Ignite: Legal Tech Innovation 2021 (Day 2) | School of Law

Thursday, July 15th, 2021
8:45 AM - 4:35 PM

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar: 2021-07-15 08:45:00 2021-07-15 16:35:00 Ignite: Legal Tech Innovation 2021 (Day 2) Event Description Currently, there is a bombardment of new technologies emerging in the legal industry. According to a recent Wolters Kluwer survey, $1 billion in tech investments was spent in 2018. Added to the influx in technology is the recent addition of Comment 8 to Model Rule 1.1, stating that overall competence now encompasses knowledge about "the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology." How to make the best use of the transformative newer tools such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, in addition to electronic discovery, and keeping all clients' data secure, is becoming essential. As clients start to embrace these technologies, attorneys have to be aware of them, to have participated in them and be prepared to deliver services in the new transformational environment. The Ignite: Legal Tech Innovation 2021 symposia will delve into the emerging issues confronting law facing the adoption of new technologies. Expert panelists and distinguished keynote will cover such issues as the future of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology changing the legal industry. Our guests and presenters from academia and legal practice will review these topics from their knowledge and experience to engage the audience in a much-needed dialogue on the issues. This event is being co-sponsored by the Judge Ben C. Green Law Library of Case Western Reserve University and the Mid-America Law Library Consortium. CLE reading materials Agenda 8:45 a.m. Introduction 9 a.m. Panel - Key Issues in EDiscovery Moderator: Joseph Custer, Associate Professor of Law, Director of Judge Ben C. Green Law Library, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Panelists: Marcel Duhamel, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Cleveland, Ohio Greg Kelley, Chief Technology Officer, Vestige Digital Investigations, Medina, Ohio Randy Diamond, Director of Library and Technology Resources and Professor Legal Research, University of Missouri School of Law 10:30 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. Panel – Cybersecurity: Navigating the Grey Moderator: Robert Eckman, Chief Information Security Officer, Kent State University Panelists: Sue Workman, Vice President, University Technology/CIO; Case Western Reserve University Robert Furnier, Director, W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business & Technology, and Director, Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, Northern Kentucky University/Chase College of Law Mark F. Schultz, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Endowed Chair in Intellectual Property Law, Director, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Center, The University of Akron School of Law 12:15 p.m. Break 12:30 p.m. Midday Keynote Katherine Lowry, Director of Practice Services, Baker Hostetler, Cincinnati, Ohio 1 p.m. Break 1:15 p.m. Panel – Blockchain Technology Changing the Legal Industry Moderator: Brian E. Ray, Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben Professor of Law, and Director, Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection, Cleveland Marshall School of Law Panelists: David Croft, Group Chair, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Meyers, Roman, Friedberg, and Lewis, Cleveland, Ohio Robert Furnier, Director, W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business & Technology, and Director, Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, Northern Kentucky University | Chase College of Law Robert Musiala, Council, Baker Hostetler, Chicago, Illinois. 2:45 p.m. Break 3 p.m. Panel – The Future of Artificial Intelligence and what it Means for the Legal Industry Moderator: Katherine Lowry, Director of Practice Services, Baker Hostetler, Cincinnati, Ohio Panelists: Robert Furnier, Director, W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business & Technology, and Director, Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, Northern Kentucky University/Chase College of Law Tod Northman, Partner, Tucker Ellis, Cleveland, Ohio Roger V. Skalbeck, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Library and Information Services, University of Richmond School of Law. 4:30 p.m. Closing remarks 4:35 p.m. End of conference Vitual School of Law School of Law America/New_York public

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Video: Ignite: Legal Tech Innovation 2021 (Day 2 - Part 1)

Video: Ignite: Legal Tech Innovation 2021 (Day 2 - Part 2)

Event Description

Currently, there is a bombardment of new technologies emerging in the legal industry. According to a recent Wolters Kluwer survey, $1 billion in tech investments was spent in 2018. Added to the influx in technology is the recent addition of Comment 8 to Model Rule 1.1, stating that overall competence now encompasses knowledge about "the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology." How to make the best use of the transformative newer tools such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, in addition to electronic discovery, and keeping all clients' data secure, is becoming essential. As clients start to embrace these technologies, attorneys have to be aware of them, to have participated in them and be prepared to deliver services in the new transformational environment.

The Ignite: Legal Tech Innovation 2021 symposia will delve into the emerging issues confronting law facing the adoption of new technologies. Expert panelists and distinguished keynote will cover such issues as the future of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology changing the legal industry. Our guests and presenters from academia and legal practice will review these topics from their knowledge and experience to engage the audience in a much-needed dialogue on the issues.

This event is being co-sponsored by the Judge Ben C. Green Law Library of Case Western Reserve University and the Mid-America Law Library Consortium.

CLE reading materials

Agenda

8:45 a.m.	Introduction
9 a.m.	Panel - Key Issues in EDiscovery Moderator: Joseph Custer, Associate Professor of Law, Director of Judge Ben C. Green Law Library, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Panelists: Marcel Duhamel, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Cleveland, Ohio Greg Kelley, Chief Technology Officer, Vestige Digital Investigations, Medina, Ohio Randy Diamond, Director of Library and Technology Resources and Professor Legal Research, University of Missouri School of Law
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Panel – Cybersecurity: Navigating the Grey Moderator: Robert Eckman, Chief Information Security Officer, Kent State University Panelists: Sue Workman, Vice President, University Technology/CIO; Case Western Reserve University Robert Furnier, Director, W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business & Technology, and Director, Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, Northern Kentucky University/Chase College of Law Mark F. Schultz, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Endowed Chair in Intellectual Property Law, Director, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Center, The University of Akron School of Law
12:15 p.m.	Break
12:30 p.m.	Midday Keynote Katherine Lowry, Director of Practice Services, Baker Hostetler, Cincinnati, Ohio
1 p.m.	Break
1:15 p.m.	Panel – Blockchain Technology Changing the Legal Industry Moderator: Brian E. Ray, Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben Professor of Law, and Director, Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection, Cleveland Marshall School of Law Panelists: David Croft, Group Chair, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Meyers, Roman, Friedberg, and Lewis, Cleveland, Ohio Robert Furnier, Director, W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business & Technology, and Director, Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, Northern Kentucky University \| Chase College of Law Robert Musiala, Council, Baker Hostetler, Chicago, Illinois.
2:45 p.m.	Break
3 p.m.	Panel – The Future of Artificial Intelligence and what it Means for the Legal Industry Moderator: Katherine Lowry, Director of Practice Services, Baker Hostetler, Cincinnati, Ohio Panelists: Robert Furnier, Director, W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business & Technology, and Director, Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, Northern Kentucky University/Chase College of Law Tod Northman, Partner, Tucker Ellis, Cleveland, Ohio Roger V. Skalbeck, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Library and Information Services, University of Richmond School of Law.
4:30 p.m.	Closing remarks
4:35 p.m.	End of conference

Event Location

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