Looking Ahead

The winning apps from the ABA Journal's first hackathon, bringing together lawyers, programmers and answers to "justice for all."

At the ABA's first hackathon, three app's were awarded prizes. This is the story of one of the winners: Due Processr.

It started with Kia Motors auditing the legal technology skills of outside counsel to ensure money wasn't wasted. It's moving through the legal industry. Are you ready for a legal technology skills audit?

Reasoned thought, Terence McEnally believed, suggested there was a better, more effective way of connecting ticketed drivers with lawyers.

Two law schools are introducing legal technology, actively working to change the practice of law, and influencing the shape legal technology will take.

Design thinking is about remaining present in the moment, responding to criticism, and not fearing failure. Design thinking allows a lawyer or law student to have a conversation about how someone will interact with the end product, not simply how well it reads.

What we share with our “friends” on social media could end up in the hands of people who will use those frustrations and private moments against us.

A technology audit helps you learn the state of your security, hardware and software, and provide a strategy for the future of your technology in your firm so you stay ahead of the curve.

Some companies are looking to give us back our data, and our privacy, posing challenges for lawyers.