Justice Hack 2019

The Justice Hack Is back for our second annual legal tech hackathon in Vancouver, and our first in Victoria!
When: September 21-22, 2019 (Vancouver), October 2019 (Victoria)
Where: KPMG's Ignition Lab (Vancouver), VIATEC (Victoria)
Join us as we tackle the barriers that prevent British Columbians from accessing B.C.'s legal and judicial systems. This year, teams will develop tech solutions that help small- and medium-sized businesses and startups with everyday legal challenges.
No law degree or coding skills required. Everyone is welcome to come and learn about access to justice (A2J) issues.
Join a team. Develop a solution. Pitch your idea.
When: September 21-22, 2019 (Vancouver), October 2019 (Victoria)
Where: KPMG's Ignition Lab (Vancouver), VIATEC (Victoria)
Join us as we tackle the barriers that prevent British Columbians from accessing B.C.'s legal and judicial systems. This year, teams will develop tech solutions that help small- and medium-sized businesses and startups with everyday legal challenges.
No law degree or coding skills required. Everyone is welcome to come and learn about access to justice (A2J) issues.
Join a team. Develop a solution. Pitch your idea.
The Justice Hackathon is presented by:
This event is made possible by:
We're a proud community partner of:
Twitter Town Hall
They want to hear about:
As members of Access to Justice BC, the Chiefs and Ms. Muller are particularly interested in hearing about ideas and experiences that are collaborative, user-focused, experimental and evidence-based, the approach adopted by Access to Justice BC to justice system reform. And they’ll share with you their observations of changes underway and what more needs to be done.
Join us on October 28 for the BC Provincial Court’s live Access to Justice Twitter Town Hall! Tweet your stories, comments and questions to #A2JChatBC.
If you’re not available on October 28, tweet #A2JChatBC or email TwitterTownHall@provincialcourt.bc.ca beforehand.
More information.
- the progress you’re seeing - What’s working? Where do you see change happening? What have you done that’s making a difference? What have you tried that you’ve learned from?
- the opportunities the A2J movement offers – What doors has it opened for you? How are you using legal tech to improve access to justice? And how would you like to use it?
- the challenges you face when trying to improve access to justice - What’s getting in your way? What could make it easier? How have you overcome an obstacle?
As members of Access to Justice BC, the Chiefs and Ms. Muller are particularly interested in hearing about ideas and experiences that are collaborative, user-focused, experimental and evidence-based, the approach adopted by Access to Justice BC to justice system reform. And they’ll share with you their observations of changes underway and what more needs to be done.
Join us on October 28 for the BC Provincial Court’s live Access to Justice Twitter Town Hall! Tweet your stories, comments and questions to #A2JChatBC.
If you’re not available on October 28, tweet #A2JChatBC or email TwitterTownHall@provincialcourt.bc.ca beforehand.
More information.
Getting to Access to Justice

Bridging regulatory reform and human-centered design & innovation
Professor Margaret Hagan, Director, Legal Design Lab Lecturer in Law, Stanford University, proposes a strategic approach that bridges regulatory reform and human-centered design & innovation activities. Her approach challenges lawyers and other stakeholders in the justice system to support regulatory reform as well as engage in more experimentation in their own practices.
She’ll share examples of policy change and experimentation which have generated the most impact and encouraged access to justice action. This topic is particularly relevant to the legal community in BC given our cutting-edge innovation and recent access to justice initiatives.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Oceanview Suites – R Level
Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver
4:30pm-5:00pm | Reception
5:00pm-6:30pm | Margaret Hagan Address with Q&A
About Professor Margaret Hagan
Professor Margaret Hagan is the Director of the Legal Design Lab and a lecturer at Stanford Institute of Design (the d.school). She was a fellow at the d.school from 2013-2014, where she launched the Program for Legal Tech & Design, experimenting in how design can make legal services more usable, useful & engaging. She teaches a series of project-based classes, with interdisciplinary student groups tackling legal challenges through user-focused research and design of new legal products and services. She also leads workshops to train legal professionals in the design process, to produce client-focused innovation.
Margaret graduated from Stanford Law School in June 2013. She served as a student fellow at the Center for Internet & Society and president of the Stanford Law and Technology Association. While a student, she built the game app Law Dojo to make studying for law school classes more interactive & engaging. She also started the blog Open Law Lab to document legal innovation and design work. Margaret holds an AB from the University of Chicago, an MA from Central European University in Budapest, and a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast in International Politics. She is originally from Pittsburgh.
Professor Margaret Hagan, Director, Legal Design Lab Lecturer in Law, Stanford University, proposes a strategic approach that bridges regulatory reform and human-centered design & innovation activities. Her approach challenges lawyers and other stakeholders in the justice system to support regulatory reform as well as engage in more experimentation in their own practices.
She’ll share examples of policy change and experimentation which have generated the most impact and encouraged access to justice action. This topic is particularly relevant to the legal community in BC given our cutting-edge innovation and recent access to justice initiatives.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Oceanview Suites – R Level
Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver
4:30pm-5:00pm | Reception
5:00pm-6:30pm | Margaret Hagan Address with Q&A
About Professor Margaret Hagan
Professor Margaret Hagan is the Director of the Legal Design Lab and a lecturer at Stanford Institute of Design (the d.school). She was a fellow at the d.school from 2013-2014, where she launched the Program for Legal Tech & Design, experimenting in how design can make legal services more usable, useful & engaging. She teaches a series of project-based classes, with interdisciplinary student groups tackling legal challenges through user-focused research and design of new legal products and services. She also leads workshops to train legal professionals in the design process, to produce client-focused innovation.
Margaret graduated from Stanford Law School in June 2013. She served as a student fellow at the Center for Internet & Society and president of the Stanford Law and Technology Association. While a student, she built the game app Law Dojo to make studying for law school classes more interactive & engaging. She also started the blog Open Law Lab to document legal innovation and design work. Margaret holds an AB from the University of Chicago, an MA from Central European University in Budapest, and a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast in International Politics. She is originally from Pittsburgh.