The first Global Legal Hackathon culminated in 14 teams from nine countries competing in front of the 300+ audience in NYC on April 21, 2018. I was privileged to be one of five judges. This is my report.

1. Brought to you from New York by
April 21, 2018

2. During a December weekend last year
on 6 continents from 40 cities in 22 countries
~600 teams competed
37 made the online semi-finals
from 9 countries
14 reached the finals in NYC on April 21

3. Australia
Brazil
Canada
Nigeria
Singapore
USA
From 9 countries
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungary
4 winners
RightsNOW
Decoding Law
RevealU
LexLucid
Organiser: @IntegraLedger

4. RightsNOW
Voice-activated legal advice
inspired by NYC police
Decoding Law
Machine learning to explain
the law inspired by
Hong Kong legalese
RevealU
Delete your details from FB
et al inspired by GDPR
LexLucid
Consumer contracts graded
for fairness inspired by those
who’ve been duped

5. Judges
Check out all 14 Finalists’ video presentations
Listen to the Law Talk Network discussion with
Leo Elduayen, Michal Paprocki and George Beaton