Past Innovation Labs
The Innovation Lab is designed to immerse students in the innovation process. Students work as part of a multidisciplinary team to explore a problem relating to the legal profession, understand the stakeholders' needs, brainstorm, prototype, and test ideas, and iterate through the development of a technology-based solution.
2022 Innovation Lab: Law and Technology Demos
When: Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST
Where: Online via Zoom
Five teams of Northwestern Computer Science and Law 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.
Projects
- LexShift – Omnibus Legislation Review
- Mayer Brown – Contract clause search & review
- McGuireWoods – M&A Transaction Management
- Northwestern Medicine – Health Data Sharing Enabled by Computable Contracts
- Thomson-Reuters – Extracting and Classifying Information from Court Dockets and Evaluating Classifications for Bias
Panelists
- Kunoor Chopra, Elevate, VP of Legal Services and Co-founder
- Nick Long, Deloitte, Managing Director – Legal Business Services
- Irina Matveeva, Reveal, Chief of Data Science and AI
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
2021 Innovation Lab: Law and Technology Demos
When: Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST
Where: Zoom
Seven teams of Northwestern Computer Science and Law 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
Projects
- Airbus - Contracts in 3D
- Common-Accord - Open Source Legal - Contracts
- Dominican Republic Judiciary - Understanding the User Experience
- LexShift-Herbalife - Intake and Triage
- McGuireWoods-Rush University Medical Center - Drafting and Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements
- Orrick-Supreme Court and Appellate Practice - Q-A Extraction from Briefs
- Thomson-Reuters - Analyzing Court Data for Bias
Panel of Experts
- Vishal Agnihotri, Chief Knowledge Officer, Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Dorna Moini, CEO and Co-Founder, Documate
- Jeroen Plink, Founder, Plink Insights; previously CEO, Clifford Chance Applied Solutions
- Stephanie Sciullo, VP and Chief Legal Officer, MSA Safety Inc.
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
2020 Innovation Lab: Law and Technology Demos
When: Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST
Where: Zoom
Project Demos and Q&A led by Judges
Seven teams of Northwestern Pritzker Law, Master of Science in Law, Computer Science, and Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence students worked with project partners to address real-world challenges. The interdisciplinary teams developed technology solutions, under the direction of Professors Kris Hammond and Dan Linna.
Our project partners submitted significant challenges:
- Actuate Law & Allstate – Building Better Privacy Compliance: Data Subject Access Requests
- Bluhm Legal Clinic – Eviction Court Navigator
- Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office – Orders of Protection - Domestic Violence
- Honigman – Health Law: Innovating Compliance with Stark Law
- Simplifire-IACCM – Distance Measurement for Contract Revisions
- Orrick, Supreme Court & Appellate Group – Case Information Extraction and Flashcard Generation
- Thomson Reuters Labs & Judge Wilfredo Martinez – Human Trafficking Judicial Case Management
A panel of experts will assess the technology prototypes:
- Dr. Khalid Al-Kofahi, Thomson Reuters, Vice President, Research and Development and Head, Center for AI and Cognitive Computing
- Jason Barnwell, Microsoft, Assistant General Counsel-Modern Legal
- Farrah Pepper, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Chief Legal Innovation Counsel
- Luke Tanen, Chicago Innovation, Executive Director
2019 Innovation Lab: Law and Technology Demos
When: Thursday, April 18, 2019
6:00 pm - 7:40 pm · Project Demos and Q&A led by Judges
7:45 pm - 8:45 pm · Networking, including food and beverages
Where: Thorne Auditorium
Six teams of Northwestern Pritzker Law, Master of Science in Law, and Computer Science students worked with project partners to address real world challenges. The interdisciplinary teams developed technology solutions, under the direction of Professors Kris Hammond, Dan Linna, and Dave Schwartz.
The project partners submitted significant challenges:
- Actuate Law – telemedicine compliance
- Bluhm Legal Clinic – delivering know-your-rights immigration information to young people
- Mayer Brown – contract terms review
- Mayer Brown – assessing AI liability for financial services
- Northwestern – court data exploration
- Reed Smith – rationalizing legal research
Judges from across the legal profession will assess the technology prototypes:
- John Albright, HUB International Limited, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
- Hanna Kaufman, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, Counsel for Innovation & Technology
- Megan Pavich, Allstate, Senior Managing Counsel
- Sam Ranganathan, AbbVie, Sr. Director of Information Governance & Legal Operations; ACC Legal Operations Section Chair
- Kristen Sonday, Paladin, Co-founder
Thank you to our 2019 Lab sponsor:
