As technology continues to permeate society more and more,companies are exploring how advancements in tech can improve thelegal profession. Many of these institutions are researching waysto make the legal system more efficient for all stakeholdersthrough information technology. Where can lawyers who areinterested in this growth industry learn about the progress beingmade from thought leaders in the field?In this episode of Law Technology Now,host Monica Bay speaks with Stanford Program inLaw, Science and Technology Executive Director Roland Vogl aboutthe upcoming 2016 CodeX FutureLaw Conference. Roland reflects onhis time as a student in The Stanford Program in InternationalLegal Studies (SPILS) and how that path led him to work as anintellectual property lawyer and ultimately a Lecturer in Law atStanford Law School. He then explains the creation of The StanfordCenter for Computers and the Law - CodeX, their growing interest inbig data law, machine learning, and natural language processing inthe law, and their aim to facilitate legal empowerment throughinformation technology. The conversation then shifts to theupcoming 2016 CodeX FutureLaw Conference and the panels, such as“Moot Court 2020: Legal Tech on Trial,” that will be presented.Roland wraps up the interview with a discussion of diversity in theprofession, the lack of women presenting at conferences, and theefforts CodeX is making to ensure greater diversity at theirs.Dr. Roland Vogl is currently the executivedirector of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology(LST) and is a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School. He alsoresearches international technology law through the TransatlanticTechnology Law Forum (TTLF) and focuses his efforts on legalinformatics work carried out in the Center for Legal Informatics(CodeX). Roland holds both a Dr.iur. (JSD) and a Mag.iur. (JD) fromLeopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria, as well as a JSMfrom Stanford Law School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices