Agenda

8:30 AM                            Breakfast

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9:00 AM – 9:15 AM         Welcome

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9:15 AM – 10:00 AM

The State of the Art of Legal Technology Circa 2015 

This presentation will provide an overview of the state of the art of legal technology, highlight the various systemic changes confronting the law and legal practice, and describe the different technological approaches that the various stakeholders in the legal system have been adopting to respond to these changes.

Keynote Speaker:

• Professor Oliver Goodenough, Vermont Law School, @orgoodenough

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10:00 AM – 10:15AM     Break

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10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

The Latest Advances in Big Data Law and Analytics

Machine Learning, NLP, big data analytics

Moderator: Professor George Triantis, Stanford University

Speakers:

• Pablo Arredondo, Casetext; CodeX, @tweetatpablo
• Josh Becker, Lex Machina, @JoshBeckerSV   @LexMachina
• Professor Daniel Katz, Michigan State University, @computational
• Khalid Al-Kofahi, Thomson Reuters
• Daniel Lewis, Ravel Law, @lewis_daniel   @ravellaw
• Paul Lippe,  OnRamp Systems, @PaulLippe

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11:15 AM – 11:30AM     Break

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11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Regulators’ Responses to the Economic and Technological Forces Transforming the Legal Profession

From the ABSs in Australia and the UK to the RocketLawyer/ABA Pilot Program, regulators around the world are working to respond to the economic and technological forces transforming the legal profession. This stakeholder panel will place regulatory reform proponents alongside lawyers concerned with price dilution, and the pain of shifting long-standing business practices.

Moderator: Monica Bay, CodeX, @MonicaBay

Speakers:

• Ralph Baxter, Thomson Reuters; Stanford Law School, @ralphbaxter
• Karl Chapman, Riverview Law, @KarlChapman100
• Professor Renee Knake, Michigan State University; Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession, @reneeknake
• Paula Littlewood, Washington State Bar Association
• Charley Moore, Rocket Lawyer, @RocketLawyer
• Chas Rampenthal, LegalZoom, @chasramp

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12:30 PM – 2:00PM     Lunch

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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Track A: Best Practices for Consumer Law Companies

Moderator: Dan Lear, Avvo, Inc. @RightBrainLaw

Speakers:

• Sheri Atwood, SupportPay, @sheriatwood
• Abe Geiger, ShakeLaw, @ageiger   @shakelaw
• Richard Granat, Florida Coastal School of Law, @rgranat
• Edward Hartman, LegalZoom

 

Track B: Innovating from Within Law Firms: Technology Serving Law Firms in Delivering Value to Clients

This panel features law firm innovators discussing their experience in developing or adopting technologies that enhance their legal services for their clients. This panel will also discuss nuts and bolts strategies to get law firms to adopt legal technologies.

Moderator: Joshua Walker, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; CodeX

Speakers:

• Julie Pearl, The Pearl Immigration Law Group
• Yaacov Silberman, Rimon, @ypsilber
• Rochael Soper Adranly, IDEO, @RochaelS
• James Yoon, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

Track C: The Adoption of Technology Within Corporate Legal Departments

This panel features in-house leaders discussing their experience in developing or adopting technologies that enhance their legal services for their clients. This panel will also discuss nuts and bolts strategies to get corporations to adopt legal technologies.

Moderator: Dan Cooperman, DLA Piper LLP

Speaker:

• Mark Chandler, Cisco, @chandlercisco
• Kevin Colangelo, Bloomberg BNA, @colangelolaw
• Karen Cottle, Sidley Austin LLP
• Pieter Gunst, LawGives; CodeX, @DigitalLawyer
• Greg McPolin, Legal Managed Services; Pangea3, @GregMcPolin

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3:00 PM – 3:15PM     Break

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3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

How Legal Tech is Furthering Human Rights and Access to Justice

Moderator: Claret Vargas, Stanford Human Rights Center, @claretmarcia  @HumanRightsSLS

Speakers:

• Jake Heller, Casetext, @casetext
• Bonnie Rose Hough, Judicial Council of California, @BonnieHough
• Chris Jochnick, Oxfam America, @cjochnick
• Alexa Koenig, UC Berkeley School of Law, @KAlexaKoenig
• Oren Yakobovich, Videre est Credere, @_videre

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4:15 PM – 4:30PM     Break

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4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

New Breakthroughs in Computational Law

Computable contracts; open data; legal applications of the blockchain

Moderator: Professor Bart Verheij, University of Groningen; CodeX, @brtvrh

Speakers:

• Harm Bavinck, CodeX, @harmbavinck
• Professor Houman Shadab, New York Law School, @houmanshadab
• Elizabeth Stark, StartBitcoin.org, @starkness
• Aaron Wright, Cryptocurrency Research Group, @awrigh01