Congrats, Rebecca!

A huge congrats to Rebecca Williams, who was tapped as one of the Fastcase 50 for 2014!  (Oh yeah, she was also named of one of the “10 Women to Watch in Legal Tech” by the ABA Journal).  Here’s a recent selfie entitled “Stay cool #LegalHack”:

NY: Demo Night Numero Treis

On June 24, New York Legal Hackers hosted its third demo night, where its members presented new products and services at the intersection of law practice and emerging technologies.   First up was Diligence Engine, an efficient platform for large-scale contract review that also makes it easy to build new model provisions.  Next, Hire An Esquire creatively contrasted its SaaS marketplace for … Read More

Dan Lear: We Need More Legal Hackers Now!

A little late to the party on this one, but we loved Dan Lear’s lightning talk at Reinvent Law this year.  We hope you enjoy it, too! Dan Lear is organizer of the Seattle Legal Innovation and Technology MeetUp. Dan Lear – We Need More Legal Hackers Now from ReInvent Law Channel on Vimeo.

Bleak House to Geek House

Join us at Brooklyn Law School (or online) for a great set of talks on the evolving law and legal practice of entrepreneurial lawyers. We particularly liked a couple of panels: Crowdsourcing the Law Lawyer as CTO Lightning Talks and Demos  

Welcome, Detroit!

First meeting of #Detroit Legal Innovation & Tech Meetup Group is April 15: http://t.co/axHlAcznD9 Hope you'll join us! — DET Legal Inno&Tech (@legalhackDET) March 20, 2014 a few groups we're inspired by: @legaltechSEA @legalhackNYC @lawinno @DCLegalHackers. Time for #legalhack in Detroit! http://t.co/RB6hrKhzcj — DET Legal Inno&Tech (@legalhackDET) March 21, 2014

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