The Hamburg Legal Hackers chapter has gotten off to a great start! Co-organizer Dalia Moniat sends us the following report on the Hamburg chapter’s most recent event: The 5th Hamburg Legal Hackers Meetup took place on August 9, 2018 at Hogan Lovells with about 70 participants from various law firms, companies and universities on the subject of “Young Geex in … Read More
Legal Hackers 2017 International Summit
On August 4-6, 2017, legal hackers from all over the world convened in Brooklyn, NY where Legal Hackers was born 5 years ago for our third international summit. Participants traveled from as far as Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, and Ukraine to discuss, share, and collaborate on how to improve access to and the practice of law using technology. Topics of discussion … Read More
Music City Legal Hackers Host Inaugural Legal Hackathon
The Music City Legal Hackers, in conjunction with Code for Nashville, hosted their first legal hackathon on April 7-8, 2017 at Vanderbilt Law School! The hackathon challenged participants to solve problems submitted by Tennessee pro bono and “low bono” legal nonprofits. For those who were interested in legal hacking and access to justice, but did not want to join the hackathon, Massachusetts … Read More
New York Legal Hackers Ask What A Trump Presidency Will Mean for Technology Innovation
On December 14, 2016, the New York Legal Hackers chapter hosted a non-partisan panel discussion on what the state of technology policy might be over the next four years under President-Elect Trump. Watch the video below: Panelists Oz Sultan – Former CounterTerrorism Policy and Smart Cities Advisor, Trump Campaign Kristian Stout – Associate Director for Innovation Policy, International Center for … Read More
Legal Hackers 2016 International Summit
On July 15-17, 2016, legal hackers from all over the world traveled to Brooklyn, New York for the 2016 Legal Hackers International Summit. The hashtag for the summit was #legalhack2016, and the Saturday’s activities were live streamed. Schedule and videos are below. Legal Hackers: Where We Are and Where We’re Going Jameson Dempsey, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Phil Weiss, … Read More
New York Legal Hackers Explore Cryptocurrency Regulation
In a lively panel discussion on March 2nd, the New York Legal Hackers explored the shifting perceptions of Bitcoin and the various regulatory regimes impacting cryptocurrencies. Over the past several years, virtual currencies such as Bitcoin have made headlines — first as an untraceable currency used largely by criminals, then as an easily lost asset as exchanges such as Mt. Gox collapsed after … Read More
NY Legal Hackers Declare “Safe Harbor R.I.P.: A Data Protection Postmortem”
On October 27th, New York Legal Hackers discussed the Court of Justice of the European Union’s invalidation of the much relied upon “safe harbor” permitting transfers of EU personal data to many United States companies earlier in the month. Fueled in large part by Edward Snowden’s disclosures on NSA surveillance, the decision means that EU law no longer recognizes one of … Read More
First Legal Hackers Meetup in Estonia Focused on Big Data and Law
The following dispatch comes from our Estonia Legal Hackers organizer Risto Hübner: Estonia Legal Hackers had its first meetup in Tallinn, Estonia on October 7. The meetup was hosted by Nortal, the largest software development company in the Baltics. About 35 people participated. Most of the participants were practising lawyers, but the event also brought together several technologists, university professors and … Read More
Bogotá Discusses Legal Issues for Startups
Legal Hackers Bogotá met on November 3rd to discuss “Legal Common Mistakes and More War Histories from Lawyers of Entrepreneurs”. The Bogotá chapter partnered with the Alumni Association of Los Andes University for the event, and worked with its “Special Division” of Entrepreneurs Alumni. They had almost 100 attendees that night where speakers, José Fernando Torres and Bibiana Martínez Camelo, explained … Read More
Delhi: Law and Technology – Independent or Interdependent
The Legal Hackers Delhi Chapter in alliance with Sharda University School of Law organized a panel discussion on “Law and Technology- Independent or Interdependent” on September 22, 2015. The panelists included: 1. Ramanuj Mukherjee, Co-founder, iPleaders 2. James Mukkatukkavunnkal, Founder, Scriboard 3. Maurya Vijay Chandra, Partner, Adyopant Legal The moderator of the event was Kanan Dhru, Founder of RFGI, Lawtoons, LawForMe and … Read More