CodeX FutureLaw 2021 is the ninth annual conference hosted by CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, focusing on the transformative impact of technology on the legal profession and the law itself. Traditionally held on the Stanford campus, the 2021 edition was conducted virtually on April 8, 2021, due to health considerations, offering free admission to extend accessibility to a broader audience.
The conference covered a range of pivotal topics, including the development and application of computable contracts, the integration of artificial intelligence in legal processes, and the evolving landscape of legal education. Notable sessions featured discussions on the state-of-the-art in computable contract technology and its applications in sectors like insurance, as well as Law, Education, and Experience (LEX) Talks addressing issues such as AI explainability and computational antitrust.
Attendees had the opportunity to engage with leading figures in the field, including Alan Kay, who delivered the opening keynote titled "There Oughta be a Law!". The event also included the presentation of the CodeX Prize 2021, recognizing significant contributions to computational law. Additionally, the conference offered 5.5 General Hours of MCLE credit for participants.
CodeX FutureLaw 2021 was designed for academics, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, policymakers, and engineers interested in the tech-driven transformation of the legal system. The event provided a platform for networking, knowledge sharing, and collaboration among professionals at the forefront of legal technology innovation.
Speakers(17)
Alan Kay
Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London
Alan Kay is a pioneer in personal and mobile computing, object-oriented systems and programming, and graphical user interfaces. His work has been recognized with the ACM’s Turing Award and Software Systems Award, the National Academy of Engineering’s Draper Prize, and the Kyoto Prize.
Ben Barton
Professor of Law at University of Tennessee
Ben Barton is the author of four groundbreaking books on the legal profession and education. He has represented the indigent for 12 years as a clinical law professor and now teaches torts, contracts, and the A2J Lab, a coding and access to justice clinic.
Erin Levine
CEO and Founder at Hello Divorce
Erin Levine is a legal innovator, entrepreneur, and Certified Family Law Specialist. She is the CEO and Founder of Hello Divorce, an award-winning online platform that helps self-represented individuals navigate the divorce process through a revolutionary web platform, accessing legal help when needed.
Fariba Sadri
Academic at Imperial College London
Fariba Sadri's work focuses on intention recognition, agent technologies, and multi-agent and reactive systems. She has developed logic-based agent models and has extensive experience in curriculum development and teaching and learning.
Gillian K. Hadfield
Professor of Law and Professor of Strategic Management at University of Toronto
Gillian Hadfield is the inaugural Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. Her research focuses on innovative design for legal and dispute resolution systems, governance for artificial intelligence, and the markets for law and lawyers.
Houman B. Shadab
Director of the Innovation Center for Law and Technology and Professor of Law at New York Law School
Houman Shadab is a prolific and influential expert whose research and software development focus on enterprise software, legal technology, and commercial transactions. He has testified before the federal government on Bitcoin derivatives and hedge fund regulation and co-founded the smart legal contracts startup Clause.
Jameson Dempsey
Residential Fellow at CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
Jameson Dempsey is a technology attorney and community builder who serves on the board of directors of Legal Hackers. He has advised clients on federal and state privacy, information security, and communications issues.
Jenny S. Martinez
Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean at Stanford Law School
Jenny S. Martinez is a leading expert on international and constitutional law. She has authored numerous articles and teaches courses on constitutional law, civil procedure, and international law. She has also served as a clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Leila Banijamali
Co-Founder and CEO at Symbium Corp.
Leila Banijamali is the Co-Founder and CEO of Symbium Corp., a computational law company disrupting how complex planning regulations are consumed by the public. She has led over $200M in complex enterprise negotiations and founded the law firm Bedrock.
Marek Sergot
Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London
Marek Sergot's research focuses on the computer representation of laws and regulations, the formalization of normative and institutional concepts, and the logics of action and agency. He has contributed to temporal database technology and logic-based agent models.
Nora Freeman Engstrom
Professor of Law at Stanford Law School
Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom is a nationally recognized expert in tort law and legal ethics. Her work explores the operation of the tort system and its interaction with alternative compensation mechanisms. She has authored numerous articles in leading academic journals.
Oliver Goodenough
Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Legal Innovation at Vermont Law School
Oliver Goodenough's research, writing, and teaching at the intersection of law, economics, finance, media, technology, neuroscience, and behavioral biology make him an authority in legal innovation. He is also a Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Pieter Gunst
CEO at Legal.io
Pieter Gunst is an Entrepreneurial Fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX) and CEO of Legal.io. He combines his legal and technical skills to build tools for the future of legal work.
Robert Kowalski
Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London
Robert Kowalski is a logician and computer scientist known for his work in automated theorem proving, logic programming, and the application of logic to legal reasoning. He has received numerous awards, including the IJCAI Award for Research Excellence.
Roland Scharrer
Group Chief Emerging Technology & Data Officer at AXA
Roland Scharrer is responsible for leveraging data and emerging technologies at scale, focusing on technologies with the potential to disrupt the current insurance business model. He has worked in IT, data science, and strategy consulting across various industries.
Roland Vogl
Executive Director at CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
Dr. Roland Vogl is a scholar, lawyer, and entrepreneur with expertise in legal informatics, intellectual property law, and innovation. He co-founded CodeX and has been recognized as a legal innovator, serving on advisory boards of several legal tech companies.
Stephen Caines
Residential Fellow at CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
Stephen Caines is a legal technologist with a passion for privacy and access to justice. His work primarily focuses on facial recognition use by governments and law enforcement, as well as examining the impacts of other emerging technologies.
Event Details
- Date
- April 8, 2021
- Location
- 🇺🇸 Stanford, United States
- Pricing
- Free
- Audience
- Academics, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, policymakers, and engineers interested in legal technology.
- CLE Credits
- 5.5 General Hours