This is a presentation that I gave with Margaret Hagan about our Program for Legal Technology and Design for Stanford Law School.

1. ADVENTURES
In
LEGAL TECH
& DESIGN
by Margaret Hagan
& Ron Dolin

2. THE
CHALLENGE
Of
LAW

3. Story:
The estate-planning
conundrum
It’s relatively easy to do,
but not many people do it

4. The Legal System
needs
Overhauled –
Rejuvenated,
with a focus on efficiency
& usability.

5. How can
people
understand information
in ways
that are deep &
empowering?

6. How can
we train a new
generation of
professionals that can
play hybrid roles?

7. The Legal Profession
is
Changing Now.

8. Some interesting
things are afoot
around the country, a
legal innovation
movement is taking
off.

9. Where are interesting
things going on?

11. Interesting Visual
Design:
e.g., Privacy Icons

12. Interesting Legal
Products:
e.g, online dispute
resolution,
legal collaboration

13. STANFORD
SHOULD BE a
LEADER in this
COMING NEW ERA
OF LAW

14. Our
Vision

16. OUR MISSION:
1. Develop new standards & practices
for quality legal experiences
1. Train a new generation of legal
technologists & designers
1. Cultivate a pipeline of new legal
startups

17. WHAT THE LAW
NEEDS:
OUR
SHORT LIST

18. 1. METRICS
And
STANDARDS:
Consumer Reports, &
Usability Center

19. 2. A Legal
Technology Startup
Pipeline

20. 3. Training for New
Legal Technologists
&
Legal Designers

21. HOW?
A
DESIGN + TECH
APPROACH

22. SMART PEOPLE
PROBLEM
not =
SOLUTION

23. OUR DESIGN
APPROACH:
1. We Experiment
2. We Talk Less – Do More
3. We Put the User First
4. We Love Feedback
5. We Love the Problem more
than our Solution
6. Everything is a Prototype

24. Technology is
not the
MAGICAL
solution,
but it’s crucial
to any solution.

25. Our Experiments

26. WORKSHOPS
&
CLASSES

27. LEGAL DESIGN
STUDIO

28. INTERESTING
THINGS WE’VE
FOUND OUT

29. People may be scared of
law,
and they may dislike
lawyers,
but they are hungry for
good legal strategies.

30. Companies & law firms
want to hire
HYBRID LAWYERS,
but it’s hard for them to find
these
legal technologists or
legal designers.

31. Non-lawyers,
have to be convinced that law
is something worth working
on, but then they get it –
we can find collaborators to
work with to make the legal
system better.

32. People
want
WAYFINDERS,
they want an overview of
their situation &
sight of what their possible
paths are.

33. TAKEAWAYS