CALL November Business Meeting (Virtual/Zoom)
Meeting Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
Sign up: https://chicagolawlib.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/chicagolawlib/event.jsp?event=690&
Location: Zoom (link will be sent to registrants before the meeting)
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Please stay on Zoom after the meeting to network and catch up with CALL friends.)
Speaker: Damien Riehl, VP, Solutions Champion at vLex
Damien Riehl will be speaking on technology trends in legal software and data organization. Damien is a lawyer and technologist with experience in complex litigation, digital forensics, and software development. A lawyer since 2002 and coder since 1985, Damien clerked for the chief judges of state and federal courts, practiced in complex litigation for over a decade, has led teams of cybersecurity and world-spanning digital forensics investigations, and has built AI-backed legal software.
Co-Chair of the Minnesota Governor’s Council on Connected and Automated Vehicles, he is helping recommend changes to Minnesota statutes, rules, and policies — all related to connected and autonomous vehicles. Damien is Chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s working group on AI and the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) plus Access to Justice (A2J).
At SALI, the legal data standard he helps lead, Damien develops and has greatly expanded the taxonomy of over 17,000 legal tags that matter, helping the legal industry’s development of Generative AI, analytics, and interoperability.
At vLex Group — which includes Fastcase, NextChapter, and Docket Alarm — Damien helps lead the design, development, and expansion of various products, integrating AI-backed technologies (e.g., GPT) into a billion-document dataset from 100+ countries, all to improve legal workflows.
Community Service Project: The Friendship Center
CALL’s November Community Service took place at The Friendship Center, on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 2:30-4:30. The Friendship Center supports the food-insecure populations of Chicago’s northwest side neighborhoods by providing fresh food through a full-choice pantry, hot meals, and home delivery. They also distribute pet food.
Door Prizes: Two gift cards will be raffled during the meeting courtesy of LexisNexis.
Registration ends November 13th at 1:00pm.
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