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Yesterday was day two of the three day LegalGeek London conference extravaganza. This was the Legal Design day. The venue was different; the numbers smaller; the style more participative; the energy as apparent; the subject as interesting and the value as great. LegalGeek have done us well. The day was crisply organised. We began with … Continue reading LegalDesignGeek: doing it ourselves
Today’s LegalGeek London conference was a pretty total immersive experience. 2000 attendees jostle in a converted brewery, dispersing themselves around three stages and a number of common areas serving beer, coffee and food. These, together, have really become too small and it must be really difficult to find an even larger but equally edgy venue. … Continue reading LegalGeek: from DX to CX
OK. I fess up. Last month, I ghosted a memo which commended the report of the Law Society of England and Wales on Technology, Access to Justice and the Rule of Law. However, I said that ‘the next report should aim for a more clearly defined audience. The key question seems to be this. What … Continue reading The Law Society: Lawyers, Technology and St Paul
This piece addresses the following question: what are the separate components of any system or structure of assistance designed to provide access to justice which might help in categorising technological innovation? Access to justice is generally a rather slippery term. Indeed, it has probably become so popular particularly because of its potential fudge between a … Continue reading A taxonomy for A2J Services: ‘Today we take Manhattan’
Chatbots have an obvious potential in the delivery of legal information. You ask a question and the bot, given varying degrees of identity, answers. One of the latest entrants in the access to justice field is Rentervention. It is a joint project of three organisations: Illinois Legal Aid Online, an imaginative user of technology, the Lawyers … Continue reading Tenancies and Chatbots in Chicago and Scotland