Syllabus

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Updated 2017-11-24

Assignments for 2017-11-28

• All teams must sign up for rehearsals with me via Office Hours (link above in the menu!) this week (sign up for at least one rehearsal prior to next week’s final presentations—this is your chance to practice in Adobe Connect!)
• All presentation materials for final mock rehearsals must be in the class Google Drive folder in advance of rehearsals
• Read: “alt.legal: Law Schools Can, Should, And Must Teach Innovation,” .pdf available in Google Drive
• Read: “85-year-old San Francisco law firm Sedgwick plans to shut down,” .pdf available in Google Drive
• Read: “Counterpoint: no, lawyers should not learn to code,” .pdf available in Google Drive
• Browse: “Law School Innovation Index,” available online: https://www.legaltechinnovation.com/law-school-index/
• Watch: “Startups Servicing Lawyers: A Targeted Market,” available online: https://lwowlive.vids.io/videos/a09bddb8131be1c328/lwow-20160302-mp4 OR “Entrepreneurial Law Firms: How Do They Add Value with Innovation?”, available online: https://lwowlive.vids.io/videos/d49bdeb21817eac75c/lwow-live-3-23-16-mp4
• Ask yourself: Who do you find to be the most inspiring non-practicing lawyer? Why? How does their legal education inform what they do/have done? (Fun fact: Did you know Henri Matisse, Julio Iglesias, and John Cleese all studied law?)