Talk Justice: Episode 72

Featured Guests

Sam Harden is a lawyer and technologist, as well as a believer that technology can help bridge the access-to-justice gap. He was a Fastcase 50 recipient in 2017, and is a speaker about technology and access to justice. Currently he works at Pro Bono Net, a national legal technology nonprofit. He has worked previously with vLex, Measures for Justice, and The Florida Justice Technology Center. Before working in legal technology, he practiced both civil and criminal law in state and federal court In Florida.

Shellie Reid is the Manager of the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (LSNTAP). During law school, Shellie sought opportunities to gain experience beyond the normal law school path. As an ATJ Tech Fellow, Shellie learned of the many career options available to students who love legal and embrace technology. As a founding member of the Delta Model Lawyer research group, Shellie helped formulate and test a competency model for lawyers. Shellie gained experience working as a law clerk for a legal aid organization, a coordinator for a national non-profit, and as a student in the Center for Law, Technology & Innovation. Before law school, Shellie was a recognized subject matter expert for software used by local governments across the country. Shellie’s writing has been featured in Legal Business World, ABA’s Law Practice Today, and on the blog Frontier of the Law. Shellie is a strong believer in the benefits of building a personal brand and network through social media.  Her personal story was so profoundly impacted by the opportunities she found through social media that she funds a social media challenge at Michigan State University College of Law each year.

Host

As director of innovation design for the Program on Law and Innovation, Caitlin “Cat” Moon designs the J.D. curriculum for PoLI Institute with the goal of empowering students to lead in the innovation of 21st century legal services delivery. Professor Moon also founded and directs the PoLI Institute, which provides interactive post-graduate executive education to legal professionals. She also co-founded and produces the Summit on Law and Innovation (SoLI), which brings together experts across legal, technology and other disciplines in collaborative innovation projects

In addition to her roles at Vanderbilt, Moon works with law firms, legal departments and law schools globally to apply the methods and mindsets of human-centered design to re-imagine leadership and legal professional formation and modernize the delivery of legal services. Her current research focuses on innovation leadership and legal professional formation and includes co-creation of a 21st century framework for lawyer competency, the Delta Model. 

Moon maintains an active law license and, before joining the Vanderbilt Law faculty, she provided legal counsel and strategic guidance to start-up companies through her Nashville-based legal practice for over 20 years. She serves on the College of Law Practice Management’s Board of Trustees and on the advisory boards of the MIT Computational Law Report and the Justice Technology Association. Moon was recognized in 2016 by the American Bar Association among the inaugural Women in Legal Tech and as a Fastcase 50 honoree. She received the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services’ 2017 Janice M. Holder Award, which recognizes a legal professional who “has made significant contributions in advancing the quality of justice statewide by ensuring the legal system is open and available to all.”

Moon holds a B.A. and J.D. from Vanderbilt University, and an M.A. from Western Kentucky University.