be presenting a webinar on one of my favorite topics – productizing legal services – on Thursday, March 7. It’s free and the registration details are here.
It’s the first of what I expect to be many collaborations with FoundationLab, a legal design studio doing cool things.…
Celebrating the Sixteenth Blogiversary of DennisKennedy.Blog
On February 15, 2003, I started this blog with a line from Babylon 5:

And so it begins . . .
I realized the other day that I had first written about blogs well over a year ago. In fact, the rise of blogs was one of my 2002 predictions for legal technology in
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A New Approach to Publishing My Articles
I’ve been rethinking my approach to publishing articles in publications. To my horror, I’ve seen links to hundreds of my old articles take people to “file not found” or other 404 pages. Other articles are now behind subscription or pay walls, or can be read only as you navigate through ad mazes.
That was never…
Outside Law Firm Panel Convergence – Innovation Driver or Innovation Destroyer?
Stories abound these days about general counsels wanting their outside law firms to help them with innovation and technology efforts. My own conversations indicate that the real wish goes a step further. General counsel want their outside firms to bring them measurable value with innovation and technology initiatives that align with their legal and, more…
My LegalRnD Courses Now Posted on the Syllabi Commons
From time to time, I’m involved in discussions or see discussions about how to teach technology, practice management, and innovation as part of the law school curriculum. I’m now teaching a class called “Delivering Legal Services” as part of the LegalRnD program at Michigan State University College of Law. Last fall, I…
Legal Technology Definition Quadrant Chart 1.0
People regularly ask me what “legal technology” or “legal tech” means when I use the terms and tell them it is something I’ve focused on for many years. In my class in Entrepreneurial Lawyering last fall in Michigan State’s LegalRnD program, I realized that “legal technology” was a term I took for granted and it…