Call for Proposals: ReInventLaw Dubai 2012: An ‘Un’conference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

A 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.

Kirchberger and Storr on Law as an App: Technology in Legal Education

Christine Kirchberger, LL.M., M.S.L.I.T. and Pam Storr, LL.M., both of the Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute (IRI), have posted Law as an App: Technology in Legal Education, at VoxPopuLII.

The post begins:

Following up on a previously published article on LaaS – Law as a Service, this post discusses different ways that apps can be included into the law degree curriculum.

The sections of the post have the titles:

• “Changing Legal Education Through the Use of Apps”
• “Legal Aspects of Apps”
• “Law’s Implementation in Apps”
• “Legal Education as an App”

Resources for SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice

Here are resources related to SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice, being held 26-28 July 2012 at New York Law School, in New York, New York, USA.

Click here for the conference Website.

Click here for the conference program.

The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #subtech2012.

Click here for archived Twitter tweets from the conference — in .csv format.

Click here for a livestream of tweets from the conference (HT @reneeknake).

Here are posts and other resources related to the conference:

• Stephanie Kimbro: Review of SubTech2012 at New York Law School in Tweets

SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice

SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice, is being held 26-28 July 2012 at New York Law School, in New York, New York, USA.

Click here for the conference Website.

The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #subtech2012.

Click here for a livestream of tweets from the conference (HT @reneeknake).

The complete conference program does not appear to be available.

ReInvent Law Dubai 2012: Unconference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

ReInvent 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

LawTechCamp 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

The 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.

Call for Presentations: LawTechCamp London 2012

Presentation proposals — with submission deadline of 25 May 2012 — are invited 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.

Click here to submit a presentation proposal.

Here is a description of the event:

lawTechCamp is a BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media and technology enthusiasts and legal professionals including bloggers, twitters, legal-technology lawyers, social networkers, and those curious about new media and the law. Anyone with an interest in technology, law, and innovation–especially in the wake of UK deregulation–will want to attend.

Building off the strength of lawTechCamp Toronto – LawTechCamp London will be the first such event held in outside of North America.

lawTechCamp is not just for lawyers. If you are interested in the intersection of law and technology, such as legal issues facing startups, access to justice issues, or someone just interested in technology or law, then please join us – and bring a friend or colleague.

This event is casual, with active participation between the audience and the workshop presenters and event-attendees. Attendance is free, but registration is required.

The keynote speaker will be Professor Dr. Richard Susskind.

This event is brought to you by the following organizers:

• 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 

LawTechCamp London 2012 is co-sponsored by Michigan State University College of Law, The University of Westminster, and The College of Law.

For more information, please see the LawTechCamp London 2012 Website, or the post at Computational Legal Studies.

HT Professor Dr. Daniel Martin Katz.

To Be Published in May 2012: Rubin, ed.: Legal Education in the Digital Age

Professor Edward L. Rubin of Vanderbilt University Law School has edited Legal Education in the Digital Age (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in May 2012).

Here is the table of contents:

Part I. Creating Digital Teaching Materials:

1. The digital path of the law. Ronald K. L. Collins and David M. Skover

2. Open source and the reinvention of legal education. Matthew T. Bodie

3. Copyright and innovation in legal course materials. R. Anthony Reese

Part II. Teaching with Digital Course Materials:

4. Digital evolution in law school course books: trade-offs, opportunities and vigilance. Lawrence A. Cunningham

5. Smarter law school casebooks. John Palfrey

6. Law games: the importance of virtual worlds and video games for the future of legal education. Gregory Silverman

7. Law students and the new law library: an old paradigm. Penny Hazelton

Part III. Reforming the Curriculum through Digital Course Materials:

8. Law school 2.0: course books in the digital age. David Vladeck

9. The new course book and the new law school curriculum. Edward Rubin

10. Casebooks, learning theory and the need to manage uncertainty. Peggy Cooper Davis.

Katz on Training Students for the Technology Infused Law Practice of the 21st Century

Professor Dr. Daniel Martin Katz of Michigan State University College of Law has published Training Students for the Technology Infused Law Practice of the 21st Century, at Legal Ethics Forum.

The post is published as part of LEF’s Symposium on Legal Education’s Response to the Economic Realities Facing the Profession.

In this post, Professor Katz argues in favor of legal education reform designed to equip law students to practice law in an increasingly technology- and data-focused business environment. He contends that

[l]aw school needs to transition from its liberal arts predisposition to a polytechnic research and teaching operation (you know one with peer review and grant $$). From both a scholarship and training perspective, it is time to get serious about science, computation, data analytics and technology.

For more information, please see the complete post.

For more detail on Professor Katz’s ideas about legal educational reform, please see his presentation, The MIT School of Law.

HT @computational.