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Dan Linna

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Today’s guest is Dan Linna, Senior Lecturer and Director of Law and Technology Initiatives at Northwestern, a joint appointment in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and McCormick School of Engineering. He also holds a number of roles at international law schools, and organizations that promote the integration of technology into the profession. Dan began his career as an information technology manager, developer, and consultant. His work included computerizing and automating business processes, developing dynamic, data-driven websites, and building enterprise information systems. Before moving full time into teaching, Dan was a business, contract, and bankruptcy litigation partner at an Am Law 200 law firm.Dan brings this multidisciplinary perspective to his thoughts on the industry, and how COVID will change the experience of law students, and the practice itself. Listen to this episode to learn how and why Dan moved from IT to the legal profession, how Dan brings multiple disciplines including law, engineering, and medicine together, and why he thinks quality is the next wave in legal.

Today’s guest is Dan Linna, Senior Lecturer and Director of Law and Technology Initiatives at Northwestern, a joint appointment in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and McCormick School of Engineering. He also holds a number of roles at international law schools, and organizations that promote the integration of technology into the profession. Dan began his career as an information technology manager, developer, and consultant. His work included computerizing and automating business processes, developing dynamic, data-driven websites, and building enterprise information systems. Before moving full time into teaching, Dan was a business, contract, and bankruptcy litigation partner at an Am Law 200 law firm. Dan brings this multidisciplinary perspective to his thoughts on the industry, and how COVID will change the experience of law students, and the practice itself. Listen to this episode to learn how and why Dan moved from IT to the legal profession, how Dan brings multiple disciplines including law, engineering, and medicine together, and why he thinks quality is the next wave in legal.

Artificial intelligence tools are now thoroughly embedded in the practice of law. Lawyers are using these tools to search, sort, predict, and guide many traditional legal tasks. But there are complex concerns at work: lawyers need to keep on top of new technologies, protect client confidentiality, comply with ethical constraints, and at the end of the day, be confident in what the computer spits out.In this episode, law professor and legal tech expert Dan Linna argues that lawyers should think bigger about how we use these technologies in the profession. Where we are still focused on tools and process, he says, we should be looking ahead to outcomes and what systemic problems we can tackle if we embrace AI. He discusses the current snags, but points to a promising future where law students versed in the technology can focus on the quality and equality of legal product produced more efficiently with these tools.

Artificial intelligence tools are now thoroughly embedded in the practice of law. Lawyers are using these tools to search, sort, predict, and guide many traditional legal tasks. But there are complex concerns at work: lawyers need to keep on top of new technologies, protect client confidentiality, comply with ethical constraints, and at the end of the day, be confident in what the computer spits out. In this episode, law professor and legal tech expert Dan Linna argues that lawyers should think bigger about how we use these technologies in the profession. Where we are still focused on tools and process, he says, we should be looking ahead to outcomes and what systemic problems we can tackle if we embrace AI. He discusses the current snags, but points to a promising future where law students versed in the technology can focus on the quality and equality of legal product produced more efficiently with these tools.

Dan Linna on Leaning Into Legal AI

The delivery of legal services hasn’t changed much since the industrial revolution, and too often lawyers are focused on protecting their turf instead of serving clients. Dan Linna, Director of LegalRnD, the Center for Legal Services Innovation at Michigan State University Law School, speaks with David Lat in this Law2020 interview about how to bridge the justice gap.   For additional articles and information on this episode and the entire Law2020 series, visit https://abovethelaw.com/law2020   Episode Resources   https://abovethelaw.com/law2020/cognifying-legal-education/     http://legalrnd.org     https://www.linkedin.com/in/danlinna    Episode Highlights  Understanding the problem of the justice gap in the United States. How we reached this crisis point in access to justice. Why many lawyers are tech-resistant. How legal technology and process can close the justice gap. Moving from being artisans to becoming scientists. How people in the law community, aided by technology, can help bridge the justice gap.    Subscribe, Share and Review To get the next episode, subscribe with your favorite podcast player.  Subscribe with Apple Podcasts. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe with Stitcher.    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts.

The delivery of legal services hasn’t changed much since the industrial revolution, and too often lawyers are focused on protecting their turf instead of serving clients. Dan Linna, Director of LegalRnD, the Center for Legal Services Innovation at Michigan State University Law School, speaks with David Lat in this Law2020 interview about how to bridge the justice gap. For additional articles and information on this episode and the entire Law2020 series, visit <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/law2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://abovethelaw.com/law2020</a> Episode Resources <ul> <li><a href="https://abovethelaw.com/law2020/cognifying-legal-education/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://abovethelaw.com/law2020/cognifying-legal-education/</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://legalrnd.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://legalrnd.org</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danlinna" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/danlinna</a></li> </ul> Episode Highlights <ul> <li>Understanding the problem of the justice gap in the United States.</li> <li>How we reached this crisis point in access to justice.</li> <li>Why many lawyers are tech-resistant.</li> <li>How legal technology and process can close the justice gap.</li> <li>Moving from being artisans to becoming scientists.</li> <li>How people in the law community, aided by technology, can help bridge the justice gap.</li> </ul> Subscribe, Share and Review To get the next episode, subscribe with your favorite podcast player. <ul> <li>Subscribe with Apple Podcasts.</li> <li>Follow on Spotify.</li> <li>Subscribe with Stitcher.</li> </ul> Leave a review on Apple Podcasts.

The Justice Gap with Dan Linna - Law2020

What does legal innovation look like? For all the talk about innovation in law, who are the real innovators and what are they doing? This week’s guest, Daniel W. Linna Jr., an attorney and law professor, helps us answer that question.   Linna is the creator of the Legal Services Innovation Index, where he is cataloging and indexing innovations at law firms and law schools. Through his work, he is helping us understand how law firms can better deliver legal services to their clients and how law schools can better prepare students to practice law in the 21st Century.   In addition to discussing the index, Linna, a visiting professor of law at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, also discusses how he will teach his students about innovation and technology, and about the Innovation Lab he will help lead at Northwestern.  Before moving to Northwestern this year, Linna was director of LegalRnD, The Center for Legal Services Innovation at Michigan State University College of Law. He is an affiliated faculty member of  CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and cofounder of the Chicago Legal Innovation &amp; Technology Group. He is a 2015 Fastcase 50 honoree, recognizing the law’s “smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, &amp; leaders.”

What does legal innovation look like? For all the talk about innovation in law, who are the real innovators and what are they doing? This week’s guest, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danlinna/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel W. Linna Jr.</a>, an attorney and law professor, helps us answer that question. Linna is the creator of the <a href="https://www.legaltechinnovation.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Legal Services Innovation Index</a>, where he is cataloging and indexing innovations at law firms and law schools. Through his work, he is helping us understand how law firms can better deliver legal services to their clients and how law schools can better prepare students to practice law in the 21st Century. In addition to discussing the index, Linna, a visiting professor of law at <a href="http://www.law.northwestern.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law</a>, also discusses how he will teach his students about innovation and technology, and about the Innovation Lab he will help lead at Northwestern. Before moving to Northwestern this year, Linna was director of <a href="http://legalrnd.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LegalRnD</a>, The Center for Legal Services Innovation at Michigan State University College of Law. He is an affiliated faculty member of <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/codex-the-stanford-center-for-legal-informatics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CodeX</a>, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and cofounder of the Chicago Legal Innovation &amp; Technology Group. He is a <a href="http://www.fastcase.com/fastcase50/?class=2015" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2015 Fastcase 50</a> honoree, recognizing the law’s “smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, &amp; leaders.”