During my Civil Procedure class yesterday, we discussed the U.S. Supreme Court case Hickman v. Taylor, an important case pertaining to the attorney work-product doctrine. However, I didn’t expect that the opinions delivered for the case would be relevant to my most recent blog post titled “What are legal services?”.
From my earlier
The importance of social media for a business entity is becoming a critical part of how a corporation markets and connects with its consumers. With much of America’s citizens joining and using social media sites regularly, the social media industry is becoming a larger part of our lives. In fact, over 2 million corporations are
A construction team physically builds a skyscraper by starting with the foundation. Similarly, as we begin our “Building Blocks” journey, let’s establish the foundational ‘building block’ of innovation in legal services.
When I began planning this blog post, I thought that our foundation would be a simple definition of legal services. After conducting substantial
Swishhhh! The sound of LEGO® bricks pouring onto the floor is the sound of playtime. As a kid, I’d pull open a new box of LEGO® bricks and follow the instructions to build the toy shown on the box. At the end of a building session, I’d have a new toy to use in imaginary
It is important to have the ability to improve one’s community. But it is just as important to retain the ability to reside in that community after the improvement have been made.
Civic Beautification Efforts
Imagine using local resources to empower those who reside in disinvested communities through crowdsourcing. Imagine affording local residents
Episode 2 of Chaotic Lawful is out. In it, I interview Becki Lee, an IP attorney at Seyfarth Shaw, about Seyfarth Lean, the firm’s process management system utilizing lean and six sigma principles.
New to process management? Here are some links to give you an idea of what those terms mean and how they
I am getting in on the podcast game. It’s called Chaotic Lawful and will focus on change in the legal industry. The first episode is linked here.
Most of the episode is a long introduction, but the last portion addresses a new Nature article about algorithmic bias. Following is a link to the article
There is so much going on in the legal tech sphere, particularly as it applies to legal education. Here are a couple of stories from this week:
The Legal Technology Laboratory by Michael Hunter Schwartz, on the blog What Great Law Schools Do
Cognifying Legal Education by Brian Dalton at Above the Law
Cease and Desist Letter Automation
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Introduction:
On Friday, April 20th LegalRnD will host the “Measuring Lawyer Quality and Setting an Empirical Research Agenda for Legal Technology and Innovation” Conference from 9 am to 12 pm at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. Students from Dan Linna Jr.’s Litigation: Data, Theory, Practice, Process Course