I don’t know about you, but I smell fall in the air. And September always meant just one thing: back to school (and plaid shirts).
So let’s discover new legal tech goodies together in this edition of Summer finds.
In these Fav Finds, we will cover:
- The key lessons from my time in Hamburg at the Bucerius Law,
- An online self-guided code-oriented legal tech course,
- My search for legal tech books, and
- A big step for this blog!
1. Key lessons learned from 3 weeks of Legal Tech and Operations
I loved, loved, loved my time at Bucerius Law School! The three weeks of Legal Tech and Operations Summer Programme were so intense and absolutely brilliant!
I will tune in with a full review later this fall, but in the meantime, check out this post on the key lessons learned.
2. Coding the Law
David Colarusso of Suffolk Law put together this delightful self-guided LegalTech Adventure for folks with or without prior coding experience.
If you are following me for a while, you know how much I love a good online resource. David’s explanations are down-to-Earth and the topics are super interesting. It also covers the basics in a very digestible way – starting from how to set up a GitHub account and why it matters.
3. Building my little LegalTech library
I have every intention to build my little LegalTech library – so let me know in the comments if you have any good tips for interesting books on innovation, legal tech, design, change management, data visualisations or anything else.
So far, I amassed the works of Richard Susskind (obviously), Creative Acts for Curious People from Stanford d.school, the Economist Style Guide, and many many books on startups.
Next acquisitions? Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations (recommendation of the amazing Jae Um) and 101 Design Methods.
There is also a pretty exhaustive list of sources (both books and otherwise) on legal writing by Štěpán Janků. The list is available in Czech, but it contains plenty of English sources. So switch on your browser translate plugin and enjoy some quality reads (including my Intro to legal design).
4. Attorney@Code is bilingual!
You might have noticed that little black button on the top – and yes, you can now freely switch between English and Czech on most articles.
I already wrote about how important it is for me to not only contribute to the more broad, international debate, but also lift up my home jurisdiction. With the Encyclopedia and the Czech and Slovak Legal Innovators’ Platform, I am seeing so much more happening on the local scene and it honestly gives me a very strong sense of purpose.
I am still working on translating everything from the past 8 months since I launched this blog. So bear with me. And enjoy!
Did you discover anything interesting this month?
Did you find any other cool legal tech resources that you’d like add to spread the love?
Let me know in the comments!
Baru
