Special Report

Innovative Lawyers

Special reports covering Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Plus: General Counsel, Intelligent Business and Digital Lawyers

Rankings currently open for submissions

■ Asia-Pacific
■ Europe

■ New award: collaborative innovation

Innovative Lawyers: new award to celebrate collaboration

Format will highlight projects that solve legal services challenges with joint initiatives

North America Innovative Lawyers

After a year that put lawyers’ resilience to the test, we look at changes in the practice of law, the Supreme Court and beyond. Plus: the most innovative law firms, 20 leading individuals and 90 examples of best practice

FT Intelligent Business

In this edition: healthcare and public policy show how the coronavirus pandemic is testing the ideas and people behind the integration of data, technology and professional services. Plus: case studies that highlight best practice

Innovative Lawyers: Europe

In this edition: Lawyers are going digital — plus the FT Top 30 law firms for 2020; leaders urged to do more on ethnic diversity; in-house teams act fast to help tackle Covid-19 challenges; and UK law firms bolster advisory units

Digital Lawyers

In part 5 of our series on the legal sector’s response to digital transformation: the reinvention of the in-house lawyer; plus what the legal profession is reading on FT.com

Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers

Lawyers’ innovative skills have been put to the test as never before following the spread of Covid-19 across Asia-Pacific and globally. We look at key areas of legal innovation — from strategy and clients to wellbeing — in light of the pandemic

More from this Special Report

FT General Counsel

We highlight 27 top in-house lawyers. Plus: Companies double down on ESG after the pandemic; requirements for a start-up mindset; making people matter in times of strife; and a radical makeover at Panasonic

Lawyers in a Crisis

In Part 9 of legal sector responses to the pandemic: FT hackathon teams reveal their solutions to the most pressing legal, regulatory and civil society challenges emerging from the Covid-19 crisis. Plus: what the legal sector is reading on FT.com

Innovative Lawyers: complete rankings 2012-2018

Explore annual rankings for each region, assessing lawyers on their innovation for clients and in their own businesses