Innovation Lab: Law and Technology Demos

Interested in how technologies such as artificial intelligence can improve legal services? Join Northwestern Pritzker Law and Northwestern Engineering for the Innovation Lab Law and Technology Demos.

2026 Innovation Lab: Law and Technology Demos

When: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CST
Where: Online via Zoom. Registration link.

Eight interdisciplinary teams of Northwestern Law and Computer Science students developed technology solutions, working with project partners, under the direction of Professors Kris Hammond and Dan Linna. Watch their demos and Q&A with a panel of experts.

2026 Projects:

American Arbitration Association - Mediation coach for self-represented parties
CARPLS (Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services) - Justice intelligence for self-represented parties
CARPLS (Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services) - Triage support for self-represented parties
Northwestern - Moot court simulator
Judge Xavier Rodriguez (W.D. Tex.) – Tool to support review of social security disability benefits decisions
Lexshift - The “E-State Accelerator”: Bridging the Execution Gap in Administration of Digital Assets
Thomson Reuters - Optimizing evaluation frameworks for LLMs in legal reasoning
Wilson Sonsini - AI in Healthcare: Informed Consent Analyzer

Panelists:

Hanna Kaufman, Director of Justice Innovation Initiatives, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
Evan J. Shenkman, Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer, Fisher Phillips

Professor Advisors/Moderators

Daniel W. Linna Jr., Senior Lecturer and Director of Law and Technology Initiatives, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law & McCormick School of Engineering
Kris Hammond, Bill and Cathy Osborn Professor of Computer Science, Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering