LSC's Innovations in Technology Conference: Full Schedule

5:30pm CST

Welcome Gathering/Dinner on Your Own

As you arrive in New Orleans, stop by this informal welcome gathering to meet and catch up with fellow conference attendees before heading off to dinner on your own.

Tuesday January 9, 2018 5:30pm - 6:30pm CST
Ile De France Ballroom

Networking

8:30am CST

Opening Plenary

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The Innovation Gap: Why the Justice System Has Failed to Keep Pace with Technology and What to Do About It
Few would dispute that technology is one of the keys to addressing the justice gap. Yet at a time when technological innovation abounds, the justice gap grows only wider. The problem is not technology – it is the justice system’s failure to employ it. In this program, we’ll explore the impediments to broader use of technology and what can be done to overcome them.

Speakers

Robert Ambrogi

Publisher, LawSites/LexBlog

I am a lawyer and legal journalist who has been writing and speaking about legal technology and the Internet for more than two decades. I write the award-winning blog LawSites, am a tech columnist for Above the Law, host the podcast about innovation in law LawNext, and am publisher... Read More →

John Levi

Board Chair, Legal Services Corporation

John G. Levi was nominated to serve on the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation by President Barack Obama on August 6, 2009, and his nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 19, 2010. He was elected Chairman of the LSC Board by his fellow Board members... Read More →

Jim Sandman

President, Legal Services Corporation

Jim Sandman has been president of the Legal Services Corporation since 2011. Jim practiced with the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP for 30 years and served as the firm's Managing Partner for a decade. From 2007 to 2011, he was General Counsel of the District of Columbia Public Schools... Read More →

Wednesday January 10, 2018 8:30am - 10:00am CST
Ile De France Ballroom

General Session

12:00pm CST

Lunch with LSC President Jim Sandman

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Speakers

Judy Perry Martinez

Distinguished Fellow, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

Judy Perry Martinez is a Distinguished Fellow at Southeast Lousiaia Legal Services. She is Of Counsel at Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn and previously was with the firm from 1982 to 2003 as a partner, member of the governing committee, and commercial litigator. Judy joined... Read More →

Jim Sandman

President, Legal Services Corporation

Wednesday January 10, 2018 12:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Ile De France Ballroom

Lunch, Networking

11:30am CST

Rapid Fire Tech Talks

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If you had six minutes to share an idea, best practice, or show off a technology project, what would you talk about? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 20 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together events like this to share their ideas. This plenary will feature a series of short presentations highlighting innovative technology projects and ideas. It will be fast paced and informative!

Speakers

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Attorney, Reddit Legal Advice ( r/legaladvice)

Greg Bloom

Founder, Open Referral

David Colarusso

Director Legal Innovation and Technology Lab, Suffolk University Law School

David Colarusso is the Director of Suffolk University Law School's Legal Innovation and Technology Lab. An attorney and educator by training, he has worked as a public defender, data scientist, software engineer, and high school physics teacher. He is the author of a programming language... Read More →

Josh Lazar

Senior Director of Information Technology, Community Legal Services of Mid-FL

Josh Lazar is the Senior Director of Information Technology at Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, a nonprofit law firm striving to provide access to justice through high quality legal assistance to low-income persons. His career experiences span undergraduate collegiate education... Read More →

Keith Porcaro

Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University

Abigail Selter

Deputy Director, Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee

Thursday January 11, 2018 11:30am - 12:30pm CST
Ile De France Ballroom

General Session

12:30pm CST

Lunch

Thursday January 11, 2018 12:30pm - 1:30pm CST
Ile De France Ballroom

Lunch, Networking

7:30am CST

Breakfast

Friday January 12, 2018 7:30am - 9:15am CST
Ile De France Ballroom

Breakfast