Jeanne Eicks – Intro

After completing Law School and a Master of Science degree in Internet Strategy Management, I taught Computer Science in several local colleges and ran a start-up web company.  Later I accepted a full-time faculty position at Vermont Technical College where I led and created the curriculum for a newly formed E-commerce degree program. While serving as the department chair, I administered portions of a NSF grant for the distinct cross-disciplinary Information Science and Technology degree programs. In my tenure year I left VTC to rejoin my alma-mater, Vermont Law School, as the Director of Technology, appreciating the opportunity to blend law and technology.

Currently I am working with Prof. Oliver Goodenough to teach a Digital Drafting course and finding other ways to integrate technology into the legal curriculum.  The recent discussions at the ABA level about adding technical competency to the Model Code fascinate me – so many opportunities for growth in both fields!

Olivia Milonas

Hi LATCamp-ers, I am a lawyer by training, Commercial Litigation, and teach Legal Methods (legal research, writing, and analysis) to first year law students at Roger Williams University School of Law.  While I have not incorporated much by way of innovative technological teaching tools in my classroom, I plan to change that going forward.  I also do some volunteer mediation and am curious to learn more about the role of technology in mediation and conflict resolution.

Carli Spina

I am currently the research services assistant at the Harvard Law School Library and a student at the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science.  Prior to this, I practiced law for several years.  I am interested in how technology can be used in both the practice of law and in legal education.  I think it is important to consider both of these types of technology use so that legal educators can help prepare students for the ways that technology will be used in their workplace.  With recent technology advances and increasing adoption across the legal field, this is particularly interesting time to be having these conversations, so I am very excited to hear what everyone has to say on these topics.

LATCamp map

Here’s a map with important locations for the day of LATCamp.  Restaurants will be added as we determine where to go for lunch – check back often!

Information on Parking

If you plan on driving to LATCamp, here’s some information on visitor parking at Harvard.  The closest lot is 10 Everrett St, though 52 Oxford is also nearby.

If you can, take the T, since driving through Harvard Square can be tricky.

Kimberly Hall

I joined the Harvard Law School Library Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Solutions department in Summer 2010 and work with digital technologies to design, shape and create learning objects and learning spaces for today’s law student.  I appreciate the use of digital visuals and multimedia and love to create ways to translate complex concepts from text to visuals. I look forward to meeting academic technologists, librarians, law students and faculty to see what challenges they’re facing communicating with and consuming our ever-expanding information resources and discuss how we can translate information and knowledge in more efficient and engaging ways.

I have 20 years experience in the areas of academic technology, administration and teaching within higher education. My focus on technology began in the mid-nineties when teaching international student teachers how to use email (Pine!) in order for them to communicate with their families. My most recent projects include creating a mobile app, designing a visual pedagogical layout for a Law class called the Problem Solving Workshop, and another visual layout for presenting basic legal research to first year students. I’m also co-authoring a forthcoming chapter called “Facebook for Academic Purposes” for an e-book titled The Transformation of Teaching with Social Media.

A note on session proposals

The LATCamp Team has just posted a few session proposals to start the conversation.  Please comment on these to flesh out the ideas and post some of your own ideas for sessions, too!

Legal Digital Collections

Where are the repositories for digital legal information?  What other examples than Law.gov and the Chesapeake Project can you introduce other participants to?  Should they be aggregated, silo-ed, or both?  Are current technologies used to manage and deliver these resources sufficient to meet user needs?

Classroom Technology

Still using the overhead projector?  Teachers, what technologies for the classroom will help you connect with your students where they are?  Students, what gaps need to be filled for interactive learning?

Atinuke O. Diver

Hi!  I am Boston writer, blogger, and author of “Yes, We’re Together.”, a collection of creative non-fiction, essays, memoir and interview pieces that challenge the assumptions and assume the challenges of interracial love in the 21st century.  I also work as an attorney in Cambridge, MA and am interested in social media and technology.  I have a Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and am a proud graduate of UNC’s Creative Writing Program.  I also serve on the Board of Trustees of the Benjamin Banneker Public Charter School, a K-6, urban, S.T.E.M. charter school.