Twitter tweets from LexThink.1 2013 lightning talks about innovation in legal technology and law practice, held 3 April 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, are now archived in .csv format.
The Twitter hashtag for the event was #lexthink
Posts Tagged ‘Big data and legal technology’
Tweets from LexThink.1 2013
April 4, 2013January 30: Georgetown Law Conference: Big Data and Big Challenges for Law and Legal Information
January 30, 2013Some legal informatics and legal methodology presentations are being given at Georgetown Law Library Symposium in Celebration of 125 Years: Big Data and Big Challenges for Law and Legal Information, being held today, 30 January 2013, at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC.
Twitter hashtag for the event is #GtownLawBigData
Click here for the live webcast of the event.
The program appears below. I believe Josh Blackman’s presentation deals with quantitative legal prediction.
The conference organizers say they will post slides of many of the presentations.
9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Panel 1: Privacy Risks and Public Benefits of Big Data
Francine E. Friedman, Senior Policy Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Leslie Johnston, Chief of Repository Development; Manager, Technical Architecture Initiatives, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress
Paul Ohm, Professor, University of Colorado Law School; Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Trade Commission
Marylin J. Raisch, Associate Law Librarian for International and Foreign Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Big Data Applications in Scholarship and Policy I
Josh Blackman, Professor, South Texas College of Law
Carole Roan Gresenz, Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies
Bill LeFurgy, Digital Initiatives Manager, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress
Kathryn Zeiler, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Kumar Percy Jayasuriya, Associate Law Librarian for Patron Services, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Address
Spiros Dimolitsas, Senior Vice President for Research and Chief Technology Officer, Georgetown University1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Panel 3: Big Data Applications in Scholarship and Policy II
Margaret O. Adams, Supervisory Archivist, Archival Electronic Records Operations, National Archives and Records Administration
Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center; Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Mark E. Herlihy, Deputy Director, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Joshua C. Teitelbaum, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Jason S. Zarin, Reference Librarian, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)
HT @GtownLawLib
Call for Proposals: ReInventLaw Dubai 2012: An ‘Un’conference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
September 23, 2012A call for presentation proposals — with submission deadline of 15 October 2012 — has been issued for ReInventLaw Dubai 2012: “an ‘un’conference devoted to law, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship” — to be held 10 December 2012 at Media City in Dubai.
The organizers particularly welcome presentations about innovations in legal services or legal education. Presentations can take the form of 6 Minute Ignite Style Presentations or 12 Minute “TED Style” Presentations.
Registration is free.
The event Website describes the event as follows:
ReInvent Law Dubai is an “un”conference devoted to law, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Anyone interested in the future of law or technology or entrepreneurship will want to participate. Come hear about the innovative ideas generated by the highly-engaging atmosphere of the event!
The event is being sponsored by The ReInventLaw Laboratory at Michigan State University College of Law, and is modeled on the LawTechCamp London 2012 event held last summer.
For more information, please see the ReInventLaw Dubai 2012 Website.
HT @computational.
ReInvent Law Dubai 2012: Unconference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
July 9, 2012ReInvent Law Dubai 2012: Unconference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship will be held 10 December 2012 at Dubai Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE, according to an announcement at Computational Legal Studies.
The event’s organizers will be Professor Dr. Daniel Martin Katz and Professor Renee Newman Knake, both of the Michigan State University College of Law and its new ReInvent Law Laboratory.
According to the event brochure:
ReInvent Law Dubai is an (un)conference focusing on law, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Building upon the success of the recent London event, leaders in the fields of law, technology and beyond will come together to share ideas about innovation in the delivery of legal services.
This event is Free, Open and Participatory. Anyone can propose a topic. Entrepreneurs, new media/technology enthusiasts, legal professionals, social networkers, and those curious about future innovation in law and technology will want to attend.
The Michigan State University College of Law Graduate Program at MSU Dubai is a primary sponsor.
For more information, please see the announcement.
HT @computational.
June 29: LawTechCamp London
June 28, 2012LawTechCamp London 2012 — “a BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media and technology enthusiasts and legal professionals” — will be held 29 June 2012 in London, England, UK.
The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #lawtechcamplondon.
Click here for archived Twitter tweets — in .csv format — from the event.
Click here for the conference program.
A notable characteristic of this event is that it gathers together in one place individuals from most of the different subgroups of the legal informatics community.
The event’s organizers include:
- Daniel Martin Katz, Michigan State University College of Law
- Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law
- Monica Goyal, owner and CEO of MyLegalBriefcase.com
- Lisa Webley, University of Westminster Law School
- John Flood, University of Westminster Law School
- David Allison, The College of Law
- Jon Harman, The College of Law
HT @reneeknake.
Program Posted for LawTechCamp London 2012
June 9, 2012The program has been posted for LawTechCamp London 2012 — “a BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media and technology enthusiasts and legal professionals” — to be held 29 June 2012 in London, England, UK.
The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #lawtechcamplondon.
A notable characteristic of this event is that it gathers together in one place individuals from most of the different subgroups of the legal informatics community.
The event’s organizers include:
- Daniel Martin Katz, Michigan State University College of Law
- Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law
- Monica Goyal, owner and CEO of MyLegalBriefcase.com
- Lisa Webley, University of Westminster Law School
- John Flood, University of Westminster Law School
- David Allison, The College of Law
- Jon Harman, The College of Law
HT @reneeknake.
