LexLab Annual Report 2022-2023

MESSAGE

FROM OUR DIRECTOR Drew Amerson

2022-23 was a year of remarkable growth for LexLab We watched our space in the new building take shape and congratulated the first students to graduate from UC Law SF with a concentration that we designed in Technology and Innovation in the Practice of Law We also held our most successful accelerator program to date, crowning two deserving legal tech startups as co-winners

Our efforts are gaining national attention, as Bloomberg Law recognized the Concentration as one of the top law school programs for Innovation & Technology and the Accelerator as one of the top law school programs for Innovation & Experience. We were also featured in The ABA Journal for launching a new Justice Tech Accelerator, which we will run this fall in collaboration with the Justice Technology Association, gener8tor, and Village Capital

Looking ahead to 2023-24, we can't wait to get into our new space and get to work building out a bustling legal tech hub! In addition to the Justice Tech Accelerator, we will be launching a new course this fall: "InHouse Counsel Toolkit: Skills & Strategies," which will bring leading tech GC's into our community to teach our students what it's like to work in-house.

Thank you for your support! -Drew

LexLab Mission Statement

LexLab's mission is to prepare business-savvy lawyers who will shape the future of the legal profession by teaching the 21st-century skills necessary to challenge the status quo as technology and globalization accelerate change in the delivery of legal services.

FACULTY and AFFILIATES

Advisory Board

Alice Armitrage, Professor & Director of Applied Innovation

Drew Amerson, Director of LexLab

David Intrbartolo, Research Associate

Josh King, General Counsel at RealSelf

Stephan Eberle, General Counsel Scale Venture Partners

Augie Rakow Founder of BetterSeriesAco

Kunoor Chopra, Vice President of Legal Services, Elevate

Derek Duarte Senior Vice President UnitedLex

Samantha VillanuevaMeyer Strategic Advisor and Former CLO

Nick Long Managing Director - Legal Business Services, Deloitte

Maya Markovich Innovator in Residence, Village Capital

Matthew Huguet Research Associate

Coursess Offered 2022-2023

LEGALOPERATIONSFORLAWYERS

Students explored the field of legal operations and its role in optimizing legal departments They learned about the economic forces impacting the role and the rise of legal operations positions The course covered topics such as strategic planning, project management, information governance, financial management, technology, management, and organizational optimization Students engaged in discussions, presentations, and real-world problem-solving exercises, and by the end of the course, had developed a comprehensive understanding of legal operations and its impact on effective legal service delivery.

DESIGN THINKING AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Students learned about the intricacies of the debt collection system in California and the need for innovative solutions Through the lens of design thinking and systems thinking, students gained a deeper understanding of the challenges within the debt collection process and developed empathy, convergent and divergent thinking, ideation, and prototyping skills to propose improvements At the end of the class, students presented possible solutions to a non-legal audience

BUSINESS OF LAW & LEGAL INFORMATICS

The Business of Law and Legal Informatics class in Spring 2023 focused on the changing landscape of the legal industry. The course delved into the economic and technological forces shaping the practice of law, with an emphasis on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain. Students examined how AI is revolutionizing legal work, from predictive analytics to contract review, and explored the potential of blockchain in improving business practices Ethical and practical considerations regarding the use of AI and blockchain in the legal profession were also discussed Overall, the course aimed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the business models and future challenges of the legal industry in the digital age

How to Build a Legal Tech Startup

Students learned the skills needed to practice law while also developing entrepreneurial knowledge They explored business skills, legal technology options, and collaboration methods to build their own legal tech startup. Through readings, discussions, and presentations, students gained problemsolving abilities, identified pain points in the legal profession, built prototypes, and developed business models for their startups The course culminated in pitch presentations to investors and legal tech experts.

Guest Speakers

David Cambria - Managing Director, PwC Alex Su - Head of Community Development at Ironclad

Michael Bommarito - CTO of licens io & Co-Trainer of GPT-4 LLM that passed the Bar Exam

Erika Rikard - Project Director, Civil Legal System Modernization at The Pew Charitable Trusts

Allison DrutchasManaging Counsel, Regulatory, Product, Policy, WAYMO

Stephen Poor - Chair Emeritus Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

This is just a sample! We had more than 30 amazing speakers join us to speak to our students in 2022-2023.

Daniel Yi - Senior Counsel for Special Projects and Innovation, US Department of Justice

Judge Stephen GizziSolano County Superior Court

Jerry Levine - Chief Evangelist & General Counsel at ContractPodAi

Joe Green, - Chief Innovation Officer at Gunderson Dettmer

Mary O'Carroll - Chief Community Officer at Ironclad

Jeff Ikejiri - Principal, Tax & Legal Operations Transformation Services at KPMG

LexLab Events

Privacy Day

September 29, 2022

Speakers:

Alastair Mactaggart - Architect of

California Consumer Privacy Act

Lydia de la Torre - Board member -

California Privacy Protection Agency

Lothar Determann - Partner at Baker

McKenzie

Organized with the International Association of Privacy Professionals, with support from the California Lawyers Association

Blockchain Lawyers Forum

October 13, 2022

The Blockchain Lawyers Forum (BLF), a community of legal experts from blockchain hubs around the world, including members from academia, industry, and government, held a meeting to exchange practical knowhow and insight about the rapidly shifting legal landscape.

LexLab Events

January 24, 2023

Panel focused on the intersection of privacy and data security. Our panelists discussed privacy and security in 2023 and beyond, focusing on operating models that work today and can adapt to both the rapid and dynamically changing environments. Organized with Women in Security and Privacy (WISP).

Conferences

Director Drew Amerson was invited to be a speaker at Legal Innovators California, SOLID West, and a guest judge at the Legal Tech Fund Summit.

Director of Applied Innovation Alice

Armitrage was invited to Codex Future of Law at Stanford and to the OECD Roundtable on the Regulation of AI and Autonomous Vehicles Conference in Paris.

Data Privacy Day with WISP

LexLab Demo Day & Pitch Competition

On April 20, 2023, LexLab hosted its annual Demo Day and Pitch Competition. For their final presentation, students from our "Building a Legal Tech Startup" course pitched the business ideas they developed over the course of the semester. Ale Vallejo '23 won first place with her pitch for Blazer, an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced service that rents professional attire to subscribing law students and young lawyers

The six startups in the accelerator then presented demonstartions of their products The $5,000 grand prize was split by Aurelian, which democratizes litigation funding in the pursuit of consumer protection, and the Legal Accountability Project, which enables law students to read post-clerkship surveys and get information on judges as managers and chambers culture before applying for clerkships.

Spring 2023

Chancellor and Dean David

Provost and Academic Dean Morris Ratner

IAPP California Lawyers Assoc.

Women in Security & Privacy

Blockchain Lawyers Forum

IAALS

A2J Ventures

Justice Technology Assoc.

Gener8tor

Village Capital

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