ReInvent Law’s message is change for the client’s benefit

Apr 1, 2014 8:20 AM CDT

Bloggers find inspiration at #ReInventLaw NYC—but admit some of it was nothing new

Last Friday at Cooper Union in New York City, nearly 40 lawyers gave presentations—many in a six-minute Ignite format—at ReInvent Law NYC. ReInvent Law conferences—the creation of Michigan State University College of Law professors Daniel Martin Katz and Renee Newman Knake— have been held in Dubai, Silicon Valley and London.…

Feb 14, 2014 2:55 PM CST

ReInvent Law NYC implores lawyers to embrace change and technology

Lawyers need to embrace technology, can’t be afraid to try new things, and must focus primarily on improving their clients’ experience. Those were the main takeaways from Friday’s ReInvent Law conference in New York City. More than 800 lawyers, academics, business owners, students and others in the legal industry packed…

Feb 10, 2014 3:06 AM CST

‘Brain Olympics for lawyers’ kicking off at ReInvent Law NYC conference

When Michigan State University College of Law professors and Daniel Katz and Renee Newman Knake held the inaugural ReInvent Law conference last year, they chose Silicon Valley as their venue of choice, because they wanted to focus on innovative tech startups and how they were changing the face of the…

Feb 6, 2014 5:30 PM CST

Access-to-Justice Hackathon: Call for ideas

The ABA Journal and Suffolk University Law School are planning to host a “hackathon” in conjunction with the ABA Annual Meeting this Aug. 7-12 in Boston. There’s been no formal theme selected. But there’s a general consensus that the project should further access-to-justice efforts in some way. During the hackathon,…

Feb 5, 2014 10:03 PM CST

ABA Journal partners with Michigan State University College of Law to present ReInvent Law NYC 2014

The ABA Journal is pleased to join Michigan State University College of Law and the Kauffman Foundation in presenting ReInvent Law NYC in February. ReInvent, a laboratory devoted to promoting technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the legal services industry, will be held Feb. 7, 2014, in New York City at…

Dec 9, 2013 7:49 PM CST

Michael Connelly Accepts Second Annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction at Ceremony

Nov 1, 2012 9:00 AM CDT

Prize in New Legal Fiction Contest Is Pride of Publication

If you have a shorter legal story you’d like to tell, a new fiction writing contest will give you a chance to have your work judged by some high-profile authors. You don’t have to be a lawyer to enter, but your story has to take place in a legal setting…

Dec 20, 2011 3:38 PM CST

John Grisham on Grappling with Race, the Death Penalty; and Lawyers ‘Polluting Their Own Profession’

John Grisham isn’t certain what’s happened to the image of lawyers in the five decades since To Kill A Mockingbird was published. But he’s fairly sure that his readers might not want to read about a lawyer who closely resembles the book’s iconic hero, Atticus Finch. “Here’s the truth,” says…

Sep 23, 2011 12:04 AM CDT

John Grisham Wins First Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

John Grisham’s The Confession, a novel that chronicles the gut-wrenching politics of a last-ditch death penalty appeal in Texas, has been named the winner of the inaugural Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The 2011 Prize will be awarded at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 22…

Jul 28, 2011 4:21 PM CDT