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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...
ReInvent Law Lab Wins 2013 InnovAction Award
September 17, 2013
The ReInvent Law Laboratory at Michigan State University’s College of Law was named a 2013 InnovAction Award winner in recognition of its work to promote innovation in the legal services industry. The InnovAction Awards — now in their ninth year — recognize outstanding innovation in the field of law and delivery of legal services. According to the College of Law Practice Management, which administers the InnovAction program, the awards highlight “what can happen when passionate professionals,...
September 17, 2013
The ReInvent Law Laboratory at Michigan State University’s College of Law was named a 2013 InnovAction Award winner in recognition of its work to promote innovation in the legal services industry. The InnovAction Awards — now in their ninth year — recognize outstanding innovation in the field of law and delivery of legal services. According to the College of Law Practice Management, which administers the InnovAction program, the awards highlight “what can happen when passionate professionals,...
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...
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...
Daniel Katz: Data Driven Law Practice
May 25, 2013
This session is presented by Daniel Martin Katz, Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University & Co-Director, Reinvent Law Laboratory at MSU Law. What’s Driving the Move to Business Analytics? Moore’s Law is happening right in front of our eyes — exponential growth of computing power. Kryder’s Law is showing the exponential decay in the price of data storage. The book, Race Against the Machine, provides more detail on the unrelenting drive to artificial intelligence. Law...
May 25, 2013
This session is presented by Daniel Martin Katz, Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University & Co-Director, Reinvent Law Laboratory at MSU Law. What’s Driving the Move to Business Analytics? Moore’s Law is happening right in front of our eyes — exponential growth of computing power. Kryder’s Law is showing the exponential decay in the price of data storage. The book, Race Against the Machine, provides more detail on the unrelenting drive to artificial intelligence. Law...
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,...
ReinventLaw Silicon Valley
March 5, 2013
Reinvent Law Silicon Valley is happening next Friday, March 8 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The brain child of Professors Daniel Martin Katz and Renee Knake, co-founders and co-directors of the Reinvent Law Laboratory at Michigan State University Law School, the event promises to be quite a bash. The event is free, but attendance is limited to 400 participants and you have to register to get in. Over 40 innovators, founders, policymakers, venture capitalist and other...
March 5, 2013
Reinvent Law Silicon Valley is happening next Friday, March 8 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The brain child of Professors Daniel Martin Katz and Renee Knake, co-founders and co-directors of the Reinvent Law Laboratory at Michigan State University Law School, the event promises to be quite a bash. The event is free, but attendance is limited to 400 participants and you have to register to get in. Over 40 innovators, founders, policymakers, venture capitalist and other...
