The official Slack group for the Global Legal Hackathon saw a stream of photos and updates on progress from New York, Singapore, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Montréal, Florianópolis, Berlin, Alexandria, Tel Aviv, Ukraine, London, Johannesburg and other corners of the world Saturday, as did the #GlobalLegalHack and #GLH2018 Twitter hashtags.
In London, the teams are working on tools for GDPR audit, aggregation of legal communication, blockchain-based storage of contracts, investments through blockchain and litigation support.
Teams are making progress in Stockholm aswell, according to Sergii Shcherbak, developer of digital services at Synch law firm and organizer of the local event.
- Their ideas look very creative and relevant, says The participants’ expertise is diverse, which is well-suited for the hackathon. Some teams have lawyers-developers, the others include judges, etc. Overall, the teams have demonstrated that they have the necessary knowledge and expertise to make their concepts a reality.
- Their ideas look very creative and relevant, says The participants’ expertise is diverse, which is well-suited for the hackathon. Some teams have lawyers-developers, the others include judges, etc. Overall, the teams have demonstrated that they have the necessary knowledge and expertise to make their concepts a reality.
| A Legal Hack Monitor on Lexblog is now curating blog posts and news articles about the hackathon. There's also an official, or semi-official, mascot created by a participant in Ukraine. Regardless of actual outcome, it seems the event is receiving a lot of attention, that it has created some real enthusiasm for legal innovation and that it has facilitated connections between lawyers, coders and others. There's also talk about new hackathons and meetup groups inspired by the #GLH2018. A few photos from local events around the world: |  "Hacky" the mascot |
