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Access to Justice
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Still a long way from where we need to be.
Key Innovators
Rebecca Sandefur and Deborah Rhode
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Access to Lawyers, Access to Courts & Judges, Access to Outcomes/Solutions, Access to Law, Accessibility, and Access to Understanding
Learn MoreLegal Education
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Some schools are investing in practical skills or innovation education while others are dabbling, but many others have yet to try anything new.
Key Innovators
Caitlin (Cat) Moon, Daniel Martin Katz, Renee Knake Jefferson, Michele DeStefano, and Benjamin Barton
Learn MoreBig Data
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Data powers many of the services we rely on, but its potential is just beginning to be realized.
Learn MoreAlternative Dispute Resolution
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ADR is popular and effective, with innovation mostly focused on making it more accessible, including online dispute resolution.
Key Innovators
Shannon Salter, Colin Rule, and Chittu Nagarajan
Learn MoreLimited-Scope Representation
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Limited-scope representation is fairly well known among lawyers, but it is not clear how popular it actually is in practice.
Key Innovators
Forrest (Woody) Mosten
Learn MoreArtificial Intelligence
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AI is widely used, but there is still massive unrealized potential.
Key Innovators
Ed Walters
Sub Topics
Expert Systems and Machine Learning
Learn MoreOutsourcing
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Outsourcing has become a popular option for law firms and legal departments to quickly add capacity and hire expertise.
Key Innovators
Julia Shapiro, Jules Miller, Alec Guettel, and Mark Harris
Learn MoreCloud Computing
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Widely accepted as just normal computing now.
Key Innovators
Jack Newton, Larry Port, and Matt Spiegel
Learn MoreRace & Gender Equity
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We've made a lot of progress, but we've got a lot of hard work ahead of us.
Learn MoreRegulatory Reform
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Several jurisdictions are considering reforms, and a few are even taking baby steps.
Learn MoreWorkflow Automation
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In progress, but moving slowly due to obstacles like the need to customize automations for each application.
Sub Topics
Document Assembly & Automation
Learn MoreClient Service
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Many lawyers are exploring alternatives to the traditional full-service, pay-by-the-hour representation model.
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Kimberley Felton
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Access to Understanding, Access to Outcomes/Solutions, and Expert Systems
Mary Juetten
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Expert Systems
Blaine Korte
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Limited-Scope Representation
Simone Spence
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Access to Outcomes/Solutions
Kimberly Bennett
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Client Service and Limited-Scope Representation
Brooke Moore
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Access to Lawyers and Client Service
Bahar Ansari
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Client Service and Cloud Computing
Megan Zavieh
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Client Service and Limited-Scope Representation
Jennifer Gerstenzang
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Access to Understanding and Client Service
Greg Siskind
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Access to Outcomes/Solutions, Access to Understanding, and Expert Systems
Jared Jaskot
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Artificial Intelligence and Client Service
Daniel Martin Katz
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Legal Education
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ReInvent Law Laboratory and Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS)
William D. Henderson
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Legal Education
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Institute for the Future of Law Practice (IFLP)
Jae Um
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Big Data
Joshua Walker
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Artificial Intelligence
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CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and Lex Machina
Mark Lemley
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Artificial Intelligence
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CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and Lex Machina
Alan Sugarman
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Access to Law
Shannon Salter
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Alternative Dispute Resolution, Access to Outcomes/Solutions, Access to Law, and Access to Courts & Judges
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British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal and CanLII
Billie Tarascio
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Limited-Scope Representation and Access to Lawyers
Ansel Halliburton
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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Law
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Free Law Project and Lex Machina
Alma Asay
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Cloud Computing
Tony Webster
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Access to Law
Amélie-Sophie Vavrosky
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Document Assembly & Automation
Benjamin Barton
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Legal Education
Jason Morris
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Expert Systems
Deborah Rhode
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Access to Justice and Regulatory Reform
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CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
Shantelle Argyle
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Access to Lawyers
Erin Levine
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Expert Systems, Access to Outcomes/Solutions, and Limited-Scope Representation
Tim Stanley
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Access to Law, Access to Justice, and Access to Understanding
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FindLaw, Justia, and Public.Resource.Org
Joshua Browder
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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Outcomes/Solutions
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DoNotPay
V. David Zvenyach
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Accessibility and Access to Understanding
Peter Aprile
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Expert Systems
Natalie Worsfold
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Expert Systems
Forrest (Woody) Mosten
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Limited-Scope Representation
Caitlin (Cat) Moon
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Legal Education
Alice Armitage
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Legal Education
Lainey Feingold
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Accessibility
Ed Walters
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and Access to Law
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Fastcase
Larry Lessig
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Access to Law
Sam Harden
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Access to Justice
Rebecca Sandefur
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Access to Justice, Access to Lawyers, Access to Courts & Judges, and Access to Outcomes/Solutions
John Mayer
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Expert Systems and Legal Education
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A2J Author and Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
Elmer Masters
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Legal Education
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Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
Quinten Steenhuis
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Artificial Intelligence and Legal Education
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Suffolk University Legal Innovation & Technology Lab
David Colarusso
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Artificial Intelligence and Legal Education
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Suffolk University Legal Innovation & Technology Lab
Damien Riehl
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Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
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Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry (SALI) Alliance and Fastcase
D. Casey Flaherty
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Client Service
Pablo Arredondo
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Artificial Intelligence, Access to Understanding, Accessibility, and Legal Education
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Casetext
Omar Ha-Redeye
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Legal Education
Nicole Bradick
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Access to Justice
Jess Birken
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Access to Outcomes/Solutions and Limited-Scope Representation
Natalie Anne Knowlton
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Access to Justice
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Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS)
Charley Moore
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Access to Lawyers, Access to Outcomes/Solutions, Expert Systems, and Limited-Scope Representation
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Rocket Lawyer
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Fastcase
Associated Innovators
Tim Stanley, Janine Sickmeyer, Jack Newton, Itai Gurari, Carl Malamud, Rian Gavreau, Michael Sander, Damien Riehl, and Ed Walters
Paladin
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Kristen Sonday and Felicity Conrad
Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab
Associated Innovators
Adam Ziegler
Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL)
Associated Innovators
Sam Muller
British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal
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Shannon Salter
Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry (SALI) Alliance
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Damien Riehl
LawWithoutWalls
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Michele DeStefano
Free Law Project
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Ansel Halliburton and Mike Lissner
The Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII)
Associated Innovators
Thomas R. Bruce
Suffolk University Legal Innovation & Technology Lab
Associated Innovators
Quinten Steenhuis and David Colarusso
Public.Resource.Org
Associated Innovators
Tim Stanley and Carl Malamud
DoNotPay
Associated Innovators
Joshua Browder
Casetext
Associated Innovators
Jake Heller, Laura Safdie, and Pablo Arredondo
docassemble
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Jonathan Pyle
Neota Logic
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Michael Mills
Docket Alarm
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Michael Sander
LegalZoom
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Eddie Hartman
LAWCLERK
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Kristin Tyler, Talitha Gray Kozlowski, and Greg Garman
Justia
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Tim Stanley
NextChapter
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Janine Sickmeyer
Clio
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Jack Newton and Rian Gavreau
MyCase
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Matt Spiegel
ROSS Intelligence
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Andrew Arruda and Jimoh Ovbiagele
Rocket Lawyer
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Charley Moore
Measures for Justice
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Amy Bach
Rocket Matter
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Larry Port
PainWorth
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Chris Trudel and Mike Zouhri
Legalese
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Wong Meng Weng and Alexis Natalie Chun
Afterpattern
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Thomas Officer, Michael Hassin, and Scott Kelly
Hire an Esquire
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Jules Miller and Julia Shapiro
Modria
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Colin Rule and Chittu Nagarajan
Lex Machina
Associated Innovators
Joshua Walker, Mark Lemley, and Ansel Halliburton
Institute for the Future of Law Practice (IFLP)
Associated Innovators
William D. Henderson
ReInvent Law Laboratory
Associated Innovators
Daniel Martin Katz and Renee Knake Jefferson
CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
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Joshua Walker, Mark Lemley, and Deborah Rhode
Courtroom5
Associated Innovators
Debra Slone and Sonja Ebron
Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS)
Associated Innovators
Daniel Martin Katz and Natalie Anne Knowlton
A2J Author
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John Mayer
Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
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John Mayer and Elmer Masters
Kira Systems
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Noah Waisberg and Alexander Hudek
CanLII
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Shannon Salter and Sarah Sutherland
TI:GER
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Nicole Morris
Axiom
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Alec Guettel and Mark Harris
FindLaw
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Tim Stanley