An essay for lawyers over the age of 55, plus anyone who knows one.
In his viral essay, “It’s Time to Build,” tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen argues that the colossal institutional failures
I love to write, but it’s more important to build (154)
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Privacy and Public Health in the Coronavirus Age (152)
Anna McGrane, one of the finest people in legaltech, has asked me to post this announcement for the COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps event organized by Rights over Tech (R/T), an NYU Law student group. This event takes place on Friday (May 1) at 3.45 pm eastern. You can register at this link.
Introducing guest contributor Carlos Gámez (150)
For today’s feature post (151), Legal Evolution is pleased to welcome guest contributor Carlos Gámez, who currently serves as Client & Partner Lead of Legal Technology Innovation at Thomson Reuters.
I met Carlos last fall at Evolve the Law’s Law Jobs for Humans event in New York City. The event was
A nursing home changed this law student’s life (149)
She has the gift of attention.
The above 4-minute video comes from my Deliberative Leadership class at Indiana Law. It is 3L Autumn Seib giving her required call-to-action speech via Zoom during our final class (Tuesday, April 21).
Because of the coronavirus, nursing homes are very much in the news. But Autumn’s speech
Special guest post by Bill Mooz (147)
Today’s featured post (148) is authored by Bill Mooz, Co-Founder and Interim Executive Director of IFLP and a senior-level legal professional with remarkable breadth and depth of experience, including a clerkship on the DC Circuit, partner at Holland & Hart, senior in-house roles at Sun Microsystems and VMware, VP & GC at
Legal Evolution opening up as a public service channel (141)
If you have something worth sharing, send it along
What was important last week seems completely irrelevant today. Thus, instead of focusing exclusively on our editorial content, which was carefully planned through May, Legal Evolution is turning to its readership to explore what’s important and worth sharing.
Legal Evolution’s readership is not large (~6,500 sessions
Rule Makers versus Risk Takers (140)
Some realism on the regulatory reform movement
Imagine a legal sector neatly divided into two groups: the Rule Makers and the Risk Takers. With evidence piling up that the legal market is not working for ordinary citizens, the Rule Makers come together to evaluate possible changes. After the new rules are enacted, the burden shifts
PSA for law students and faculty (139)
In 1665, Cambridge University closed because of the plague
Issac Newton decided to work from home
He discovered calculus & the laws of motion
Just saying
— Paddy Cosgrave (@paddycosgrave) March 4, 2020
Hotshot now free for law students and faculty
In the span of the last week, virtually all of legal education has moved to an online format. See Paul Caron, “More than 185 Law Schools (93%) Have Moved Online Due to the Coronavirus,” TaxProf, Mar. 14, 2020. Per the above tweet from Paddy
Evan Parker takes home two LexBlog awards for outstanding writing (134)
The LexBlog Network includes more than 1,000 legal blogs and 23,000 authors, including Legal Evolution. Twenty years ago, a lawyer would have to travel to a law library to access the depth and breadth of content that is now available to anyone with an internet connection.
Thus, it is a remarkable achievement that regular contributor Evan Parker took home two of six Lexblog Awards for Exemplary Writing:
Continue Reading Evan Parker takes home two LexBlog awards for outstanding writing (134)
Lucy Bassli’s new book (132)
In Post 133, Legal Evolution is proud to feature excerpts of Lucy Bassli’s new book, The Simple Guide to Legal Innovation: Basics Every Lawyer Should Know (2020).
When it comes to legal innovation, many practicing lawyers find themselves in an awkward position. Clients and law firms value responsiveness and problem solving, thus there are