Lex Talks

More information for the Thursday April 4 CodeX FutureLaw (#7).

Five speakers will talk about “LEX (Law, Education, and eXperience) Talks between 1:20 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. at CodeX FutureLaw 2019!

 

Nicole Shanahan  (Master of Ceremonies)

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Nicole Shanahan is an attorney in California and a research fellow at CodeX. (Master of Ceremonies)

“She is the founder and CEO of ClearAccessIP, an integrated patent management technology, and a legal technologist who specializes in the utilization of structured databases, APIs, UI/UX, automation and SaaS. Her research at Stanford is entitled “Smart Prosecution,” an ongoing, multi-disciplinary project applying data science to the prosecutorial process and involving partnerships with district attorneys and police departments. Apart from the practical applications of legal technology, she is formulating an economic theory entitled “Coasean Mapping” to predict the pace and nature of society’s adoption of legal artificial intelligence.”

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Professor of Law, Associate Dean, Bernard D. Bergreen Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School

“David Freeman Engstrom is a nationally recognized expert and award-winning scholar in civil procedure, administrative law, and constitutional law. Current work includes a major study for the Administrative Conference of the United States on AI use by federal administrative agencies and a project on the effect of emerging legal technologies on the civil justice system. He is also serving as an Associate Dean at Stanford Law School and is leading an initiative charting the school’s future work around digital technology. Beyond teaching and research, Engstrom has served as counsel or consultant to a wide range of public and private entities and is a frequent amicus before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a faculty affiliate at the Stanford Human-Centered AI Initiative and at CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, an M.Sc. from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. from Yale University.”

Paul Neo

“Paul is the COO at the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) – the promotion and development agency for Singapore’s legal sector – and also the Executive Director of SAL Ventures – SAL’s subsidiary to support the growth of “Future Law” enterprises.”

“Paul is the Founder of the Future Law Innovation Programme (FLIP), Singapore’s national initiative to establish a legal tech ecosystem and to help the legal community innovate new models for the delivery of legal services in the future economy.”

“Prior to joining SAL, Paul served as the CEO of Next U, the executive education subsidiary of Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). Paul was also a Management Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, where he undertook strategic consulting in the financial services, public sector and corporate development practice areas. An engineer by training, Paul began his career as a military engineer in the Singapore Armed Forces. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Engineering and was awarded the MIT Graduate Fellowship Award. Paul also holds a Master of Engineering in Sensors and Smart Structures Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the National University of Singapore. Paul is an accredited mediator at the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Singapore International Mediation Institute.”

Jerrold Soh

“Jerrold writes about the law using a mix of English, legalese, Python, and linear algebra.”

“Fields of legal research closest to what he writes about are law and technology, computational and empirical legal studies, and artificial intelligence law. He teaches the Law of Torts and Business Law at the Singapore Management University. He also leads data science research and development at Lex Quanta, a Singapore-based legal analytics startup.”

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Amy Shoemaker

 

 

 

Amy Shoemaker is a data scientist in the Stanford Computational Policy Lab, where she has worked on analyzing racial disparities in policing practices.

“As part of the Open Policing Project, she helped process and analyze over 100 million traffic stops across the US. She is passionate about using mathematical tools to understand, raise awareness about, and work to change systemic inequities. Amy received her B.S. in Pure Mathematics from Pomona College and her M.S. from Stanford University’s Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering. She loves good books (with tea) and the outdoors (with sunshine).

 

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More is coming!

Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX and a freelance journalist. Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu.

 

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