aw/Illinois Institute of Technology, started at 7:30 a.m.—as planes, trains, cars and feet were delivering exuberant fans to the Major League Baseball’s World Series parade to celebrate the Chicago Cubs’ win after a 108-year drought. (Their last win was in 1908, seven years before James Fields Smathers of Kansas City invented a new technology: the power-operated typewriter.)
But even though a few dads and moms decided to skip the conference to take their kids to the historic event, the inaugural Fin [Legal] Tech had almost a full house.
OPENING ACT
Daniel Martin Katz, Associate Professor of Law and Director of The Law Lab @ Illinois Tech, is the founder of the new conference. He kicked it off with “The Opening Act,” setting the stage for the ambitious event. Katz framed the concept that lawyers and law firms must start adopting finance tactics and tools if they want to continue to succeed.
