Open Law Lab
What would a good management system look like, for courts to assess their workflows & performance? James McMillan, John Matthias, and Matt Kleiman of the National Center on…
The SF design & architecture consultancy Gensler has published its findings about the future of working in the legal world — specifically what the Legal Office of the…
I am working with a team at Carnegie Mellon to create more Usable Privacy Policies. One of the main deliverables we’re creating is a plugin for web browsers,…
Code for America has launched an awards program to recognize great tech-based projects going on in US government agencies. There are still a few days to submit your…
Inside Stanford Law School, the Stanford Securities Litigation Analytics project is gathering all kinds of data about securities litigation & then making it visual, interactive, and usable to…
I came across this blog piece by the Dutch group Am I a Designer, exploring the question of “Why change the design process?” They resist an overly formalized,…
Two weeks ago I attended a few days of the Gruter Institute’s session on Law & Behavioral Sciences in Tahoe. I was quite excited to find Joshua Fairfield…
Last week I heard a presentation from the K-12 Lab at Stanford’s d.school, all about how they are bringing in modes & mindsets of Hacking into elementary schools…
After a conversation with a legal colleague who’s working on a new software project to simplify how courts and lawyers communicate, I was inspired to sketch out some…
Last week, during my class Into to Legal Design Class, we had some guest designers from Intuit, who work on improving the user experience of their tax customers.…
I asked my Legal Design students what they think JD students should be learning right now in law schools, to prepare them for their future careers in the…
Rebecca Purdom of Vermont Law / Stanford Medical School examining factors of how law schools could be more innovative.
Some thoughts on a powerpoint from GWU Law Professor Susan Dudley.
One of the projects on my front-burner is getting a great legal navigator built, that takes a person step-by-detailed-step through a legal process. Here are some of the…
I am at the Gruter Institute, learning about innovation in different industries. Here’s an interesting thought from the world of AI: Can we help people deal w) complex…
Looking back through my iPad sketchbooks, I came across this sketch of what an online legal help portal might look like. It’s a topic I’ve been thinking about…
As I’ve presented design to lawyers over the past several years, one of the main points of value I’ve heard echoed back from lawyers is the mindset of…
A quick sketch of one of the key mindsets I’m trying to teach my students — and what design can offer to law. How do we think about…
Law firms need to be focused on Legal services as PROCESSES we can redesign, remix – these coreographies of service delivery. We can play with these new processes…
It’s changing, as Seyfarth’s Steve Poor shows in this excellent slide about different phases law depts. staff & buy legal services.
Ron Dolin, discussing his recent paper on Clayton Christensen’s “The Innovator’s Dilemma” and how it may or may not apply to the legal industry.
How will corporate & consumer clients be shopping for legal services — what will they value & seek out?
A great slide from Ron Dolin, summing up some of the central problems to target in the legal industry.
From Stanford law school lunch talk today
Last summer, I started a design review of the California Judicial Council’s Self-Help webpage. It is meant to be a central hub for lay people in the state…
by Kursat Ozenc & Margaret Hagan Everyday we make all kinds of complicated decisions, but (usually) without thinking much about them: a contract you sign, a mortgage plan…
Claire Medina and Joe Hodge of Kolba, a social venture incubator in Armenia, has an interesting post about the challenges that a small group inside of a larger…
I have been fleshing out my concept of Wise Design, with specific principles, methods, and mechanics. Here is one insight that comes up again and again when helping…
News appeared today that NBC picked up a pilot from the man behind Law & Order, Dick Wolf, to create a show for next TV season, called You…
I was fortunate to be able to participate in last weekend’s ABA Summit on Legal Innovation. Watching all the presentations, and participating in Blue Sky innovations — my…
I’m more than halfway through my first full-quarter class on Legal Design. I’ve built a website for the students, to have all the assignments & resources in one…
For my class this quarter, I’m focusing on “the user experience of law” — and how to get the students equipped & thoughtful to develop great UX into…
Some more thoughts about law school’s role in the changing profession.
A great vision from Harvard professor David Wilkins about how law schools can encourage innovation in the profession.
Stanford professor Deborah Rhode on the future of law schools.
Harvard professor David Wilkins on how law schools need to be adapting, know more about the work and paths of lawyers today.
More calls for streamlined legal help services, this time from Jim Sandman of the Legal Services Corporation.
More thoughts from this morning
A thought from this morning ‘so session.
My sketches from this morning’s agenda-setting working group: what are the big challenges to legal innovation? What do we as a profession (and beyond) need to focus on…