February 25, 2015 | Wadi Muhaisen | 0 Comments | Monthly Meetings | legalonramp, Lippe, meeting, monthly meeting, paullippe, Wheeler

Inn Members Brave Blizzard to Enjoy February Meeting

“THE (LEGAL) FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE – IT’S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.”

February 25, 2015 – Despite a sudden and severe snow storm, Judge Wheeler’s Group came through with a fascinating presentation, which explored how Colorado can help bring together academia, the bench/bar, and clients to help law evolve in a time of rapid technological change. The Inn had a surprisingly good turnout considering the inclement weather conditions.

The world is changing and fast; can law adjust and evolve to keep up with it? Our guest speaker was Paul Lippe, who is the founder and CEO of the Legal OnRamp, www.legalonramp.com, spoke about this at the meeting. Legal OnRamp is a Silicon Valley-based initiative founded in cooperation with Cisco Systems to improve legal quality and efficiency through collaboration, automation and process re-engineering. Lippe formerly was an executive at the electronic design automation company Synopsys and later was CEO of Stanford SKOLAR, a medical digital library and e-learning company sponsored by Stanford Medical School. OnRamp Systems Inc., offers products and services to businesses to help their legal departments deliver results more efficiently with higher quality and lower cost. OnRamp Systems Inc. sponsors and hosts Legal OnRamp.

Mr. Lippe gave an overview of several concepts underpinning technological change and how it impacts industry and business practices. An analogy: while paper driving maps were necessary and used exclusively before, sociey has shifted to GPS and Google Maps, and the old maps are gone. With this revolutionary shift in mind, Paul asks “what if we had a Google Maps for law?” Navigating the intricacies of a complex legal undertaking is very complex. And though traditional legal project management methodologies offer some guidance, Paul aruges that the “map” they provide is quite analogous to the old Rand McNallys: “flat, broad, basic, and though helpful, only so in a rudimentary way.” Many issues were presented and discussed relating to how and if the law can adjust in the face of inevitable societal and technological change.

Read articles from Paul Lippe here: http://www.abajournal.com/authors/4767

February 11, 2015 | Wadi Muhaisen | 0 Comments | General, Monthly Meetings | meeting, monthly meeting, Wheeler

February Meeting: THE (LEGAL) FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE – IT’S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED

Judge Wheeler’s Group Presents

“THE (LEGAL) FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE – IT’S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED”

How Colorado Can Help Bring Together The Academy, Bench Bar and Clients to Help Law Advance in a Time of Technological Change

Guest Speaker: Paul Lippe, CEO, Legal OnRamp.com (Formerly with Davis Graham & Stubbs)

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

The University Club 1673 Sherman Street

Cocktails 6:00 p.m.

Dinner 7:00 p.m.

**You are encouraged to bring young associates to our dinners**

Please call or e-mail Kari Elizalde at kari.elizalde@judicial.state.co.us or (720)865-8611 by NOON on Friday, November 20, 2015:

You will or will not be attending
You will be sending a guest in your place
You are an emeritus or honorary member and will be attending
You will be bringing a guest. Please remit $35 (payable to Doyle’s Inn) at the door
You require a vegetarian meal

January 30, 2015 | Wadi Muhaisen | 0 Comments | General, Monthly Meetings | Decaro, Frick, Juries, Jury, Wheeler

Doyle Inn Members Deliberate as Jurors During January 2015 Meeting

January 29, 2015 – Doyle Inn members were summoned for jury duty for the January 2015 Meeting. Judge Ann B. Frick’s group presented a jury trial in a sexual harrasment/hostile environment case, complete with testimony and witness examinations. Groups at the tables then engaged in spirited deliberations while trying to reach verdicts based on the instructions and verdict forms provided.

The Inn’s special guest was Lisa L. DeCaro. Lisa and her partner Leonard Matheo are the founders of Courtroom Performance, Inc., a trial consulting firm dedicated to improving oral advocacy, and authors of the book, The Lawyer’s Winning Edge: Exceptional Courtroom Performance http://goo.gl/JOo06P. Lisa and Courtroom Performance have helped thousands of attorneys and their witnesses prepare for deposition and trial, and provides jury consulting to attorneys across the country.

110b2d3 — Guest Speaker Lisa DeCaro of Courtroom Performance, Inc. http://www.courtroomperformance.com

Lisa led the night’s very interesting discussion before and after the trial and deliberations. She then explained the mechanics of jury deliberations to the members, and shed light on what the research demonstrates about jury dynamics and how juries reach their conclusions.