Richard Susskind

For the children's author, see Richard Suskind.

Richard Susskind
OBE FRSE
Born (1961-03-28) 28 March 1961 (age 63)
Paisley, Scotland
Alma mater
Known forThe Grid
Awards
Scientific career
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Richard Eric Susskind[1] OBE FRSE (born 28 March 1961) is a British author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. He is the IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, holds professorships at the University of Oxford,[2] Gresham College[3] and Strathclyde University,[4] is a past chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, and is the president of the Society for Computers and Law.

Susskind has specialised in legal technology since the early 1980s, has authored nine books and is a regular columnist at The Times.[5] Susskind has more recently[when?] furthered his research to cover the professions more generally and his latest book, co-authored with Daniel Susskind, his son,[6] predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them. They argue that the current professions are antiquated and no longer affordable and explain how 'increasingly capable systems' will fundamentally change the way that professional expertise is shared. They propose six models for producing and distributing expertise in society.[7]

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  2. ^ "Oxford Internet Institute – People – Professor Richard Susskind OBE". Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Richard Susskind". Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Susskind Richard Prof – University of Strathclyde". Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  5. ^ "The Susskind extracts". Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  6. ^ Dias, David (31 March 2016). "Q&A: Richard and Daniel Susskind on the future of law". Legal Feeds.
  7. ^ Richard Susskind (2015). The Future of the Professions. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-871339-5. Retrieved 12 October 2015.