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LexLab's events calendar is packed with relevant and interesting events, hackathons, and talks in the Bay Area. See you there!
Any questions about events? Email sargeantsamara@uchastings.edu
Meet the new Cohort
September 5th 12-1PM
Meet the 5 new startups in LexLab’s new cohort as they pitch their ideas
LexLounge
September 12th 6-8PM
Network and mingle with members of the legal tech community
Location: Shark Tank at 200 McAllister Street
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Access Through Innovation of Legal Services Taskforce Panel
September 19th 6-8PM
Discuss the California Bar’s recommendations for changes in the practice of law as part of the public comment period.
Location: Skyroom in UC Hastings Tower (100 McAllister Street)
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Note: this is an evening event
New Legal Services Business Models
October 10th 12-1PM
Join us as we explore cutting edge business models providing legal services
Location: Room 64o (2oo McAllister Street)
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Startup Financing
October 17th 12-1PM
Learn about what it really takes to finance a startup and how to raise investment
Featured speakers:
- Stephan Eberle (GC Scale Venture Partners)
- Kal Deutsch (Angel investor and Partner and Founding Investor-Advisor at the Batchery)
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Hack Homelessness
October 26th & 27th
LexLab is hosting a hackathon to explore how technology and design might be Abel to maximize the impact and accessibility of existing legal services for the homeless population.
Find out how you can get involved at hackhomelessness.org
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AI and the Law: For better or for worse?
October 31. 12-1PM
Join us as we discuss the AI's future place in the legal industry, and the implications it could have on the practice of law.
Featured Speakers:
Hastings Alumni Panel "So you want to be a GC?"
November 7th 12-1PM
Get insight from Hastings alumni as they shed light on what its like to be in-house counsel
Featured Speakers:
- Samantha Von Hoene (Chief Legal Officer at Enjoy Technologies)
- Lucia Guh-Siesel (Managing Counsel at Tesla)
- Josh King (General Counsel of RealSelf and former Chief Legal Officer of Avvo)
- Josh Horowitz (Senior Legal Counsel at PayPal and former General Counsel of Tilt)
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California Privacy Law Panel
November 14th 6-8PM
Discussion of the California Consumer Privacy Act, which takes effect January 2020, and discover what that means for you and your data.
Featured Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Lothar Determann (Partner at Baker & McKenzie and adjunct professor at UC Hastings)
- Alexandra Ross (Director, Global Privacy and Data Security Counsel at Autodesk)
- Rehan Jalil (President and CEO of SECURITI.ai)
- Mary Stone Ross (former President of Californians for Consumer Privacy & co-author of the initiative that became the CCPA)
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Note: this is an evening event
Demo Day
November 21st 12-2PM
The most exciting day of the year! Come see our cohort present and get an opportunity to see them in action
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LexLounge
December 10th 5-7PM
Network and mingle with members of the legal tech community
This semester at a glance
Greatest Hits
Our favorite past events
Demo Day
April 15, 2019 @ UC Hastings
Clearlaw.ai, Due Course, and Syntexys - our inaugural cohort - presented their businesses to a panel of judges including Stephanie Corey of UpSolve, Samantha Von Hoene of Enjoy, Joe Green of Thomson Reuters, and Aravinda Seshadri of Silicon Legal Strategy.
Lyft Off!
April 10, 2019 @ UC Hastings
A great conversation with the UC Hastings alumni who have shaped Lyft - one of the most exciting transportation companies in the country. We welcomed Kristin Sverchek, General Counsel, Lindsay Llewellyn, VP Associate General Counsel, and Loni Mahanta, VP Public Policy Development to campus for a cozy fireside chat with Professor Alice Armitage, Director of Applied Innovation at UC Hastings.
Alternative Law Firm Models
April 3, 2019 12 pm @ LexLab
Not all law firms are created equal. In fact, some of them are drastically different from one another. As technology becomes even more pervasive in the legal industry, learn how the industry is changing and reacting. Lunch Provided. Speakers include Patrick Palace of Palace Law, Augie Rakow of Atrium LLP, Sameena Kluck, of Paladin, and Nick Long, Director of Gravity Stack at Reed Smith LLP.
How to Fund your Startup
March 28, 2019 12 pm @ LexLab
From venture to bootstrapping, we're getting into the nitty gritty of startup financing as it pertains to legal tech startups. Speakers are Stephan Eberle of Scale Venture Partners, Lewis Hower of Silicon Valley Bank, and Dan Rubins of Legal Robot.
Diversity in Legal Thought and Practice
March 22, 2019 12 pm @ UC Hastings
The UC Hastings Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group launches a new speaker series – “Diversity in Legal Thought and Practice” – with Hastings graduate and proud Legal Education Opportunity Program (“LEOP”) alumna Adelmise Warner on March 22, 2019, at Noon – 1 p.m. in the ARC. Ms. Warner is the Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Sirius XM/ Pandora. This event is open to all members of the UC Hastings community and their guests. Light refreshments will be served, and Ms. Warner will stay after the event officially ends to engage with interested students.
Data-Driven Law: Leveraging Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
March 14, 2019 12 pm @ LexLab
The law is probably one of our largest and most complex data sets. As data analytics becomes more and more integral to the practice of law, it becomes our responsibility to learn more about what that means for the practitioner. Join us as we welcome Dan Linna, Visiting Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and legal tech thought leader for a discussion on data analytics in the law.
LexLounge
Feb 20, 2019 @ Logikcull
Our network is big and we're inviting them for drinks at Logikcull's headquarters in San Francisco. Meet your next cofounder, find the perfect product for your firm, meet new customers. LexLounge is a meet up for the whole SF Bay Area Legal Tech Community. \
How to Sell to Law Firms and Legal Ops
February 14, 2019 @ LexLab
A Panel discussion on how to sell to legal customers from all sides of the legal profession, as well as an emphasis on the law firm sales cycle. Confirmed speakers include Maya Markovitch, Director of Product at NextLaw Labs, Derek Duarte, CEO of Blackstone EDiscovery, Thornton Schaaf of Headnote, and June Liebert of Sidley Austin.
Law School: Innovation's New Frontier
Nov. 13, 2018
Daniel Rodriguez, Dean at Northwestern School of Law joined us for a lunchtime conversation exploring how law schools can leverage their assets for legal tech innovation.
Democratizing Information with Legal Tech
Nov. 8, 2018
A panel discussion on how legal tech helped the Sierra Club to oust Scott Pruitt from the EPA, and how technology is transforming the FOIA practice. Panelists include Elena Saxonhouse, Senior Attorney at the Sierra Club and Patrick Barry, COO of logikcull.
AI & The Law
October 23, 2018 - in conjunction with the Dean's Office
California Supreme Court Associate Justice Cuellar spoke on the importance of human values in the application of AI to the practice of law.
Driving Change: The Law, Artificial intelligence and Autonomous Vehicles
March 29, 2018 - Hosted by CaseText
On March 29th LexLab organized presentations on innovation in the delivery of legal services and an exclusive discussion on the issues that arise from testing driverless vehicles on public streets.
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