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The Main Course: 5 Things That Made Me Think This Week
Web 100: many outstanding blogs, Twitter feeds, and legal tech startups are included in this year's ABA Journal Web 100.
Can tech make civil courts more accessible? A spotlight on the Pew Charitable Trust's new program.
Design Thinking at LexisNexis: an interview with LexisNexis Legal's Chief Product officer, Jeff Pfeifer.
Changing the Law with a Github Pull Request: a terrific piece on Washington, DC's approach to publishing the law. I hope other places follow their model.
Innovative Metrics to Spur Innovative Action: Patrick McKenna's thought-provoking piece is worth a read.
Edward Gorey: he died nearly 20 years ago, but his name seems to be everywhere recently...and with good cause because he was a fascinating person. Check out this new book about his life and art, and Mad Magazine's riff on his work in a recent piece that got a lot of well-deserved attention. If you don't know much about him, start with this short tour of his house, which will give you a sense for what a deep character he was.
About Gabe Teninbaum
Gabe Teninbaum (@GTeninbaum) is a professor at Suffolk Law (with additional affiliations at Yale, Harvard, and MIT) focusing on legal innovation, technology, and the changing business of law.
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