Legal tech startup weekend 2014
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Transcript of Legal tech startup weekend 2014
Ron Dolin
Keynote
August 17, 2014
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Overview
Case Study – Speeding Case Study – Book Lending Legal Innovation This Weekend – Proposal Breakdown Attracting Engineers, Investors, etc. Stanford Work, Hastings Projects Lessons (to be) Learned Q & A
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Speeding Proposal – self regulating cars No traffic cops/courts Everyone speeds though Auto pay? Max speed pre-set?
Pay in advance to drive faster?
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Book Lending (not “legal tech”)
Paper – how many readers per day? readers per book?
Compare with electronic token passing Copyright and Fair Use didn't change Goal is to incentivize authorship Statutes need a minimum lending time?
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Legal Tech Issues Access to justice Automation, transparency Implied technology assumptions in law Measuring quality (human and machine) Trade-offs between efficiency and quality Training lawyers to use/develop new tools Informational analysis of legal problems etc. etc. etc.
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From Whence Legal Innovation? Courts? Small firms? Large firms? Established providers?
Innovator's Dilemma/Solution
Legal Technology Startups Modria, Rocket Lawyer, LegalZoom, Ravel...
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This Weekend's Breakdown What did you focus on?
access, bail, renters, awareness, contracts Which areas of law? Which types of technology?
NLP, cloud, video, visualization?, expert systems?, ...
How might you monetize? What are the barriers to adoption? Who might fund you?
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Building Complete Teams How to attract engineers? How to attract business folks? How to attract designers? How to attract investors?
While we're at it:
- How to attract customers?
- How to build markets (e.g. standards)?
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Stanford, Hastings Work Stanford:
Taught Legal Tech (taking class on the road)
(w/ Margaret Hagan)
Center on the Legal Profession
Hastings Startup Legal Garage (focus on legal tech startups)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjbDaPfVUZI
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Lessons (to be) Learned
Design process – rapid prototyping, testing Complete teams Feasibility, viability, etc. Empathy for your clients Evangelizing the need
for revamping the legal system
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Contact Info
legaltechdesign.com [email protected] @legalnoise