Last week’s Above The Law Academy for Private Practice had many participants from our CodeX community. Held Oct. 28 & 29, in Philadelphia, the event kicked off at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, starting with a media panel (the do’s and don’ts of dealing with reporters, marketers and social media). Then it was time for the “alt.legal Innovation Awards Company Showcase.”

The 15 contestants (in seven categories) were selected from 66 applicants. Each presenter had three minutes to pitch to the very enthusiastic audience. (Some of the contestants were participating remotely.) It was a whirlwind of information!

The overall winner was Casetext, (the first in our CodeX series of “Startup Snapshot” profiles.) Presenter: Jake Heller (CodeX Fellow).

Among the other presenters were Hotshot (Ian Nelson); Allegory Law (Alma Asay); Kira (Steve Obensky); eBrevia (Ned Gannon); Alt Legal (Nehal Madhani, CodeX Fellow) and others who have been on the CodeX radar.

Judges were Joe Borstein (Thomson Reuters & ATL alt.legal columnist), Mary Juetten (CEO & Founder of Traklight ), Nicole “Niki” Black, (Legal Technology Evangelist at MyCase) and moi. (We chose the winners in each category and then the overall winner.)

Check out the full roster at the Above the Law article, “A Case for Great: Casetext Wins alt.legal Innovation Awards”  here.

MORE ATL-APP
> Check out Gaston Kroub’s article, “Beyond Big Law: 3 Insights About Boutique Firm Practice.” Based in Brooklyn, he is a partner at Kroub, Silbersher & Kolmykov.
> “Will New Roles of Content Marketing Kill Ghostwritten Legal Blogs Once and For All?” by Carolyn Elefant.

More to come…….

Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX and a member of the California bar. She is also a freelance journalist and analyst. Her Above The Law column, “The Circuit” previews upcoming legal conferences and events, and is the co-host of the podcast, Law Technology Now (Legal Talk Network.)  Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu.  Twitter: @Monica Bay

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