2021 COMPUTATIONAL LAW FESTIVAL
Beginning June 2021
Worldwide
The fourth annual Computational Law Festival (#clplus2021) (formerly the Computational Law & Blockchain Festival) is a decentralized, asynchronous global event bringing together coders, designers, lawyers, policymakers, researchers, and students to co-create the future of law, legal practice, and policy. In the spirit of decentralization, the Festival will be hosted at independent, self-organized nodes in cities around the world. Local nodes will determine the days on which they would like to host their event.
Each node will function as a stand-alone free conference featuring tracks, content, and speakers chosen by the local node organizers. Anyone who is interested (e.g., a student group, meetup, law firm, company, non-profit, think tank, etc.) is welcome to host a node, and nodes may choose the Festival tracks (Learn, Hack, and Discuss) most relevant to their interests and resources.
What is Computational Law? Computational law is a branch of legal informatics concerned with the mechanization of legal reasoning (whether done by humans or by computers). In other words, computational law is all about reflecting legal rules in machine-consumable form. Emerging areas of computational law today include Rules as Code (for legislation and regulation) and Computable Contracts (for commercial agreements).
Why CL+? This year we will be exploring the applications of computational law in a wide array of industries. We encourage (but don’t require) each node to explore themes and industries relevant to your local context. For example, do you live in a port city? Consider CL+Shipping. Other examples could include CL+Agriculture, Education, Energy, Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Lawmaking, Media, Music, Privacy, Space, Telecoms, Transportation, and many more. Feel free to choose one or more themes for your node.
To get started, read up on the CL+B Fest here, learn more about our “decentralized conference” model here, and review our node resources here. Before you register your node, you will need to:
- Choose a date
- Choose a location
- Choose a theme (CL+______)
- Choose your tracks (learn, hack, discuss)
- Create an event website
When you are ready, please register your node here. All nodes must register to be recognized as a part of the festival.
What happens at CL+?
The Festival is designed to be as inclusive as possible, with activity tracks for participants of all backgrounds, interests, and skill levels. Each node will feature one or more of the following tracks:
LEARN
New to computational law? Learn the basics from local and global experts at our educational sessions and workshops.
HACK
Are you a coder or designer? Take part in challenges to build open-source computational law use cases.
DISCUSS
Interested in policy implications of computational law? Join our Global Symposium, a distributed policy hack to discuss core issues related to computational law.
The Festival welcomes enthusiasts of all ages, genders, backgrounds, skill levels, and disciplines, and will be free to attend and participate. Each node is expected to have a code of conduct to create a safe and welcoming environment for all participants.
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