legal technology and design

ADVENTURESInLEGAL TECH & DESIGNby Margaret Hagan & Ron Dolin

THECHALLENGEOfLAW

Story:

The estate-planningconundrum

It’s relatively easy to do, but not many people do it

The Legal Systemneeds

Overhauled –Rejuvenated,

with a focus on efficiency& usability.

How canpeople

understand information

in waysthat are deep &empowering?

How canwe train a new generation of

professionals that can play hybrid roles?

The Legal Profession is Changing Now.

Some interesting things are afoot around the country, a legal innovation movement is taking off.

Where are interesting things going on?

Interesting Visual Design:e.g., Privacy Icons

Interesting Legal Products:

e.g, online dispute resolution,legal collaboration

STANFORDSHOULD BE a LEADER in this COMING NEW ERAOF LAW

OurVision

OUR MISSION:

1. Develop new standards & practices for quality legal experiences

2. Train a new generation of legal technologists & designers

3. Cultivate a pipeline of new legal startups

WHAT THE LAW NEEDS:

OURSHORT LIST

1. METRICSAndSTANDARDS:Consumer Reports, &Usability Center

2. A Legal Technology StartupPipeline

3. Training for New Legal Technologists&Legal Designers

HOW?A DESIGN + TECHAPPROACH

SMART PEOPLE

PROBLEM

not =SOLUTION

OUR DESIGN APPROACH:1. We Experiment2. We Talk Less – Do More3. We Put the User First4. We Love Feedback5. We Love the Problem more than our Solution6. Everything is a Prototype

Technology isnot theMAGICALsolution,but it’s crucialto any solution.

Our Experiments

WORKSHOPS &

CLASSES

LEGAL DESIGN STUDIO

INTERESTINGTHINGS WE’VE FOUND OUT

People may be scared of law,and they may dislike lawyers,

but they are hungry for good legal strategies.

Companies & law firms want to hireHYBRID LAWYERS,

but it’s hard for them to find these legal technologists or

legal designers.

Non-lawyers,have to be convinced that

law is something worth working on, but then they

get it –we can find collaborators to work with to make the

legal system better.

Peoplewant

WAYFINDERS,they want an overview of their situation &

sight of what their possible paths are.

TAKEAWAYS