ABA Journal: Catch up with tech or lose your career, judges warn lawyers
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Name Change and New Opportunities!
Starting next academic year, the Litigation and Technology Clinic will change its name to the Technology and Legal Innovation Clinic. We believe that this name better expresses what students do in the clinic and opens up many new and exciting possibilities. Additionally, the Technology and Legal Innovation Clinic will become a part of Loyola’s new Law, […]
Lawyers: Algorithm Tamers of the Future
These are certainly exciting times for the legal profession. Our public square is noisy with talk about how technology is going to revolutionize law and transform the profession as we know it. Much of this talk is, however, long on optimism and short on specifics. Last week’s ReInvent Law conference in New York City was […]
Github, Forking, and Access to Justice
Tl;dr: Forking is great; Our decision tree project is a good way to screen and refer potential clients. Use it. Last week, I gave a talk on open source software to members of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and part of the discussion centered around the wonder of “forking.” Forking is the practice in open […]
If Nothing Else, At Least WordPress
Students have a lot – some might say too much – to learn in their two semesters in the Litigation and Technology Clinic. As if mastering practical evidence, direct and cross-examination, jury selection, and the decryption of New Orleans Police Department reports isn’t enough, they are also called on to learn functions, expressions, if/else statements, […]
Using WebRTC for Talking to Clients and Colleagues
Recently, I spent a pleasant afternoon with members of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Access to Justice Tech Committee. We were discussing various ways in which technology could help with access to justice issues and the talk turned to using video chat to meet with clients and co-workers. Some members were concerned about using third-party […]
Luddite Lawyers Are Ethical Violations Waiting To Happen
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Law Office of the Future
Here is an interesting visualization of legal trends of the future. What would Rumpole do? [Via John Flood and Lydia Bailey].
The MIT School of Law
Daniel’s Martin Katz’s keynote at Future Law 2013 is one of the few PowerPoint presentations I will watch the whole way through. His vision of law school as less of a liberal arts experience and more of a polytech (“Math Will Be On The Exam!”), is a bit frightening, but also inspiring. Counselor, get out […]