The legal field is at a critical moment of renewal and reinvention for the twenty-first century. In an analytical tour de force, contemporary legal thought is promoting a shift from the traditional New Deal regulatory era to a" Renew Deal" governance paradigm. Different schools of thought within legal academia are breaking from conventional models of regulation, administration, and adjudication, and introducing a new regime for a new century. Pointing to the false dilemma between centralized regulation and deregulatory devolution, there is a growing consensus in legal scholarship that innovative approaches to law, lawmaking, and lawyering are possible and necessary. At the same time, a myriad of policy initiatives in different fields are employing new regulatory approaches in legal practice that reflect this theoretical vision. Administrative agencies at the federal and state levels are increasingly promoting outreach programs and issuing nonbinding guidelines in lieu of their traditional top-down rule promulgation, implementation, and enforcement activities. New legislation in areas such as eco-management and information technology provides opportunities for private parties to opt out of the conventional legal regime and manage their environment through collaborative and dynamic planning. Courts and administrators increasingly rely on voluntary compliance as a defense against liability in employment discrimination cases. In all of these contexts, government harnesses the power of new technologies, market