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Recalculate the Future of Law
December 6, 2013
We’ve been engaged in a year-long project to imagine the law firm of 2023. Dan Katz of Michigan State University has also been taking on law’s future through the ReInvent Law Laboratory. We talked with him about legal startups, incentivizing innovation, and what he tells lawyers who “don’t do math.” Andrew Benedict-Nelson: I’d like to do a little Rip Van Winkle experiment with you. Let’s say you fall asleep for ten years. It turns out you’ve fallen asleep in a law firm. What do you imagine...
December 6, 2013
We’ve been engaged in a year-long project to imagine the law firm of 2023. Dan Katz of Michigan State University has also been taking on law’s future through the ReInvent Law Laboratory. We talked with him about legal startups, incentivizing innovation, and what he tells lawyers who “don’t do math.” Andrew Benedict-Nelson: I’d like to do a little Rip Van Winkle experiment with you. Let’s say you fall asleep for ten years. It turns out you’ve fallen asleep in a law firm. What do you imagine...
Against Reinvention: More Forward Not Backward
September 4, 2013
It's fashionable nowadays to talk about reinventing and disrupting the legal profession. We celebrate "legal rebels " — The American Bar Association's list contains many admirable choices. Daniel Katz and Renee Knake, faculty at the Michigan State University's law school, have done the global community a great service with their ReinventLaw events. But I've long felt cognitive dissonance around the reinvent meme. If something has already been invented, what's the point of reinventing it? If things...
September 4, 2013
It's fashionable nowadays to talk about reinventing and disrupting the legal profession. We celebrate "legal rebels " — The American Bar Association's list contains many admirable choices. Daniel Katz and Renee Knake, faculty at the Michigan State University's law school, have done the global community a great service with their ReinventLaw events. But I've long felt cognitive dissonance around the reinvent meme. If something has already been invented, what's the point of reinventing it? If things...
Innovation in the Legal Services Industry – The Future is Already Here, It is Just *Not* Evenly Distributed
July 9, 2013
Daniel Martin Katz is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan State University. He is also the Co-Founder & Co-Director...
July 9, 2013
Daniel Martin Katz is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan State University. He is also the Co-Founder & Co-Director...
The Future of Law Is Not Evenly Distributed
May 4, 2013
Daniel Martin Katz is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan State University. He is also the Co-Founder & Co-Director of the ReInvent Law Laboratory (www.ReInventLaw.com) His wide variety of academic interests include positive legal theory, quantitative modeling of litigation and jurisprudence, and the impact of information technology on the market for legal services. Professor Katz has published or forthcoming articles in scholarly journals such as Emory Law Journal, Virginia Tax Review,...
May 4, 2013
Daniel Martin Katz is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan State University. He is also the Co-Founder & Co-Director of the ReInvent Law Laboratory (www.ReInventLaw.com) His wide variety of academic interests include positive legal theory, quantitative modeling of litigation and jurisprudence, and the impact of information technology on the market for legal services. Professor Katz has published or forthcoming articles in scholarly journals such as Emory Law Journal, Virginia Tax Review,...
