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Tech Circuit: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue at ReInvent Law
February 11, 2014
LegalTech New York, for all intents and purposes, has become a no-less-than-five day event. With the Tuesday-Thursday schedule, parties and briefings kick into high gear on Monday; pushing travel days to Sunday (or Saturday, if you are paranoid wise about typical winter weather). Arguably, it was a bit risky—or flat-out brilliant— to schedule ReInvent Law NYC for Friday, Feb. 7. The upside: Capitalize on the hordes of technology leaders who will already be in New York. The downside: Will...
February 11, 2014
LegalTech New York, for all intents and purposes, has become a no-less-than-five day event. With the Tuesday-Thursday schedule, parties and briefings kick into high gear on Monday; pushing travel days to Sunday (or Saturday, if you are paranoid wise about typical winter weather). Arguably, it was a bit risky—or flat-out brilliant— to schedule ReInvent Law NYC for Friday, Feb. 7. The upside: Capitalize on the hordes of technology leaders who will already be in New York. The downside: Will...
‘Brain Olympics for Lawyers’ Kicking Off at ReInvent Law NYC Conference
February 7, 2014
When Michigan State University College of Law professors and Daniel Katz and Renee Newman Knake held the inaugural ReInvent Law conference last year, they chose Silicon Valley as their venue of choice, because they wanted to focus on innovative tech startups and how they were changing the face of the legal industry. They then held events in Dubai and London. Now, ReInvent Law has come to New York City. On Friday, the ABA Journal, alongside Michigan State University College of Law and the Kauffman...
February 7, 2014
When Michigan State University College of Law professors and Daniel Katz and Renee Newman Knake held the inaugural ReInvent Law conference last year, they chose Silicon Valley as their venue of choice, because they wanted to focus on innovative tech startups and how they were changing the face of the legal industry. They then held events in Dubai and London. Now, ReInvent Law has come to New York City. On Friday, the ABA Journal, alongside Michigan State University College of Law and the Kauffman...
Tech Skills Are The Key To Law Students’ Future Employment, Says ‘13 Legal Rebel Dan Katz
September 4, 2013
Law professor Daniel Martin Katz is betting the pot–his future and those of his students–on a radical model of legal training and job placement. Katz's ReInvent Law Laboratory, which he co-founded and co-directs with fellow Michigan State University College of Law professor Renee Newman Knake, aims to prepare students and practicing lawyers for what the face of law will become as traditional delivery models stagnate and legal technology startups and alternative service providers continue to expand. "The...
September 4, 2013
Law professor Daniel Martin Katz is betting the pot–his future and those of his students–on a radical model of legal training and job placement. Katz's ReInvent Law Laboratory, which he co-founded and co-directs with fellow Michigan State University College of Law professor Renee Newman Knake, aims to prepare students and practicing lawyers for what the face of law will become as traditional delivery models stagnate and legal technology startups and alternative service providers continue to expand. "The...
The Innovators: Renee Newman Knake
July 27, 2013
The Innovators: Renee Newman Knake Birthplace: Springfield, Mo. Location: East Lansing, Mich. Work: Co-founder/co-director of Reinvent Law Laboratory, a legal think tank, development and training center created last year at the Michigan State University College of Law with funding by theKauffman Foundation. The lab's focus is on technology, legal deregulation, reinvention of legal education, and the creation of new legal delivery systems. Knake (pronounced “kah-NAH-kee”) is also a Michigan...
July 27, 2013
The Innovators: Renee Newman Knake Birthplace: Springfield, Mo. Location: East Lansing, Mich. Work: Co-founder/co-director of Reinvent Law Laboratory, a legal think tank, development and training center created last year at the Michigan State University College of Law with funding by theKauffman Foundation. The lab's focus is on technology, legal deregulation, reinvention of legal education, and the creation of new legal delivery systems. Knake (pronounced “kah-NAH-kee”) is also a Michigan...
LawTech Day in S.F. Caps LegalTech
June 9, 2013
The Recorder's second LawTech Day San Francisco, held Thursday at the Merchants Exchange Club, examined the impact of emerging technologies on the practice and business of law. Associate professor Renee Knake, co-founder of the Reinvent Law Lab at Michigan State University College of Law, put the event into gear with a keynote focused on harnessing innovation to democratize legal services. She identified as "a delivery challenge" the fact that 50 to 80 percent of the U.S. population is not getting...
June 9, 2013
The Recorder's second LawTech Day San Francisco, held Thursday at the Merchants Exchange Club, examined the impact of emerging technologies on the practice and business of law. Associate professor Renee Knake, co-founder of the Reinvent Law Lab at Michigan State University College of Law, put the event into gear with a keynote focused on harnessing innovation to democratize legal services. She identified as "a delivery challenge" the fact that 50 to 80 percent of the U.S. population is not getting...
Have you heard about the ReInvent Law Lab?
May 26, 2013
The ABA Journal Blog's "New Normal" column today features a profile of two Michigan State law profs who have founded something...
May 26, 2013
The ABA Journal Blog's "New Normal" column today features a profile of two Michigan State law profs who have founded something...
Duo Trying to ReInvent Law School
May 16, 2013
Greetings from ReInvent Law, our law laboratory devoted to technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Michigan State University College of Law. You read that right. We are law professors with a laboratory where we teach technology, analytics, innovation, and entrepreneurship in legal services. We are law professors devoted to training lawyers for the law jobs of the 21st century. And yes, math will be on the exam. This is the New Normal in legal education. The legal services and products...
May 16, 2013
Greetings from ReInvent Law, our law laboratory devoted to technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Michigan State University College of Law. You read that right. We are law professors with a laboratory where we teach technology, analytics, innovation, and entrepreneurship in legal services. We are law professors devoted to training lawyers for the law jobs of the 21st century. And yes, math will be on the exam. This is the New Normal in legal education. The legal services and products...
Lawyers as Entrepreneurs
May 4, 2013
Renee Newman Knake is an associate professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law, where she teaches a variety of courses including Lawyers & Ethics, Federal Jurisdiction, Professional Responsibility, 21st Century Law Practice, and Entrepreneurial Lawyering. Her research interests include intersections between the First Amendment and the law of lawyering, innovation in the delivery of legal services, deregulation of the profession in the United Kingdom, and the portrayal of lawyers...
May 4, 2013
Renee Newman Knake is an associate professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law, where she teaches a variety of courses including Lawyers & Ethics, Federal Jurisdiction, Professional Responsibility, 21st Century Law Practice, and Entrepreneurial Lawyering. Her research interests include intersections between the First Amendment and the law of lawyering, innovation in the delivery of legal services, deregulation of the profession in the United Kingdom, and the portrayal of lawyers...
