Pillars index
The six themes organising the next stage of Craig Cornick's publication platform.
These pillar pages turn the site into a connected body of work. Each one gathers essays, shared arguments, and adjacent pages so visitors can move from biography and media coverage into deeper search-relevant reading.
Internal-linking model
The archive now has a clearer logic: the homepage links into Writing and Media, Writing links into themed pillar hubs, each pillar links into essays, and the footer reinforces those canonical paths across the site.
Home → Writing archive → Pillar page → Essay detail
About / Speaking / Media → related pillar hubs
Footer → canonical links to writing hubs and authority pages
Themes
A clearer thematic map for both readers and crawlers
Each pillar is written as a crawlable entry point into a coherent subject area rather than a tag page with thin content.
Legal AI
Legal AI built from the operator's seat
Craig's legal AI work is anchored in the unglamorous realities of intake, triage, exception handling, and legal throughput. The argument is consistent: useful legal AI is built by people who have lived inside case operations.
Themes
4 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
Case Intake Is Where Legal AI Either Wins or DiesLegal AI Needs an Operator Data ModelWhy the Big Legal AI Vendors Will Never WinLitigation finance
Litigation finance as firm infrastructure
Litigation finance appears throughout Craig's work not as an occasional instrument, but as a structural force in how modern legal businesses are designed. The emphasis is on capital as operating infrastructure.
Themes
3 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
Why Litigation Finance Needs Better Case-Market SignalsLitigation Finance Is Becoming a Firm CapabilityWhen Litigation Finance Becomes InfrastructureClaimant growth
Claimant acquisition and trust systems
Craig treats claimant growth as a system problem. The winning firms are not simply louder in market; they are better at turning demand into qualified, trusted, and commercially workable legal relationships.
Themes
1 essay currently mapped to this pillar.
Claimant Acquisition Is Now a Product ProblemLaw firm strategy
Law firm strategy under operational pressure
Law firm strategy matters in Craig's writing because legal businesses are now judged by execution as much as expertise. The essays in this pillar focus on leverage, systems, and operating shape.
Themes
2 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
Trust Is a Law Firm Operating SystemThe New Economics of Small-Firm AIAccess to justice
Access to justice where the market hesitates
For Craig, access to justice is meaningful only when it reaches cases, claimants, and sectors the establishment would prefer to ignore. This pillar collects the clearest articulation of that view.
Themes
2 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
The Cases No One Else Will FundAccess to Justice Needs Distribution, Not Just PrincipleFounders and conviction
Founders, conviction, and timing
Craig's founder and investing essays are less about charisma and more about steadiness, distribution, and the discipline to match conviction with timing. They support the broader site by showing how he thinks when capital and execution meet.
Themes
3 essays currently mapped to this pillar.
What Building an Intelligence Platform Taught Me About DistributionThe Founder Quality That Actually MattersHow I Think About Conviction, Risk, and Timing