Tech does a good job disrupting a lot of the lower-end parts of business, from manufacturing to human resources. Now perhaps social media will start coming at the high end. LawPivot is a site designed to aid startups find legal advice, by using a Quora-type question and answer format. …LawPivot is interesting both as a clear business model — charging money in a clearly-defined vertical, as opposed to the usual ad-supported business of general interest question sites — and as a potential shape of things to come. If it works for law, why not consulting, finance, even medicine?
Search
The (Online) Future for Lawyers
Are the days of billable hours nearly over for lawyers? LawPivot is a site designed to aid startups find legal advice, by using a Quora-type question and answer format.
Monthly Issue
April 2026
In this monthly issue, we examine how our understanding of energy — and how we source and use it — is evolving.
1 video
11 articles