Purdue Global Concord Law School to discuss how technology can promote access to justice in next Distinguished Speaker Series

LOS ANGELES – Concord Law School at Purdue Global will present a live discussion titled “Leveraging Access to Justice With Innovative Technology” for the next installment of its Distinguished Speaker Series at noon PT on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The live webinar will be hosted by Concord Dean Martin Pritikin and feature three guest speakers:

• Jazz Hampton, Esq. – CEO and general counsel for TurnSignl.
• Kristen Sonday – co-founder and CEO of Paladin.
• Dorna Moini – founder and CEO of Documate.

“When Concord opened in 1998, its fully online JD program was a breakthrough in using technology to make legal education accessible and affordable,” Pritikin said. “It only makes sense that, a quarter of a century later, Concord would convene a panel of innovative entrepreneurs who are using the latest in technology to promote access to justice in various ways.”

Hampton is CEO and general counsel for TurnSignl, a Black-owned tech company that provides real-time legal guidance from an attorney to drivers, all while their camera records the interaction. He has been featured on MSNBC, CBS and Afrotech and was named one of Minneapolis-St. Paul’s 40 Under 40 in 2022. Before joining TurnSignl, Hampton was the director of diversity and inclusion and a practicing attorney at Foley & Mansfield, a national firm with over 150 attorneys, as well as an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. He previously served as co-chair of the Defense Research Institute’s Young Lawyer Diversity Committee.

Sonday is co-founder and CEO of Paladin, whose mission is to increase access to justice by helping legal teams run more efficient pro bono programs. In her role, she works with AmLaw250 firms, Fortune 500s and bar associations to increase pro bono engagement while decreasing administrative costs. In addition, Sonday currently serves as co-chair of the Legal Services Corporation Emerging Leaders Council and is a founding partner in LongJump, a venture capital fund investing in diverse founders. She has been named an ILTA Influential Woman in LegalTech, ABA Woman in Legal Tech to Watch, ABA Journal Legal Rebel and FastCase50 honoree. Prior to Paladin, Sonday worked on international criminal matters for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Moini is founder and CEO of Documate, a no-code platform for building document automation and client-facing web applications for the law. She also teaches the Legal Innovations Lab at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. Moini is a member of the Legal Services Corporation Emerging Leaders Council and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles advisory board. She has been named an ABA Legal Rebel and a Fastcase 50 honoree. Prior to starting Documate, Moini was a litigator at Sidley Austin, where, in her pro bono practice, she worked with legal aid organizations to build a web application for domestic violence survivors to complete and file their paperwork, which led to the idea for Documate.

To register, click here. 

After the live event, the webinar will be available for viewing on Concord’s YouTube page. 

About Purdue Global

Purdue Global delivers personalized online education tailored to the unique needs of adults who have work or life experience beyond the classroom, enabling them to develop essential academic and professional skills with the support and flexibility they need to achieve their career goals. It offers personalized paths for students to earn an associate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree, based on their work experience, desired pace, military service, previous college credits and other considerations – no matter where they are in their life journey. Purdue Global is a nonprofit, public university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It is affiliated with Purdue University’s flagship institution, a highly ranked public research university located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue University also operates regional campuses in Fort Wayne and Northwest Indiana, as well as serving science, engineering and technology students at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. For more information, visit https://stories.purdue.edu/purdue-global/.

About Concord Law School

Concord Law School is part of Purdue Global, a public, nonprofit school within the respected Purdue University system. Founded in 1998, Concord was the first U.S. law school to offer students a traditional law school program online, including interactive live classes, frequent testing with extensive feedback and nationally respected faculty members. Offering rigorous, rewarding online degree programs, Concord provides students with a first-rate law school education that is affordable and reflects the needs of today’s employers, delivered in a convenient, highly supportive environment. For more information, please visit concordlawschool.edu.

Writer/Media contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu

Source: Martin Pritikin