Marchant Attends World Economic Forum Meeting in Dubai

https://youtu.be/ANzlXLc7RWM The World Economic Forum is hosting the Annual Meeting of its Global Future Councils in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Councils are a network of more than 600 of the world’s leading minds from academia, government, business, and civil society. Participants meet to collaborate on long-term approaches to important global challenges and the impact of emerging […]

The Different Types of Innovation in the Practice of Law

Professor William D. Henderson, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, is one of the leading voices on innovation in the legal profession. He recently wrote on how innovation works in the practice of law at the cutting edge. Henderson, drawing on what he calls the McKenna Lifecycle of a Practice Area, identifies two types of innovation […]

Marchant on Innovating Lawyers for Emerging Tech Regulation

https://vimeo.com/287739419 Faculty Director Gary Marchant recently sat down with ASU Now to talk about what is sometimes known as “the pacing problem” – where the speed of technology outpaces traditional governance and regulation. Deciding how to speed up necessary regulation, and where to back off to promote development, will require new innovative tools and attorneys. The Center for […]

Marchant Speaks in Shanghai on Neurotech Innovation

Faculty Director Gary Marchant attended an OECD workshop on neurotechnology in Shanghai, China on September 6-7. The workshop, titled “Minding Neurotechnology: delivering responsible innovation for health and well-being“, was convened in collaboration with the China National Center for Biotechnology Development. The workshop provided a forum for exploring legal and ethical challenges raised by the advancement of brain science and […]

LSI Alum’s Evolve Law merges with Above the Law

For LSI Alum Mary Juetten, starting Evolve Law was kind of an accident. Evolve Law, which recently announced a merger with Above the Law, partners with more than 140 legal companies and innovators – including Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer, Avvo, and LegalZoom – to help accelerate the adoption of new technology in the legal industry. I was […]

Present at Ten Darwin Talks: Ethical Innovation

Evolve Law is accepting applications for short presentations at the upcoming Ten Darwin Talks: Ethical Innovation event (Nov. 9, 2017). That could be you! Much has been said about new technologies and processes that are necessary to the practice of law, but how do lawyers remain ethical while implementing these solutions? Or is that just […]

Worldwide Web Watch

August 31, 2016 Chris Dixon is spot on – technological advancements promote human progress in many ways, from health, efficiency, safety and education to sheer fun.  Dixon highlights eleven emerged & emerging technologies that have found or are finding their way into, and are improving, our lives. Courtesy of Medium