Behavioral Nudges Reduce Failure to Appear for Court (via Science)

ABSTRACT: “Each year, millions of Americans fail to appear in court for low-level offenses, and warrants are then issued for their arrest. In two field studies in New York City, we make critical information salient by redesigning the summons form and providing text message reminders. These interventions reduce failures to appear by 13-21% and lead to 30,000 fewer arrest warrants over a 3-year period. In lab experiments, we find that while criminal justice professionals see failures to appear as relatively unintentional, laypeople believe they are more intentional. These lay beliefs reduce support for policies that make court information salient and increase support for punishment. Our findings suggest that criminal justice policies can be made more effective and humane by anticipating human error in unintentional offenses.” Access Full Article.

Introductory Pre Session of the Bucerius Legal Tech Essentials

Yesterday we had our Introductory Pre Session of the Bucerius Legal Tech Essentials … the video for our intro session in now available on YouTube (see video above).

The official first session begins in earnest Monday June 29th Noon US Central / 700pm CEST. It is not too late to join us if you still want to sign up for FREE — https://techsummer.law-school.de/

And the conversation continues at #BuceriusLegalTech …

See you on Monday !

Bucerius Legal Tech Essentials – Are You Ready?

ARE YOU READY? Bucerius Legal Tech Essentials starts this week with our Intro Session on Thursday (regular sessions begin on Monday June 29th) … Over 3200+ Participants from 90+ Countries and the Conversation continues at #BuceriusLegalTech …

You can still Sign up today for FREE — https://techsummer.law-school.de/ 

Thanks as always to Baker McKenzie  for Sponsoring and thank you to our global academic and organizational partners (Stanford CodeX, Chicago Kent & European Legal Technology Association) !

Dirk Hartung and I also would like to also thank our Confirmed Lecturers — Roland Vogl Janis Beckedorf Alma Asay Liam Brown David Perla Daniel W. Linna Jr. Gloria Sanchez J.B. Ruhl How Khang Lim William Henderson Corinna Coupette Shannon Salter Richard Susskind Markus Hartung Mary O’Carroll Daniel B. Rodriguez Mari Sako John Duggan Lucy Endel Bassli Riikka Koulu David Cambria Valérie Saintot …

#legaltech #legalinnovation #legalops #lawschool #legaleducation #law #makelawbetter #legalai #legalprofession

The #MakeLawBetter Confernce – Presented by The Law Lab at Illinois Tech (Chicago Kent Law)

On August 15, 2019 – The Law Lab at Illinois Tech Chicago-Kent College of Law presents #MakeLawBetter – A Conference on Legal Innovation. Tickets are *FREE* but registration is required. So please visit makelawbetterconference.com for a registration link.

Continuing its legacy as an academic leader in legal technology and innovation, Chicago-Kent will bring together a wide-ranging and diverse group of industry leaders and academics for this day long event. Speakers will be announced over the coming weeks but videos from previous Law Lab events can be found at TheLawLabChannel.com

We will see you in Chicago on 08.15.19 ! #LegalInnovation #LegalTech #LegalData #LegalEducation 
#LegalTechnology #LegalAI

Chicago LegalTech and Legal Innovation Meetup at Skadden during ABATechShow Week

Full house last night for Chicago Legal Innovation and Technology Meetup at Skadden during ABATechShow Week here in Chicago.   Both Dan Linna and yours truly (Dan Katz) thank you for attending. 

Thanks to our host Kim deBeers from Skadden for having us !

Thanks for our speakers   —
• Kristen Sonday
• Ivy Grey
• Kristian Hammond
• Robert Ambrogi
• Chicago-Kent College of Law Student, Benjamin Jackson
• Northwestern Law Students, Andrea Leon Garcia, Julio R., Brian Trujillo, Weihua (Melody) Yao