Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Chicago Legal Innovation and Technology Meetup at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. I spoke about how LegalRnD is training 21st Century lawyers, using a project assessing a pilot Eviction Diversion Program (EDP) that I led in the 54A District Court in Lansing, Michigan as an example. Because many people asked questions about the project after my talk, I’ve drafted this post to describe the…

A (Very) Brief Introduction to Kanban The purpose of a Kanban system is to create a visual representation of a workflow that ultimately improves the quality and percentage of tasks completed, minimizes waste, and highlights areas where a process can be improved. A Kanban board is segmented into derivations of three basic columns, called “lanes”: (1) To Do; (2) Doing; (3) Done. The lanes can be renamed to fit the needs of the project. To…