The ABA Journal yesterday launched a Legal Rebels Project, which will profile fifty of the legal profession's leading innovators over the next three months.  The first seven Legal Rebels includes Northwestern Dean David Van Zandt:

The legal profession often has a guild mindset, he posits: Members value perceived intelligence and craftsmanship. What the group sees as perfection is often rewarded by other guild members. But clients don’t always want something that is technically perfect, and they are often equally concerned with time and cost savings. Also, they value social skills as well as perceived, measurable intelligence. “Guilds are always giving out awards and badges,” Van Zandt says, “and clients don’t really care about that sort of thing."