The new episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report podcast is called, appropriately enough, “Does it Take 10,000 Hours to Become a Legal Tech Expert?” and is now available. In the episode, Tom Mighell and I take a look at what it takes to become a legal technology expert these days and whether it is
2021
A New Use for Personal Quarterly Offsites
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a big advocate for Personal Quarterly Offsites. These are half-day personal retreats designed to help me (and you, I hope) focus on the “important but not urgent” quadrant of the Eisenhower Matrix (a/k/a the Eisenhower Method).
I’ve been working on and evolving my approach…
New Videos Posted on Michigan State University Center for Law, Technology & Innovation Website
I’ve been busy adding some new content to the Michigan State University Center for Law, Technology & Innovation website. My major recent success has been posting links to some great videos from the spring semester and earlier this summer.
On the Video Resources page, you’ll now find:
- Presentations and Judging from our recent
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Reflections on My June 2021 Personal Quarterly Offsite
I held my latest half-day Personal Quarterly Offsite last weekend. As I’ve developed regular Personal Quarterly Offsites into a personal practice, I keep finding more benefits to this structured approach. The Personal Quarterly Offsite has become a regular, valuable touchpoint for me.
That’s why I recommend this practice to everyone. I, only partly joking, like…
MSU Rising 2L Legal Design Challenge
The Michigan State University Center for Law, Technology & Innovation recently completed an experiment that I’m already prepared to call a success. I also hope that it will be a model for other law schools to try.
We called it the 2021 Michigan State University Rising 2L Legal Design Challenge.
The challenge question was:
How
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Exponential.Legal Live Event with Legal Product Makers on June 23
I’m excited about the upcoming event in the Exponential.Legal Live series with legal product makers via Zoom. It will be on Wednesday, June 23, at 3:30 EDT.
The event features Richard Granat and LaDierdre McKinney, who will share their stories about productization of legal services in for-profit and non-profit sections, and their insights and…
Killing Innovation Ideas and Projects
I decided last weekend that it was time to kill off some of my innovation ideas and projects, both personal and professional.
And my timing might have been right because yesterday I watched a great Strategyzer webinar called “Why Killing Ideas is Key in Innovation,” featuring Alex Osterwalder, Tendayi Viki, and Uwe Kirscner. A replay…
Legal Innovation as a Service – Summer 2021
Summer is here. Grades are turned in. Several projects have wrapped up. I’m looking forward to a much slower pace for the summer.
I’ve decided to focus on one thing this summer – my Legal Innovation as a Service offerings.
Legal Innovation as a Service(TM) (“LIaaS”) is a fresh approach to provide innovation leaders
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The TRB Retrospective Workshop on #LegalEd
What did we learn and what should we take forward from our legal education experience in COVID times?
Alyson Carrel (Northwestern), Cat Moon (Vanderbilt), and I (Michigan State) are co-hosting a virtual workshop on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 9:00 CDT on this topic. Think of it as an “after action report” on…
Free Productization of Legal Services Event From Exponential Legal Featuring Greg Siskind
Please join the Exponential Legal team on Wednesday, May 26, at 3:30 Eastern, for a free and open discussion about #productization of legal services. Our guest will be Greg Siskind and he will be sharing his insights into productization efforts and learnings in the area of immigration law. Greg has been working on some cool…