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 
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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.

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