Greetings DC Legal Hackers! We’re excited to announce our new team of co-organizers: Morgan Livingston, Alex Lyte, and Andrew Ware. We’ve recently relaunched the chapter and are eager to reconnect with members of the DC Legal Hackers community. You’re welcome
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7 Years of DC Legal Hackers And A Call For New Organizers
From 2013-2020, alongside Jameson Dempsey, Alan deLevie, Wendy Knox Everette, and John Chadwell, I co-organized a meetup called DC Legal Hackers in Washington D.C. When Jameson and I (both New York City ex-pats) met up in D.C. to discuss recreating…
Le Hackies 6 (2019) Winners
Le Hackies 6 (2019) Winners
Le Hackie Company of the Year: Community.Lawyer
Le Hackie Organization of the Year: Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Legal Hacker of the Year: Jonathan Pyle
Legal Hacks of the Year:
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Le Hackies 5 (2018) Winners
Le Hackies 5 (2018) Winners
Le Hackie Company of the Year: Impowerus.com
Le Hackie Organization of the Year: Center for Democracy and Technology
Legal Hacker of the Year: Carl Malamud
Legal Hacks of the Year:
- Article One (Open Gov Foundation)
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Le Hackies 4 (2017) Winners
Le Hackies 4 (2017) Winners
Le Hackie Company of the Year: Mozilla
Le Hackie Organization of the Year: Georgetown University Law Center
Legal Hacker of the Year: Brad Heath
Legal Hacks of the Year:
- Computer Programming For Lawyers (Paul Ohm,
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Digital Security Training Materials
You should research current digital security best practices based on your individual threat model. But for posterity (and insight into organizing training sessions), check out our materials from our Digital Security Training with ACLU DC and Georgetown Law’s Institute for…
Le Hackies 3 (2016) Winners
Le Hackies 3 (2016) Winners
Le Hackie Company of the Year: Upturn
Le Hackie Organization of the Year: TechCongress
Legal Hacker of the Year: Kat Duffy & Bill Hunt
Legal Hacks of the Year:
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Le Hackie 2 (2015) Winners
Le Hackie 2 (2015) Winners
Le Hackie Company of the Year: YouTube (Google) for its Fair Use Protection Program
Le Hackie Organization of the Year: Open Technology Institute
Legal Hacker of the Year: Kirsten Gullickson
Legal Hacks of the Year:…
Le Hackies 1 (2014) Winners
Le Hackies 1 (2014) Winners
Le Hackie Company of the Year: Fastcase
Le Hackie Organization of the Year: Free Law Founders
Legal Hacker of the Year: Dave Zvenyach
Legal Hacks of the Year:
- Capitol Bells (Ted Henderson)
- Coding for Lawyers
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DC Legal Hackers Statement on Legal Hackers LLC’s Trademark Application
In April 2012, Phil Weiss and Warren Allen hosted the BLIP Legal Hackathon, an event that would prove foundational for the Legal Hackers community. At the event, the organizers defined a powerful mission statement:
“The goal is to morph…