21st Century Law Practice London Summer Program -- Michigan State University - College of Law & Westminster University

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Exploring The Future of Law WHY? WHO? PROGRAM DESCRIPTION COURSES APPLY PracticeMichigan State University College of Law Program Co-Directors: 21st Century Law Practice Summer London Law Program June 17 2012 - July 3 2012* *Pending ABA Approval Renee Newman Knake Daniel Martin Katz (rk@law.msu.edu) (katzd@law.msu.edu)

Why ! Click On Tags Below Mic software law 3.0 designtechnology disruption delivery 21st computation there is an app for that Summ supply chain managementlegal information engineering automation June innovation entrepreneurship you quantitative legal prediction (de)regulation big data legal informatics access to justice jobs of process the alternative business structures futureFor Additional Information Please Contact : Co-Directors - Daniel Martin Katz (katzd@law.msu.edu) Renee Newm

WHY? WHO? PROGRAM DESCRIPTION COURSES APPLY Practice Program Description Michigan State UniversityThe MSU / Westminster 21st Century Law Practice LondonSummer Program is a first of its kind, intensive study of College of Lawtechnology, innovation, regulation, entrepreneurship andthe international legal marketplace. With the deregulation oflawyers in the United Kingdom and the outgrowth of 21st Century Law Practicealternative legal services delivery models, London is poisedto become the global leader in the legal services market. Summer London Law ProgramOur program will educate students about these new deliverymodels and help prepare students for the technologyinfused law jobs of the 21st Century. June 17 2012 - July 3 2012* *Pending ABA ApprovalEducational ObjectivesThe 21st Century Law Practice program has three maineducational objectives:(1) Provide students a comprehensive understanding of themarket for legal services as it transitions to a global legalsupply chain in the wake of deregulation, economicpressures, and technological innovation.(2) Prepare students to become practice-readyentrepreneurial lawyers who can leverage informationtechnology in order to operate more efficiently and therebyattract (and retain) clients. Click Here to Return to Main Page(3) Inspire students to think broadly about future delivery oflegal representation and access to justice by exposing themto the innovative legal service delivery models andplatforms of the present (and not-too-distant future).Courses Legal Information Engineering & Technology (Click Here) The Legal Services Act and UK Deregulation (Click Here) 21st Century Law Practice (Click Here)For Additional Information Please Contact : Co-Directors - Daniel Martin Katz (katzd@law.msu.edu) Renee Newman Knake (rk@law.msu.edu)

WHY? WHO? PROGRAM DESCRIPTION COURSES APPLY Practice Courses for the 2012 Program Michigan State University Legal Information Engineering & Technology (1 Credit) College of Law The increasing role of legal information technology in the law practice of today (and the not too distant future) will be 21st Century Law Practice highlighted in this course. Students will be exposed to a number of emerging approaches in legal automation, process Summer London Law Program engineering, informatics / ‘soft’ artificial intelligence (e-discovery, automated document generation), supply chain management, and quantitative legal prediction. June 17 2012 - July 3 2012* 21st Century Law Practice (1 Credit) *Pending ABA Approval This course will provide students with an overview of the practice challenges facing lawyers in the 21st century, including economic pressures, technological advancements, increased globalization, international deregulation, and access to justice concerns (for example, reading the work of Richard Susskind, Thomas Morgan, and others). Building upon this background, the course will then explore a set of case studies to examine a variety of innovative new legal services delivery mechanisms and businesses in the US and the UK, such as Axiom, LawVest, Lawyers2You,!LegalZoom, Epoq, QualitySolicitors, Rocket Lawyer and others that have been created in anticipation of (or in some cases in response to) these practice challenges. Students will critically assess these legal service providers, and will reflect upon how lawyers and regulators should respond. Click Here to Return to Main Page The Legal Services Act and UK Deregulation (1 Credit) Students will study the history and impact of the Legal Services Act and deregulation of the profession in the UK with a focus on how the resulting innovations (both regulatory changes and new legal services delivery mechanisms that follow) might be exported to the United States. Also encompassed in this course will be a comparative overview of American and British law governing lawyers and law practice, along with emphasis on globalization pressures faced by the legal profession.For Additional Information Please Contact : Co-Directors - Daniel Martin Katz (katzd@law.msu.edu) Renee Newman Knake (rk@law.msu.edu)

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