Kyiv Legal Hackers Host First Legal Hackathon!

On May 27-28, 2017, Kyiv Legal Hackers hosted its first legal hackathon! The event was spread across two locations in the Ukraine, with over 150 people attending the pitch night for the 15 projects produced during the weekend. First prize went to Playbook, an app to help seed investors make sure their legal documents are correct from the start. The … 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

Legal Hackers Summit?

Some people have expressed an interest in holding a small convention of legal tech, innovation and hacking groups around the world.  Let us know if you would be interested in attending something like this, what you’d like to see when you get there, and (perhaps most important) how much you’d pay to get yourself there (consider lodging, travel, and other … Read More

Congrats to our Code the Deal Participants & Winners

We had a great time at the event, and we look forward to the next one! A special congratulations to our winners: First Place – Obsidian Redline Second Place – SKerator Third Place – DocVault A few pics below.  More here.      

New York Innovators Challenge Attorneys And Developers To “Code The Deal”

NEW YORK: A community of technologists and legal professionals are competing in what appears to be the first hackathon that will challenge contestants to build technology that solves common problems in transactional legal practice. The hackathon, named “Code the Deal,” is hosted by New York Legal Hackers and Nixon Peabody, and sponsored by HP, Shake, DiligenceEngine, and Clio. Code the … Read More

Making it Real: Legal Hacking Comes to DUMBO (and London and San Francisco…)

For almost two years now the Legal Hackers community has brought lawyers, politicians, technologists, advocates, artists, and business people together to explore and create alternative solutions to pressing legal and regulatory problems.  Two weekends ago, we made a substantial step forward in putting those discussions to practice. On February 8th and 9th in DUMBO, a group of talented lawyers, coders, … Read More

Data Privacy Legal Hackathon: Press Release

Contact: nylegalhackers@gmail.com Website: http://legalhackers.org/ | Registration: http://legalhackers.org/privacyhack2014 Twitter: @legalhacknyc | #legalhack | #privacyhack NEW YORK. From February 8 through February 9, in New York City, the Bay Area, and London, the Legal Hackers, along with Open Notice, the Open Knowledge Foundation, and Customer Commons, will hold a legal hackathon to tackle one of the most explosive issues in the policy … Read More