We are proud to announce that the history of the Legal Hackers movement has been included in the book New Suits: Appetite for Disruption in the Legal World, edited by Michele de Stefano and Guenther Dobrauz. Filled with chapters written by experts in the intersection of law, innovation, and technology (including several Legal Hackers!), New Suits provides a global perspective on the … Read More
Nominations Open for the Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) has launched an award in honor of Alli Gerkman, who passed away in 2019 after a battle with cancer. In addition to working tirelessly to make legal education and the practice of law better, Alli was the co-founder of Denver Legal Hackers and an inspiration to many in the Denver and Legal Hackers … Read More
Legal Hackers Reflections
Since Legal Hackers organizers were not able to safely gather together for our annual summit this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked our chapter organizers to share their reflections on the Legal Hackers community using the hashtag #LegalHack2020. Below are some of the submissions we received: Patrícia Mirella Costa Araújo from Imperatriz Legal Hackers: Narae Lee from Seoul Legal Hackers: … Read More
Connessi Vinciamo: A Global Message from Legal Hackers
As the world continues to fight the current health crisis caused by COVID-19 by requiring social distancing and restricting travel, Legal Hackers wants to remind our community that today, more than ever, we can use technology to stay connected and help each other. We are all in this together, and so Legal Hackers chapters from all over the world have worked … Read More
Legal Hackers Team Up With LexBlog
Since we began in 2012, Legal Hackers has been guided by a singular mission: creating a free, open, and collaborative platform to explore and solve pressing issues at the intersection of law and technology. Today, as the largest grassroots legal innovation movement in the world, Legal Hackers is excited to partner with LexBlog to create a virtual home for each of our … Read More
Music City Legal Hackers Organizers Win Access to Justice Award
Legal Hackers is proud to announce that Larry W. Bridgesmith and Caitlin “Cat” Moon have been honored with the Janice M. Holder Award by the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services for their work with Music City Legal Hackers organizing its first legal hackathon focused on access to justice! The Janice M. Holder Award recognizes an attorney, public servant, or other advocate … Read More
Legal Hackers Korea!
Sean Hayes has formed the first Asian chapter of Legal Hackers in Korea. Message from Sean: I am excited to announce that Legal Hackers is, now, in Korea. I will organize the first couple of meetings – we are, presently, discussing topics and a good location for the first meeting. If you are interesting in joining (no fees), please drop … Read More
New York Chapter Reaches 1000 Members!
It took two years to get there, but New York officially has 1000 Meetup members!
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