Legaltech Venture Day
Chicago
June 15th - Legaltech Venture Day Chicago
15 JUN 2018
09:30h
2018
Legaltech Venture Day Chicago
375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL.
Room: Strawn Hall, McCormick 195
Chicago, United States
Legaltech Venture Day Chicago
IE and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in collaboration with the Law Schools Global League and Ontier, are pleased to launch the first Global Legaltech Venture Day in Chicago taking place on June 15th at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Campus in Streeterville. Mark your calendars!
This cutting-edge, highly competitive program is designed to identify and support start-ups that have the ability to have a positive impact on major challenges faced by legal operators—whether private or public—as well as legal systems, so as to improve their operations thereby furthering the cause of justice.
In the event, a group of selected Legaltech startups will pitch short presentations before a panel of judges, innovators, legaltech experts and leading law firm partners who will analyze the viability of the projects and select a winner. At the conclusion of the event, there will be a lunch where participants will have the opportunity of meeting relevant players in the industry and discuss legaltech trends.
If you are a startup working on developing solutions, improving substantially the normal operation of legal systems and actors—whether public or private—with a focus on the common good, take part in this Legaltech Venture Day!
Agenda

Javier de Cendra
Dean of IE Law School

James Speta
Associate Dean for International Initiatives at Northwestern University School of Law

Ernest Sánchez
Managing Partner at Nekko Capital

Chad Burton
CEO of Curolegal

Nicole Bradick
CEO & Founder of Theory and Principle

Michael Bloom
CEO & Founder of Praktio

Moderator: Esther S. Barron
Director of Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center
The entire legal industry is waking up to the potential of legal technology to better serve clients and improve the lives of lawyers. Yet, tapping into that potential will take a full generation. This is good news for those seeking meaning and purpose.

William "Bill" Henderson
Professor of Law at Indiana Maurer School of Law | Editor of Legal Evolution

Javier de Cendra
Dean of IE Law School

James Speta
Associate Dean for International Initiatives at Northwestern University School of Law
Speakers and Jury Members

Professor of Law at Indiana Maurer School of Law | Editor of Legal Evolution.
Finalists Startups
The Competition
Don’t miss out the opportunity to attend or to pitch at the Startup Competition!!
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Criteria to Apply
Who can pitch?nclusive innovators and start-ups that are using technology to solve important legal challenges faced by governments, public institutions and civil society in a wide range of areas.
We are particularly interested in projects that innovatively tackle issues in the following operations of legal practice:
- Legislative processes
- Implementation
- Enforcement of and compliance
- Operations and processes of legal system stakeholders (judiciary, administration, law societies, etc)
- Specific industries (environment, energy, healthcare, etc)
Selection criteria:
- Innovation: product/service, business model, and/or route to market
- Scalability: international commercial potential & scalable business model
- Team: relevant skills & experience mix
- Market: clear & large market opportunity
- Status: must have full time dedicated team and product/service in the market with early traction (customers and/or users)
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What's the prize?
You will get plugged into real networking and investment opportunities that can push your projects to the next level, benefiting from the global network of the LSGL; Ontier, IE and South Summit.
The winner of the Chicago Legaltech Venture Day will be invited to participate at the final Global Legaltech Venture Day taking place in Madrid in July, where the three winning startups will present their projects to a mix of investors, government officials, business pioneers, and representatives of key industries.
The prize for the final winner consists of a number of unparalleled opportunities, including:
- A residency program with IE and ONTIER tailored to the winning start-up’s specific needs.
- Access to all events hosted by Area 31 and to investors, leading professionals and potential partners and customers.
- Global exposure through LSGL Community, Area 31’s and ONTIER’s external communications.
- Pitch on IE´s stage at the South Summit 2018 and a full pass to the event, which gives access to the investor Den, conferences in all stages, 1:1 one meetings and matchmaking service with investors and big corporations among others. This event will take place the first week of October 2018. Every year, more than 650 investors, 3000 startups and 12.500 attendees participate in the South Summit.

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