MSU Law to offer Legal Service Delivery course this fall

Kenneth Grady, a leading expert on the legal industry and delivering legal services, will teach Legal Service Delivery beginning this fall, as part of a continuing expansion of MSU?Law’s legal innovation and technology curriculum.
The new course follows the Delivering Legal Services workshop Grady led for MSU Law students last November in collaboration with Daniel W. Linna Jr., assistant dean for career development and professor of law in residence at MSU Law, and Jim Manley, managing director for the Demmer Center for Business Transformation at the MSU Eli Broad College of Business.

In addition to the new course, Grady will also help MSU Law to build on its Lean for Legal initiative.

Grady, Lean Law Evangelist for Seyfarth Shaw, and formerly CEO of SeyfarthLean Consulting, is a recognized thought leader on legal industry issues and trends, including innovation, leadership, efficiency, and change management. Named to the Fastcase 50, which “recognizes 50 of the smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the law,” Grady was an active member of the Association of Corporate Counsel for 14 years, and served as a member of the ACC Board of Directors, Value Challenge Steering Committee, and Advocacy Committee.

Grady, who has two decades of experience leading corporate lean innovation and transformation, received his lean training in Japan where his sensei was a pioneer of the Toyota Production System and member of the original Toyota Autonomous Study Group.

Grady was a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery, served in general counsel roles at three Fortune 1000 corporations, and has held executive leadership positions in Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations.