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Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative: 120 Attendees Discuss Law and Technology Challenges and Opportunities

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

September 29, 2019

Professors Dan Linna and Kris Hammond kick off the Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative meeting at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on September 5, 2019.

Guest Post By Alex Crowley and Mona Kalantar Over 120 attendees engaged in a vibrant discussion about the future of law and technology at Northwestern University’s first public meeting of its Law and Technology Initiative on September 5, 2019. Attendees included academics and students in computer science and law and lawyers and allied professionals from law firms, corporate legal departments, legal aid organizations, alternative legal services providers, consultancies, and legal startups. The Law and Technology Initiative…

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The Future of Law and Computational Technologies: Two Sides of the Same Coin

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

September 26, 2019

This is a draft abstract for a talk that I gave to the Northwestern University Computer Science faculty on April 22, 2019. The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence presents many opportunities to improve law and society. At the same time, AI presents risks and potential harms. From a Law and Computational Technologies perspective, these opportunities and challenges can be separated into two categories. First, ethics, regulations, and laws that apply to technology. Second, the use…

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112 Additions to the Catalog of Law Firm Innovations, v.1.02 – Legal Services Innovation Index

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

January 29, 2019

This last fall, I began updating the Legal Services Innovation Index, focusing first on the Catalog of Law Firm Innovations. I have had the help of three research assistants, Northwestern second-year law students Lauren Diner, Douglas Lavey, and Yoon Hoo Lee. We’ve added 112 entries to Version 1.02 of the Law Firm Innovation Catalog, for a total of 334 entries. I previously described the methodology employed to curate the list of innovations on the…

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Law Firms: Submit your Innovations for Version 1.02 of the Legal Services Innovation Index Catalog

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

October 13, 2018

Last year’s launch of the Legal Services Innovation Index attracted much more attention than I anticipated. I knew that some would find the information useful, having been in the position of trying to gather data about innovation both as a lawyer in a law firm and a professor in a law school. But I underestimated the demand. To date, there have been over 29,600 views of the three Tableau visualizations that make up the Index:…

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Training Lawyers to Assess Artificial Intelligence and Computational Technologies

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

September 21, 2018

Algorithms have a substantial impact on everything happening around us. Most everyone would agree that the impact of algorithms, computational technologies, and artificial intelligence on everyday life, institutions, and society will only grow, and rapidly. Yet most law students and lawyers lack the foundational knowledge to generally explain how these technologies work, much less assess them. One way to address this is to teach law students about artificial intelligence and computational technologies. I’m teaching several …

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Hire Tomorrow’s Lawyers Today! Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Hire an Institute for the Future of Law Practice Intern!

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

August 30, 2018

institute for the future of law practice

How can we better train law students and lawyers for the future? Indiana University Law Professor Bill Henderson has been working on this problem for a long time. In 2017, Bill joined forces with Bill Mooz, an experienced lawyer and former general counsel who in 2014 established and led the Tech Lawyer Accelerator (TLA) program at the University of Colorado Law School. In November 2017 at a Forum on Legal Evolution event hosted by…

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Hands-On Learning: Bucerius Law School Computational Law and Rules-Driven Automation Course – #LegalTechBucerius

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

August 4, 2018

In July I had the honor of teaching for the inaugural Legal Technology and Operations summer program at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. The program attracted 33 students from all over the globe: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Egypt, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine. About 75% of the students were professionals taking leave to participate in the program, including two judges and…

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Joining Northwestern Law as a Visiting Professor of Law, 2018-19

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

July 18, 2018

I am thrilled to share that I’ve joined Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as a Visiting Professor of Law for the 2018-19 academic year. I’m very excited to have this opportunity to contribute to Northwestern Law’s many initiatives to continuously improve the value of the education delivered to its students and prepare its students to have an impact in our society. Northwestern Law’s Strategic Plan, “Leading Law,” recognizes that law schools are “educating lawyers for…

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Innovation: Learn Fast, Start with Scientific Thinking and a Canvas #90MinuteBlogPost

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

September 9, 2017

Why do so many of today’s problems remain unsolved? Often, we have no shortage of viable solutions. Additionally, in many cases we have a critical mass of people committed to solving the problem. Yet despite abundant ideas, energy, and action, the problems persist. How can we improve? Start by making scientific thinking a habit and using a Mission (or Business-Model) canvas. Scientific thinking is embedded in lean thinking, as illustrated in Toyota Kata. Many…

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Law Firm Innovation and Technology Adoption: United Kingdom Law Firms Leading the Way?

By Daniel W. Linna Jr.

August 23, 2017

Figure 1: Average hits for innovation Google searches across law firm websites. For context, review overview and methodology at LegalTechIndex.com.

Legal industry leaders and analysts seem to suggest that United Kingdom law firms are out in front when it comes to legal innovation and technology adoption. The data my research team and I have assembled for the Legal Services Innovation Index lend some support to this. Having just launched this project, I wanted to share a few Tableau Vizzes that summarize the LSII data on this topic. As discussed on the LSII website, it’s important to…

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Leveraging legal innovation and technology to improve legal services.

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Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative: 120 Attendees Discuss Law and Technology Challenges and Opportunities

The Future of Law and Computational Technologies: Two Sides of the Same Coin

112 Additions to the Catalog of Law Firm Innovations, v.1.02 – Legal Services Innovation Index

Law Firms: Submit your Innovations for Version 1.02 of the Legal Services Innovation Index Catalog

Training Lawyers to Assess Artificial Intelligence and Computational Technologies

Hire Tomorrow’s Lawyers Today! Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Hire an Institute for the Future of Law Practice Intern!

Hands-On Learning: Bucerius Law School Computational Law and Rules-Driven Automation Course – #LegalTechBucerius

Joining Northwestern Law as a Visiting Professor of Law, 2018-19

Innovation: Learn Fast, Start with Scientific Thinking and a Canvas #90MinuteBlogPost

Law Firm Innovation and Technology Adoption: United Kingdom Law Firms Leading the Way?

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