New Skills for New Challenges in the Legal Profession

Globalization and technological advances are creating a whole new scenario in the legal profession, requiring greater and more efficient value provision to the client. Javier de Cendra, Dean of IE Law School, talks to Almudena Arpón de Mendívil, Partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo and Secretary-General of the International Bar Association (IBA), on the present and future challenges faced by legal professionals and the best ways of bridging the gap between the skills, knowledge and abilities of law graduates and the new requirements of the market and society.