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Online courts hackathon won by Colin – a talking digital assistant for litigants
Tuesday, 4 July 2017Some 220 lawyers and technologists battled each other at a 24-hour hackathon over the weekend, overseen by the likes of the Lord Chief Justice and Professor Richard Susskind, to devise useful software tools that could support the forthcoming online courts. The winner used voice interaction and an online help assistant to assist litigants.
Tags: hackathon, Online Court
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Hackathon app “will help LGBT people report persecution safely”
Tuesday, 13 December 2016Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people around the world will be able to report incidents of persecution to international lawyers stealthily through everyday social media, after a hackathon backed by some of the largest UK law firms devised an app.
Tags: hackathon, LGBT
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Denton’s IT accelerator looks short and long term with Apperio investment and ROSS expansion
Tuesday, 29 March 2016NextLaw Labs, the business accelerator set up by global law firm Dentons, has invested in an IT product which claims to improve the transparency of fees and cement the bond between lawyers and corporate clients. Meanwhile, another of its investments, AI venture Ross, is opening up to more law firms.
Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, Dentons, hackathon
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Freshfields team wins Hackney Law Centre hackathon with A2J website
Tuesday, 22 March 2016A team of computer coding specialists from magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won a groundbreaking ‘hackathon’ to create an IT-based product of use to Hackney Law Centre, with a multi-lingual access to justice website built from scratch in just 24 hours.
Tags: hackathon, Legal Geek
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MoJ hopes hackathon will deliver justice system innovation
Monday, 7 March 2016Software or data analysis techniques that could help flag up fraudulent legal aid claims or predict the likelihood of someone re-offending are outcomes the Ministry of Justice is hoping could come from a hackathon it will hold later this month.
Tags: hackathon, Ministry of Justice, MoJ Digital
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‘Hacking’ the law – computer programmers called in to aid advice centres
Wednesday, 13 January 2016A ground-breaking legal ‘hackathon’ – pitting computer programmers against each other to reach the best solution to a legal technology problem in the space of a weekend – is to be held in London with the aim of generating technology that will assist law centres.
Tags: hackathon, legal technology
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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