Clinnovation: Where Legal Innovation Meets Clinical Pedagogy

Agenda

The Clinnovation conference is a single-day single-track conference taking place on Monday, April 9, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Suffolk Law School, Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02108. The conference will start with breakfast in the 1st Floor Function Room and end with a reception in the 5th floor Commons and Sky Lounge.

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakfast & Welcome

Continental breakfast and opening comments from Andrew Perlman Dean of Suffolk University Law School.

Andrew Perlman
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM
LIT Lab (A Case Study in Clinnovation)

The Director of Suffolk's LIT Lab, David Colarusso, will introduce the Lab, followed by a student-led sharing of their work with real-world clients, including projects from data analytics to document automation.

Charmain Wood

(lab student)
Nicole Siino

(lab student)
Jeff Price

(lab student)
Anthony Metzler

(lab student)
Corby King

(lab student)
Michael DiFilippo

(lab student)
David Colarusso

(presenting emcee)
Sarah Boonin

(introduction)
William Bean

(lab student)
Alessandra Ambrogio

(lab student)
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM. BREAK
Check into Crowd Queue Session (instructions projected at the front of the room)
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Law Labs Survey

Hear from leaders of innovative law labs across the country, including the Legal Design Lab at Stanford, the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard, the NuLawLab at Northeastern, The Law Lab at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and LawX at BYU Law. Panelists will present a brief overview of their programs.

April Faith-Slaker
Alexander Rabanal
Kimball Parker
Dan Jackson
Margaret Hagan
David Colarusso

(introduction)
11:10 AM - 11:25 AM. BREAK
Submit and vote on questions (instructions projected at the front of the room)
11:25 AM - 12:25 PM
Law Labs Discussion

Leaders of innovative law labs across the country engage in a discussion exploring the role of innovation in legal education and practice, moderated by Suffolk's David Colarusso.

April Faith-Slaker
Jules Rochielle Sievert
Alexander Rabanal
Kimball Parker
Margaret Hagan
David Colarusso

(moderator)
12:25 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch & Keynote

The Honorable Ralph Gants, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will speak.

Sarah Boonin

(close)
Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants
Andrew Perlman

(introduction)
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM. BREAK
Check into Crowd Queue Session (instructions projected at the front of the room)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
LIT Jobs

Listen to leading employers in the field of legal tech and innovation.

Quinten Steenhuis
Chas Rampenthal

(moderator)
Vedika Mehera
Christina Jackson
Alma Asay
Gabriel Teninbaum

(introduction)
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM
LIT Bits

Rapid-fire talks (20 slides in five minutes). After the conference, a video of the presentations along with their authors' info will appear under LIT Bits.

Kim McLaurin

(close)
Miguel Willis
Jonathan Pyle
Keith Porcaro
James Miller
Athena Fan
Carolyn Elefant
Nicole Bradick
Gabriel Teninbaum

(emcee)
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM (5th Floor Commons and Sky Lounge)
Reception, Poster Session & Pre-recorded LIT Bits

Speak with practitioners and academics about their work while enjoying drinks and light hors d'oeuvres. This is also a great chance to catch up with other attendees and speakers. Pre-recorded LIT bits will play outside of the reception, and their creators will be available during the reception for discussion.

Charmain Wood

(poster)
Ellen Suni

(poster)
Nicole Siino

(poster)
Jeff Price

(poster)
Anthony Metzler

(poster)
Aurora Martin

(poster)
Corby King

(poster)
Athena Fan

(poster)
Michael DiFilippo

(poster)
Eugene Buff

(video)
Ray Brescia

(video)
William Bean

(poster)