…. And Its Implications.

3:40 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. at CodeX FutureLaw 2019  (#7).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Tashea

Legal Affairs Writer, ABA Journal

“He covers law and technology issues, and the founder and director of Justice Codes, a justice technology non-profit. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center where he teaches a practicum on criminal justice technology, policy, and law. He has been an invited expert on technology and criminal justice issues by the U.S. Government and Accountability Office, the National Academies of the Sciences, and the Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security at Tel Aviv University and is a member of the IEEE Law Committee. Before founding Justice Codes, Jason worked as a criminal justice policy expert at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, in Kosovo as a Fulbright Fellow, for the American Bar Association in Armenia and as a lobbyist focused on juvenile justice issues in Maryland.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adam Ziegler

Director, Library Innovation Lab, Harvard Law School Library

He “is the Director of the Library Innovation Lab (https://lil.law.harvard.edu) at Harvard Law School, home of the Caselaw Access Project (https://case.law), Perma.cc (https://perma.cc) and H2O (https://opencasebook.org), among other projects. Before joining Harvard Law School, he was a practicing attorney for over 10 years and co-founded a legal knowledge startup called Mootus.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael “Mike” Lissner

Executive Director, Free Law Project

“Michael Lissner is the executive director of Free Law Project, which he co-founded in 2013 as a non-profit dedicated to making the legal system more competitive and fair. In this role, he works with researchers, journalists, individuals, and organizations to improve and interpret the legal system.

Prior to starting Free Law Project, Michael was a student at the School of Information at University of California, Berkeley, where he created the first version of CourtListener.com as his capstone project, and where he focused on technology law and policy.

Michael has walked from Mexico to Canada, biked the length of California, and walked the length of New Zealand. Michael is not a lawyer.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margaret Hagan

Director, Legal Design Lab

She is also “a lecturer at Stanford Institute of Design (the d.school). She was a fellow at the d.school from 2013-2014, where she launched the Program for Legal Tech & Design, experimenting in how design can make legal services more usable, useful & engaging. She teaches a series of project-based classes, with interdisciplinary student groups tackling legal challenges through user-focused research and design of new legal products and services. She also leads workshops to train legal professionals in the design process, to produce client-focused innovation. Margaret graduated from Stanford Law School in June 2013. She served as a student fellow at the Center for Internet & Society and president of the Stanford Law and Technology Association. While a student, she built the game app Law Dojo to make studying for law school classes more interactive & engaging. She also started the blog Open Law Lab to document legal innovation and design work. Margaret holds an AB from the University of Chicago, an MA from Central European University in Budapest, and a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast in International Politics. She is originally from Pittsburgh.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nikki Zeichner

Innovation Specialist, 18F

“Nikki Zeichner is a lawyer and works at 18F, a digital services agency housed within the federal government. She has led consulting engagements with federal agencies including the GSA, the DOJ, and the USDA on topics such as upgrading authentication systems, improving team workflows, simplifying procurement documents, and designing digital public outreach tools. She’s also shaped internally funded R&D projects related to improving federal grant reporting and developing customer centered shared services. In all of her work, Nikki advocates for human centered design, open source technology, and iterative development. Nikki used to practice as a criminal defense attorney in New York City and her firsthand experience working inside of broken government systems is what inspired her transition towards a career in redesigning government services.”

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Pyle

Contract Performance Officer, Philadelphia Legal Assistance

He “is responsible for compliance, reporting, and implementing new uses of technology to analyze, streamline, and expand service delivery. Before joining PLA, he practiced law in the areas of class action defense and government investigations, and served as vice-president of a management consulting company. In his spare time, he develops and maintains Docassemble, a free, open-source expert system platform for creating on-line guided interviews and document assembly applications.”

 

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Photos: Jason Tashea: Twitter
Adam Ziegler: Linkedin
Michael Lissner: Linkedin
Nikki Zeichner: Twitter
Jonathan Pyle: Linkedin

Cover and “7” image:  Clipart.com,

CodeX FutureLaw: 7th year!

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