Tonight's public seminar by Margaret Hagan at @MelbLawSchool (& co-hosted by m'colleagues at Melbourne Social Equity Institute) on human-centred design for legal help is getting underway. Follow #LawDesign. How can design principles be used to improve access to justice?

Dr Hagan: a design approach means being guided by the community's needs, preferences, tech capabilities; crafting solutions alongside the community; and experimenting with solutions #LawDesign

Major legal design challenges #LawDesign

⁦⁦Margaret Hagan⁩ thinking about design and ambition for social change. Sounds like ⁦Melbourne Social Equity Institute⁩ #lawdesign

Bad things done to a marginalised group using wrong data, a flawed algorithm and no testing of the result. Sounds like bad data science and a case study of reasons to be skeptica of automated decisions.

Law Without Walls X applications now open for JD students. facebook.com/15584000449891…

Neota Logic is pleased to be powering Gary Cazalet's course at @MelbLawSchool, LAW APPS. Students will develop apps to extend the reach of outstanding legal-service providers, including Victoria Legal Aid, DJA, Fitzroy Legal Service, MVLS, Housing for the Aged Action Group, PLS QLD

I just published “Every legal problem that exists: the legal help taxonomy for machine learning” medium.com/p/every-legal-…

Forthright observations about democratic debate and the rise of 'big data' whistleblowing in the digital age from SueletteD theconversation.com/chelsea-mannin… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

We need to regulate data to avoid undermining public trust, says Productivity Commission head themandarin.com.au/98438-regulate…

How do we make business take consumer law seriously? Thought provoking insights from my colleague and co-researcher Prof Elise Bant pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/misle…

Support strategies for consumers with cognitive disabilities contracting for necessaries - like phones and power. Big issues at the CAV consumer forum. Melbourne Social Equity Institute Yvette Maker

Dante’s nine circles of hell and the pawnbroking/pay day loan industry. Thinking hard about big issues at the CAV consumer forum. @DeniseBoyd2000 Consumer Action

Announcing the Digital Citizens Inaugural Conference - call for papers now open law.unimelb.edu.au/digital-citize… #LawDesign via Digital Citizens @ MLS

'When it comes to service providers, we have a right to demand that they make information accessible to all.' #CRPD #PWD #DisabilityRights Great article by Yvette Maker and JeannieMariePaterson about our research project for ACCAN pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/makin…