Ike Iaconis is a Florida legend — a connector between the everyday attorney, legal technology companies, and bar association executives. As a practitioner, Ike understands the need for comprehensive, easy-to-navigate online legal research services. As chair of the subcommittee for legal research services of The Florida Bar’s Member Benefits Committee, Ike is a tireless advocate…
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John Joergensen
John Joergensen is a proponent of the free digital law movement. John, a Reference Librarian at Rutgers School of Law, is working to digitize and make law available online. As the publisher of the New Jersey Courtweb Project, John is publishing online the decisions of the New Jersey state appellate courts, tax court, administrative law…
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For many lawyers, if Ashby Jones doesn’t write about it, it didn’t happen. Ashby is the lead writer of The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, one of the top go-to, real-time resources for the legal world. He has covered law for over a decade and was on the original team that debuted the paper’s first…
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Ari Kaplan provides law-related writing and industry research services, personal coaching, and training for law students and legal professionals on publishing, communications, career enhancement, business development and networking. Ari has interviewed hundreds of authorities and specializes in writing about transformation of markets, legal technology and law-related topics. He is a best-selling author, has published over…
Read MoreLinda Klein
Linda Klein was the first woman to serve as President of the State Bar of Georgia, and she currently serves as Chair of the ABA House of Delegates. She has served on the Board of Directors at Southface Energy Institute, Neighbor to Family, and others. A member of the American Law Institute, Klein is also…
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Greg Lambert is a legal tech geek — in the best possible way. He’s a founder of (and enviably prolific contributor to) one of the top-rated legal blogs, 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, and keeps the legal world entertained with his posts on legal research, project management, social media and more. Greg is a…
Read MoreDavid Lat
David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law, which routinely writes some of the most entertaining, offbeat, risqué, and best-read articles about the practice of law. David took blue-chip credentials (Harvard, Yale Law School, clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), and…
Read MoreLarry Lessig
Larry Lessig is simply the Internet’s most important public intellectual. His writing about the Internet, copyright, culture, remixing, and recently political corruption, define their categories and change discourse for decades following. His books and articles are innovative, and reflect a unique (and sometimes unexpected) perspective. But more than his influential writing, where Larry sees unmet…
Read MoreAlexander Macgillivray
Alexander Macgillivray is the General Counsel of Twitter and a legal pioneer in the digital landscape. He’s a major player in the game of copyright and equality in digital print and open access, and he’s done most of his work out at the frontier, where the law isn’t yet well defined. Before Twitter, Alexander spearheaded…
Read MoreCarl Malamud
Carl Malamud is the founder of Public.Resource.org, a non-profit working to promote open access to government information on the Internet, especially in bulk, downloadable form. He is also a catalyst who makes seemingly impossible things happen. His latest project is Law.gov, where he is leading the effort to make all primary legal materials available to…
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