Introduction
With the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), personalized medicine will finally be a reality with AI helping to tackle the vast amount of patient data collected and analyzed from sequencing a patient genome. AI will be used to identify patterns within the high volume of genetic data sets, allowing for the prediction of a
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Civic Beautification Efforts
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Cease and Desist Letter Automation
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Introduction:
On Friday, April 20th LegalRnD will host the “Measuring Lawyer Quality and Setting an Empirical Research Agenda for Legal Technology and Innovation” Conference from 9 am to 12 pm at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. Students from Dan Linna Jr.’s Litigation: Data, Theory, Practice, Process Course
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Real Implications of Blockchain in the Legal Industry (Abstract)
Below is an abstract/summary of my paper with the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law at Pepperdine Law School.
Motivated by the recent explosion of interest in artificial intelligence(AI), I examined whether it makes sense to implement AI in smart contracts, to make them more effective. The current state of smart contracts leaves one to
Building Smart Legal Contracts: The Accord Project, Blockchain, and Open Source Standards
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Lean Lawyering: An Introduction to Process Improvement (Student Perspective)
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There were about 40 participants at the meeting, and I had the opportunity to meet and share ideas with practicing practitioners from