Lex Blab
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLexBlab is a production of Lexlab, the UC Hasting’s College of Law’s innovation hub for emerging legal technologies. As an extension of both the law and technology concentration at UC Hastings, and the legal technology startup incubator on campus, LexLab hosts regular large and small scale community events designed to promote interaction between our students, alumni, and entrepreneurs. The LexBlab podcast series is a showcase of some of these events. To learn more about LexLab, or to attend our events in person, visit us at www.lexlab.uchastings.edu.
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Episodes
Deepfakes & Politics
October 09, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBDeepfakes allow a person in an existing image or video to be replaced with someone else's likeness. As the technology to create these synthetic media becomes more accessible, how much of a danger is it to our political process? Shane Glynn, who teaches the regulation of emerging technologies at UC Hastings, joins Drew Amerson to discuss this question.
Episode 12 - Legal Ops Chronicle: Hewlett-Packard & LawGeex
September 24, 2020 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBAs legal operations becomes increasingly prominent in businesses, how are corporate legal departments and vendors adapting? Suzanne Miller of Hewlett-Packard and Amy Manning of LawGeex discuss this question and offer advice from their experiences.
Episode 11 - How to Pitch a Legal Tech Startup
February 18, 2020 22:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBIt’s the start of a new semester here LexLab, which brings with it a fresh cohort of legal tech startups. To welcome our five new companies, we hosted Maya Markovich, Chief Growth Officer at Dentons Next Law Labs, to help our cohort build the perfect pitch. To learn more about LexLab and our Lunch and Learn sessions, visit us at http://lexlab.uchastings.edu
Episode 10 - California's New Privacy Law: Introducing the CCPA
February 18, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBIn January 2020, California introduced its new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA. The new law is intended to increase consumer privacy rights and protection. Shortly before the law went into effect, LexLab hosted a panel of consumer privacy experts to discuss the history of California privacy laws, and the expected impact of the new CCPA. Panelists this week are: Prof. Dr. Lothar Determann - Partner at Baker & McKenzie and adjunct professor at UC Hastings Alexandra...
Episode 9 - How I Built This with Logikcull CEO, Andy Wilson
December 28, 2019 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBLaunched in 2004, and revamped for the cloud in 2013, the e-discovery platform Logikcull has been at the forefront of legal innovation for years, earning major investments, as well as accolades for its use in high profile cases such as the Sierra Club’s investigation into Scott Pruitt. During this week’s Lunch and Learn, we invited Logikcull CEO Andy Wilson to our space to talk about where Logikcull came from, and what to expect in the future. To learn more about LexLab and our Lunch and L...
Episode 8 - New Legal Models
December 28, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBNot all law firms are created equal. In fact, some of them are drastically different from one another. As technology becomes even more pervasive in the legal industry, learn how the industry is changing and reacting. This week’s Lunch and Learn features four industry professionals who are pushing the boundaries of our current legal models. This week’s panelists are: -Augie Rakow - co-founder, managing partner & chairman of Atrium Legal Technology Services Inc. & the law firm Atrium LLP -Pa...
Episode 7 - How They Built this (four panelists)
December 10, 2019 19:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week’s panel discussion features four successful entrepreneurs in the legal field, who have joined us this week at LexLab to share their journeys, and to talk about how they navigated the legal tech market and created some of the leading legal technology companies on the market. This week’s panelists are: AJ Shankar, Founder & CEO of Everlaw Jake Heller, Founder & CEO of Casetext Gavin McGrane, CEO & Co-Founder at Pacer Pro Adam Hahn, co-founder at Judicata To learn more about LexLab ...
Episode 6 - Dan Rodriguez on New Technologies for the Law
December 06, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIn this week's episode, Dan Rodriguez, chair of the ABA Center on Innovation's governing council, presents to the LexLab community before opening up for questions. Before accepting this position, Dan served as Dean of Northwestern's Pritzker School of law, where he also acted as Harold Washington Professor. Dan joins us today to reflect on his time as Dean, and where the industry stands today on innovations in the field of legal technology and legal innovation. To learn more about LexLab a...
Episode 5 - Sierra Club vs. Scott Pruitt
November 26, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis week on LexBlab, our panelists tell the story of how the Sierra Club used the e-discovery platform Logikcull to take down Scott Pruitt of the EPA. On July 5, 2018, Scott Pruitt stepped down from his position as the Head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Behind his recognition was a mountain of scrutiny surrounding his connections to the companies he was supposed to be regulating, as well as abuses of power. Although numerous groups were calling for an investigation and conducting...
Episode 4 - So you Want to be a General Counsel?
November 12, 2019 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week on LexBlab, we share a recent panel discussion and Q & A taken from a LexBlab lunch and learn session. In it, we invited four Hastings alumni to come shed light on what it’s like to be in-house counsel with current students of UC Hastings and members of the community. In this week’s episode, you’ll be hearing from: Samantha Von Hoene (Chief Legal Officer at Enjoy Technologies) Lucia Guh-Siesel (Managing Counsel at Tesla) Josh King (General Counsel of RealSelf and former Chief ...
Episode 3 - A follow-up conversation with Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
November 12, 2019 21:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBIn a follow up to our recent Lunch & Learn session held at UC Hastings, Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar invited LexBlab host Drew Amerson, and UC Hastings 2L Michael Winton, to his chambers for a further conversation on the role that artificial intelligence is beginning to play in the legal sphere. Justice Cuéllar has served on the California Supreme Court since 2015, and was previously a professor of law and political science at Stanford University. If you haven’t had a chance...
Episode 2 - An Introduction to our Inaugural Startup Accelerator Cohort
November 12, 2019 21:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBThis week’s recording is taken from our inaugural cohort at the LexLab Startup Accelerator. During a Lunch & Learn session, our first four startups share who they are and the problems they are working to solve. Our four startups are Syntexis, Clearlaw.ai, Victor.ai, and DueCourse. Click here to learn more about these companies and our accelerator program. To learn more about LexLab and our Lunch and Learn sessions, visit us at http://lexlab.uchastings.edu
Episode 1 - A Q&A with Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
August 21, 2019 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBJoining us for our Lunch & Learn session this week is Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, of the California Supreme Court. Justice Cuellar has served on the California Supreme Court since 2015, and was previously a professor of law and political science at Stanford University. Justice Cuellar is known for his work on immigration policy reform, and joins us at LexLab to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in the legal field. To learn more about LexLab and our Lunch and L...