ISSUE No.6
Legal Technology & Innovation Certificate
The LTIC is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practical skills. The aim is to enable participants to acquire skills which can be used almost immediately in their daily activities, supporting legal technology products and services whether you are inhouse, a consultant, government or private practice.
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Also aiming to help boost legaltech product awareness, connections, and collaboration across markets - between and across developers, vendors, community-builders, funders, purchasers, users and media.
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The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly catalysed the fourth industrial revolution. As courts moved online and office-based law professionals worked remotely, the legal sector began to accelerate the power of this digital disruption.
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LexisNexis selects fifth cohort for its annual Legal Tech Accelerator programme
LexisNexis has signed up 10 participants to its fifth Legal Tech Accelerator programme to support startups trying to break into the legal tech market after receiving a record amount of global applicants.
The cohort includes FastVisa – a cloud-based immigration management platform – and Don’t Get Mad Get Paid — which helps users collect child support arrears faster and more cheaply. The 10-week programme provides the participants with mentoring and guidance, gaining access to the industry expertise and knowledge of LexisNexis and Lex Machina.
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Record attendance expected at five-day Singapore TechLaw.Fest 2020
The third edition of TechLaw.Fest will be the largest ever, both in terms of reach and content, according to its organisers, the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL), Singapore’s Ministry of Law and MP Singapore.
The virtual, free-to-attend event, which is supported by The Global Legal Post as a media partner, will feature more than 100 speakers from 20 countries and promises to offer thought-provoking and practical insights into legal innovation, technology law, harnessing technology to improve access to justice and the future of automated legal operations.
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Chief judge highlights technology in the courts as jury trials resume this month
The New York State court system is going to take a big step forward this month when it finally returns to in-person jury trials. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore still hasn’t revealed the full plan, but said that it will begin soon on a “pilot basis” all over the state.
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Today, you can watch hundreds of livestream court events—many on YouTube—ranging from felony arraignments to traffic ticket hearings to family court proceedings. For the defendant or witness, this is a welcome change. Going to court no longer requires a person to find childcare, take time off work, or risk exposure to COVID.
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The current technology landscape and the COVID-19 pandemic have shone a spotlight on how technology can shape future industries for the better. The legal service industry is no exception.
It is imperative for firms to maximize efficiency while also maintaining maximum efficacy. Anyone who owns or has worked for a relatively small firm knows the amount of time that is spent working on administrative tasks that detract from the efficiency and efficacy of the main goal of the firm. This can be seen especially within the legal practice. A recent study, done by Cilo, found that “lawyers spend only 28% of their day on billable tasks”.
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Nominations are already open and you can nominate yourself, or be nominated by others, across a wide range of categories.
The organisers said: ‘The awards encourage the legal industry to be viewed through a wide lens, and to understand how technology democratises and improves itself as a business and workplace.’
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The Potential and Future of ODR
The CityU LR proudly presents our annual conference - 'The Potential and Future of ODR' (to be held on Saturday 12 Sep 2020) - with prestigious ODR scholars and practitioners joining us online to discuss one of the most relevant legal discussions in 2020.
We are very honoured to have Ms Kim Rooney, Prof David Allen Larson, Dr Christopher To, Dr Alessandro Palombo & Dr Faye Wang as our speakers, as well as Dr Julia Tomassetti as our moderator.
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Academy Of Law is pleased to invite you to a lecture on “Emerging Regulatory Trends in Technologies in Kazakhstan and Other Central Asian Countries”.
Overview: In this third webinar of the series of Technology Law webinars, Ammar Younas will discuss the innovative policy and regulatory measures that already are working in Central Asia, and also are needed to respond to the changing landscape and to address the need for affordable and secure access and use of digital services.
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Legito Legal Disruptors 2020
Legito Legal Disruptors Conference 2020 is on! Legito Legal Disruptors will focus on current trends in legal innovation and present noteworthy stories and case studies relating the automation of document drafting and document management. Our conference agenda is filled with inspiring content which hopefully will offer tips on how you may design a detailed road map to successfully implementing innovative strategies in your own organization.
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The Duke Law Tech Lab Demo Day
At Demo Day, Duke Law Tech Lab startups with a mission to increase access to legal services will share their business with the audience and judges. The audience votes for their favorites, and judges give feedback. Monetary prizes are given to the audience favorite and the judges' top ranked teams.
The Duke Law Tech Lab (DLTL) is an educational program of Duke School of Law, and Demo Day is intended as an informational session to highlight the innovative teams and technologies that have gone through our DLTL program.
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TECHLAW.FEST 2020
TechLaw.Fest returns in 2020. Join us in this fully virtual event featuring over 20 hours of content from 20 countries across 5 days on all things law and technology!
TechLaw.Fest is a signature Law & Technology event that brings together the international community to debate, deliberate, act and innovate in both the law of technology (policies, regulations, legislation, case law and governance) and the technology of law (infrastructure, business transformation and people development).
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