Based in the U.K., Richard Susskind is the world’s pre-eminent legal futurist. His new book, “The End of Lawyers?” (Oxford University Press, Dec. 2008) is extraordinarily timely, as many factors are coming together to accelerate change in law.

I met Susskind recently in Wales for a conversation about the future of law. Susskind explains how change is likely to come to a change-resistant profession.