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This presentation starts by identifying current trends and significant shifts in the law market within and outside the U.S. that are accelerating the adoption of technology and the need for innovation in legal practice and education. It then highlights some examples of innovations in how legal services are being provided and how legal education is being taught. Ultimately,it suggests some potential paths our occupation should consider taking in the future.
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The Future Legal MarketplaceInnovation Extrapreneurship
And a Law Without Walls
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsFlorida Bar June 2014
Road Map
This Presentation Will
bull Identify current trends and significant shifts in the law market within and outside the US that are accelerating the adoption of technology and the need for innovation in legal practice and education
bull Highlight some examples of innovations in how legal services are being provided and how legal education is being taught
bull Ultimately suggest some potential paths our occupation should consider taking in the future
US Law Market
US Legal Education
Yesterdayrsquos Legal Services Market
36-year-old Twinkie
ldquoCertain things They should stay the way they are You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alonerdquo JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye
Some People Feel This Way About the Law Market
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Road Map
This Presentation Will
bull Identify current trends and significant shifts in the law market within and outside the US that are accelerating the adoption of technology and the need for innovation in legal practice and education
bull Highlight some examples of innovations in how legal services are being provided and how legal education is being taught
bull Ultimately suggest some potential paths our occupation should consider taking in the future
US Law Market
US Legal Education
Yesterdayrsquos Legal Services Market
36-year-old Twinkie
ldquoCertain things They should stay the way they are You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alonerdquo JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye
Some People Feel This Way About the Law Market
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
This Presentation Will
bull Identify current trends and significant shifts in the law market within and outside the US that are accelerating the adoption of technology and the need for innovation in legal practice and education
bull Highlight some examples of innovations in how legal services are being provided and how legal education is being taught
bull Ultimately suggest some potential paths our occupation should consider taking in the future
US Law Market
US Legal Education
Yesterdayrsquos Legal Services Market
36-year-old Twinkie
ldquoCertain things They should stay the way they are You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alonerdquo JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye
Some People Feel This Way About the Law Market
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
US Law Market
US Legal Education
Yesterdayrsquos Legal Services Market
36-year-old Twinkie
ldquoCertain things They should stay the way they are You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alonerdquo JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye
Some People Feel This Way About the Law Market
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
US Legal Education
Yesterdayrsquos Legal Services Market
36-year-old Twinkie
ldquoCertain things They should stay the way they are You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alonerdquo JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye
Some People Feel This Way About the Law Market
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Yesterdayrsquos Legal Services Market
36-year-old Twinkie
ldquoCertain things They should stay the way they are You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alonerdquo JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye
Some People Feel This Way About the Law Market
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
ldquoCertain things They should stay the way they are You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alonerdquo JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye
Some People Feel This Way About the Law Market
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Legal Services Market Is Changing
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
More Complex
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
And Less
Legal Services Market Opening Up
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Technologiz-ation
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
More or Less Efficient
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
More or Less Effective
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Globalization
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Competition
Isnrsquot Just the Millions of Lawyers Around the World but also NonLawyers
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
The Recession
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
The Death of Big Law
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Certainly Not the End of Lawyers
ne
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Some Truth to This Trajectory
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
New Legal Businesses Rely on Tech and Process
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Client Legal Process Reengineering Definable Repeatable Predictable
KMStandards
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
In-House Law Departments Exapting Processes from Outside Law
bull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processesbull Internal legal process outsourcing
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Clients Want More
Value
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Dense Competitive Marketplace Messaging Price
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
There has been a 75 rise in legal costs over the past decade (compared to a 20 rise in non-legal costs)
Source William Blair amp Co National Law Journal EvershedsCorporate Executive Board
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Clients Have Been Telling Law Firms
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Some Arenrsquot Listening
Consider Heller Ehrman
Wolf Block Thacher Proffitt amp Wood
strong firms that have collapsed in the recent past
Others Are Listening
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
The Rise of the Legal Freegan
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
NonLawyers OfferingLaw-Related Services
Which One is a Lawyer
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
NonLawyer Law Related Service Providers and Law Consultants
Work outside lawyerrsquos rules of professional conduct
Arenrsquot necessarily trained in the lawAnd they are eating lawyersrsquo leftovers
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Professional Services Offering Globally Integrated Business Solutions
Including Law Consulting
Note Big 4 hires tons of law grads each year for tax and consulting
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
New Law FirmLegal Services Models
bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneysbull Mootuscom
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Axiom ldquoNew Category CreationrdquoVenture amp PE $93M
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Technology is Key to the New Law Market
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LegalZoomRedefining ldquoLegalrdquo Services
$66 Million from VCs
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Rocket Lawyer
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Charley Moore Founder Rocket Lawyer
ldquoOur mission is to make the law affordable and simple enough for everyone to to benefit from the protections of our legal systemrdquo noted Charley Moore Founder of Rocket Lawyer in a statement ldquoWe are willing and able to continue to fight for access to low-cost legal services even when a bigger competitor like LegalZoom comes along to try to maintain the status quordquo
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Under-Served Markets
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
UnderServed will be Savvy Consumers
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LegalForce Blended Offering In-Person +On-Line
Hoping to Recapture the Lost Consumer
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
ClearSpire Blended Offering Traditional + Business Service + IT
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Changes the Lens Through Which We View Legal
PracticeAND Education
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Big Law is Innovating Too
bull Content bull Products and Services
bull StructureStrategy bull Geographic location Industry
Sector Talent Managementbull Service and Delivery
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
bull Clifford Chancebull Wins innovation award for using
six sigma and Lean to reduce UBSrsquos process of closing distressed debt trades by 30 days
bull Allen amp Ovary bull 1st firm to embrace LPO ndash over
300 lawyers and staff in Belfast hub
bull Goodwin amp Slaughter amp May
bull Linklaters ndash matter management (client info gathering and reporting)
Big Law is Innovating Too
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Rising Costs of Legal Education
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Plummeting Law School Enrollments
2010-2013 From 50000 to 38000
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Even Top Tier Law Schools are impacted
Seton Hall Down 43Hamline Down 55
Applications down 38 2010-2013
Harvard Law School has fewer acceptable applications
ndash Harvard accepted 16 of applicants for 2015 vs 11 year prior
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Predicting Law School Closings
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Impact on Legal Education
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Technology Creating Changes in Law School Curriculum Big amp Small
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Blackboard Google Drive Twitter Facebook Linked In One on-line class
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
On-Line Education MOOCs
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
2012 ldquoYear of MOOCrdquo
For Profitbull Coursera
ndash More than 2 Million Registrantsndash Some classes more than 100000 studentsndash Over 370 coursesndash Partnerships with over 30 institutions including
Brown Princeton and Columbia
bull Udacity 25 coursesNonProfit
ndash Harvard and MIT EdX Non-profit $30 million and 35courses
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Mostly Computer Science amp Math
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
But Also Legal Education
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
MOOCs Legal EducationNon-Creditbull Case Western Professor Michael
Scharf MOOC international criminal law (Coursera)
bull UCL Dame Hazel MOOC English common law (Coursera)
bull Harvardlsquos Professor William Fisher MOOC copyright law EdX)
bull Yalelsquos Professor Akhil Amar MOOC constitutional law (Coursera 2014)
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
MOOCs Legal EducationFor Creditbull University of Akron School of Law
MOOC Commercial Paper for coursebull On Line LLM Degrees eg
Washington University
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
And Around the World
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
DOCCs ndash Kissing Cousin to MOOCs
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
DOCCs
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
DOCCs ndash Central Video
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
DOCCs- More than 1 Talking Head
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
DOCC Example
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
Utilizing a blended technique of asynchronous lectures and in-class learn-by-doing exercises it explores the latest innovations entrepreneurial efforts and technological advances in the law marketplace around the world while honing the skills lawyers of tomorrow need to excel in the new legal services industry including
technology teaming idea generation project management communication presentation and social networking competencies
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull In Person Component
bull One hour in-person class sessions that include a mix of teaming and skills-based exercises along with explorative sessions on entrepreneurial ventures and innovations in the law
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Professor Michele DeStefanoInnovation Tech amp the Law Course
bull On-Line Component
bull Assigned pre-recorded 2-hour Virtual Thought Leader Session (VTLS) from LawWithoutWalls
bull Assigned relevant reading materials on the weekly topics addressed by these sessions
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Completely VirtualSynchronous Offerings
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Compliance Elliance
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LWOW X
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
The Future Blended
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Different Challenges Different Skills Different Tools amp Different Goals
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Law Firms amp Law Schools Must Innovate to Survive
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Or at Least to Differentiate to Stay Profitable
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Double Whammy What amp How
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
How
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Today two questions
are commonly asked
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
1) When are legal educators going to start training our law students with
the skills to be the global 21st Century lawyers of tomorrow
And2) When is legal practice going to
innovate to tackle the challenges of our ldquonewrdquo global marketplace
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
If we depicted these two questions
graphically the picture would be
of
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
A Set of Pointing Fingers
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
When it Should be A Pair of Clasped Hands
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
And Thatrsquos A Problem
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
MICHELE DESTEFANOFOUNDER LAWWITHOUTWALLS
PROFESSOR OF LAW
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Success of LWOW shows we CAN tackle both at the same time
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Advances in Tech in 15 Years
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Training for Jobs Not Even In Existence Yet
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Tomorrowrsquos Challenge
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Collaboration
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Iterative
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Mentality
Between Legal Practice amp Education
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Our Challenge
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Not Just Be Intrapreneurs
intrapreneur (ˌɪntrəprəˈnɜː)n1 a person who while remaining within a larger organization uses entrepreneurial skills to develop a new product or line of business as a subsidiary of the organization
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Not Just Legal Entrepreneurs
entrepreneur (ontrəprəˈnəː) n1 a person who starts or organizes a business company especially one involving risk
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
But Build A Law Without Walls
LAWYERS
LAW SCHOOLS
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Our Challenge
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Become Extrapreneurs
extrapreneur (xtraprəˈnəː) n1 a person with an entrepreneurial spirit(an intrapreneur) that not only chooses to apply those talents to their own organization but also applies those talents externally to other organizations And thenbrings those experiences back internally to their own organization
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
A More Iterative Partnership Between Law Schools +
Lawyers
The Market is Ready
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Howevera relationship model
that is based on collaboration
interdependencyiteration
and reciprocal obligations
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
A Better Foundation for Tackling Challenges
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Think Applersquos Parallel Production
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Legal Education + Practice
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Innovation Exaptation and Mashups
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Scary
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
But
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Itrsquos Not Just About Solving the Big Problems
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
It Doesnrsquot Have to Be ldquoNewrdquo to be Innovative
ldquoCreativity is Just Connecting
Thingsrdquo -Steve Jobs
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
What is Exaptation
When something is borrowed from one field
and used to solve a problem
in a totally unrelated field
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Gutenbergrsquos Printing Press Used Mechanics of Wine Screw
Press
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Flying Bicycle
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Sometimes Being First is Enough
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
In-House Legal Departmentsbull Procurementbull Six Sigmabull Project Managementbull Refined automated and often on-
line RFP Processes
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Intrapreneurship Exaptation
Law Firmsbull Value or flat rate billingbull Ethics Officers bull Opening LPOs (Allen amp Overy Goodwin
Proctor)bull General Counselsbull New Mobile Devices to connect lawyers
+ clientsbull New Matter Management Tools for
budgeting and project transparency (Linklaters)
bull Lean Six Sigma (Clifford Chance)
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
IntrapreneurshipExaptation
Law Schoolsbull Innovation and Tech Centers
(Suffolk Michigan State)bull On-line virtual courses
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Entrepreneurship in the Law
KMStandards
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Entrepreneurship in the Law
bull Axiom bull Riverview Law bull NovoLawyer bull Clearspire bull Rocket Lawyerbull LegalForcebull Total Attorneys
bull Burton Lawbull LawDingobull Agreement24bull Legal365bull The co-operative
legal servicesbull LexMundi
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Interdependent Relationships Between Law Schools and Lawyers
bull Externships and Legal On Ramp placementsbull Clinicsbull Executive Education (eg Harvard)bull White amp Case and Jindal Law Schoolbull MiamiLex (United Lex and Miami)bull Reinvent Lawbull Eacutecole HEAD 1st private Law School in France
(Founded with 15+ law firm and business partners including)
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
And of Course
LAWWITHOUTWALLS
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Part-virtual collaboratory
Develops 21st century lawyering skills
Law + Business + Technology + Innovation
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Break Down Barriers and Hierarchies
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Inspire Change
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
26 Law + Business Schools 50+ Students
Bifroumlst University (Iceland) Stanford Law School
Fordham Law School Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Harvard Law School University College London (UK)
IE Business School (Spain) University of Miami Law
IE Law School (Spain) University of Montreal Law
Indiana University Law University of Satildeo Paulo (Brazil)
The Graduate Institute Geneva University of St Gallen (Switzerland)
National Law School of India University of Sydney Law (Australia)
New York Law School Wharton School of Business
Peking University STL (China) York University School of Business
Pontifical Catholic U (Chile) York University School of Law
Sciences Po Law (France) Witwatersrand Law (South Africa)
Eacutecole HEAD (France) University of East London (UK)
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
15 TEAMS OFbull 2-3 Business and Law
Studentsbull Academic Mentorbull Entrepreneur Mentorbull Practitioner Mentorbull Corporate Law Mentor
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLECyber Justice Using Technology to Provide Legal Services to the Underserved Around the Globe
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Team Topics
Teams are assigned broad topics in either legal education or practice
EXAMPLEThe Increasing Importance of Corporate Compliance More Jobs For Law Grads or Another Threat to Lawyersrsquo Monopoly
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Find the Cracks and Gaps
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Turn Into Opportunities
Create Business Plans
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Examples of Projects of Worth
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Court Systems and Technology If I am a Legal Document
Where Do I Go and How Do I Get There
bull Itrsquos finally the day you get paid itrsquos judgment payrdquo Judgment Pay is an online portal that harnesses the powers of crowdsourcing to help those who have obtained a favorable civil judgment collect the money they are owed
bull Support and services from LWOW Inc a large financial services company entrepreneurial lawyer and marketing expert to go live
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull Be selfless with ProBonoProorg a social
media platform that matches law students with relevant pro bono opportunities allows students to track and certify their pro bono hours and enables others to publicly endorse studentsrsquo skills
bull Will be pursuing this business idea this Fall through LWOW Inc at Miami Law and likely in partnership with ProBononet
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Increasing Access to Justice and Creating New Models of Regulation How Can the Two
Go Hand-in-Handbull ldquoHear Victims Help Victims Protect
VictimsrdquoHelp victims of Human Rights abuses find their voice and share their story Nirubi is an innovative app interface that provides a secure way for NGOs to gather record and share witness testimony
bull Winners of LWOW X
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Trickle Down Justice Access to Justice for Vulnerable Client
Populations bull Founded a global NGO featuring a
social-network-like website specifically designed to unite and connect legal political and community advocates around the world who fight against human trafficking
bull This Project of Worth got funding from the United Nations and the 2012 Summer Olympics
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LWOW ArbitrationStudents teamed with lawyer academic arbitrator and judge mentors to help them design and develop implementable solutions to procedural regulatory or statutory problems in arbitrationndash 1) Realism in Arbitration Making Arbitration
Work in a National Space and Enforcing Awards Across the Border
ndash 2) Drafting Arbitration Clauses with Corporate Counsel
ndash 3) Whatrsquos Under the Invisibility Cloak Transparency in Arbitration
ndash 4) Arbitrator Appointments by the Institutions Who is Going to Police the Police
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LWOW Compliancebull LWOW X Compliance
ndash Students teamed up with compliance officers and academic mentors to critically analyze internationally compare and create solutions to pressing issues involving compliance in organizations including corporations nonprofit organizations and law firms
Same core values and components as the original LWOW
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
21st Century Lawyering Skills
Problem SolvingTeamingTechnologyEntrepreneurialSocial NetworkingCultural CompetencyBusiness Skills
New Platforms for Relationships
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
1 KickOff
2 Virtual Dynamic Teaming
3 ConPosium
Three Parts to LawWithoutWalls
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls KickOff
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Virtual Dynamic Teaming
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Virtual Thought Leader SessionsLaw Related Services Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Consulting and
Other Professional Services
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Virtual Thought Leader Sessions
SEE JORDAN
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls ConPosium
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
350+ people 15 countries 6 continents and 14 time
zones
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
New Platforms for Relationships
Students +
Mentors +
Community +
Technology =
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Connections + Opportunity for Students
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
New Platforms for Relationships
Law Firm Lawyer+
Law Firm In-House Client+
Teaming+
Technology =
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Connections and Opportunity for
Law Firm Lawyer
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Eversheds Video
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LWOW X
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
No Magic Ball
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
The Future Blended
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Vision Embrace Tech amp Be Open to Other Models
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LawWithoutWalls Unveils 6 Fundamentals
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
1) Find and Fill the Gaps
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Go into the gaps If you can find them
They shift and vanish tooStalk the gaps
Squeak into a gap in the soil turn and unlock ndash more than a
map ndash A universe
Annie Dillard
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
2) Create a Blended Universe
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Blended in Space + Place + Discipline
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Age + Culture
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Virtual +In Person
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
3) Develop a Culture of Collaboration
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Dynamic Teaming
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
4) Dare to Disturb
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
And indeed there will be timeTo wonder lsquoDo I darersquo and lsquoDo I
darerdquo
Do I dareDisturb the universe
In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse
TS Eliot
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
5) Accept Imperfect Offerings
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThatrsquos how the light gets inrdquo
Leonard Cohen
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Thomas Edison claimed he
ldquofailed [his] way to successrdquo
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
6) Move Now and Fast
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
ldquoMove fast and break things
Unless you are breaking stuff
you are not moving fast enoughrdquo
Mark Zuckerberg
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Others are
callingfor
change
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Academic Thought LeadersElizabeth Chambliss
Bill HendersonRenee Knake
John FloodLeo Staub
Tom MorganDeborah Rhode
Carole SilverMarco Salgado
Marie Claude-RigoudBrian Tamanaha
Laurel Terry Ray Cambell and
David Wilkins
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Practitioner Thought Leaders amp Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey CarrSusan Cartier Liebel
Jordan FurlongMark Harris
Bryan HughesStephanie Kimbro
James PetersDoug RichmondJames BathamScott RogersKaran SinghMark SmithAndy Daws
Kevin DoolanAdam Ziegler
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
havechallenged
law organizationsor
law firmsor
law schoolsto change
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
They Are All Right
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Law School and Practice Needs to Change
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
it is time for a new kind of
partnershipbetween
law schools + lawyers
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
Shared Mission
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
based on
extra-preneurshipcollaboration
interdependencyand
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
LAW WITHOUT
WALLS
Michele DeStefanoProfessor University of Miami School of Law
Founder LawWithoutWallsmdlawmiamiedu
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