🎅🏼 The Good List: Unprecedented Hackathon for Legal Access to the Court Process (Unique & URGENT) | San Francisco & Online

Legal AI Hackathon + Workshops | San Francisco frequent updates due to the nature of this hackathon, please read here and through the event chat This holiday season, give your skills. Think for a moment right now: Do you have cash funds right this minute for a legal retainer, regardless of fault or facts of the matter, and access to time and resources to source that attorney? You may have a legal issue that you cannot avoid or escape and you have to meet a deadline because no attorney or referral service will take your case…Do you wish you could “Dr. Google” law so you can have real conversations with potential legal representation if you do wish to seek legal advice? Do you feel you would have a successful outcome in a hearing or trial if you represented yourself and had no access to attorney tools at the rate and time they do? Do you know the difference between a legal informational question and legal advice? Are you aware many third parties that help attorneys through the court process refuse to help people who represent themselves? (This angle 📐 is one folks often forget, just so see how widespread this goes) Are you a new or small firm attorney getting sued or wanting to sue in a new practice area and you realize that good paralegals are expensive and you don’t want to pay legal fees or hire a paralegal just to get through the legal process accurately? The Good List is a fast-moving IN PERSON/ VIRTUAL hackathon and workshop series focused on improving public access to the court process through practical, AI-enabled solutions. We’re moving quickly and with haste on purpose — the communities we’re building for have to move fast, would be in the same situation in regard to urgency, and so do Santa’s elves here. 🎄 Put another way, we are simulating through a hackathon the experience of urgency when in need of legal support, and deadlines approach regardless of how it disrupts your plans or life, and how much scrambling of resources is required with no understanding of how the process is done. Our Why Everyone deserves access to justice. Today, most legal technology is built for attorneys, not for the people who cannot afford one. Access to justice requires infrastructure: systems that allow ordinary people to actually use the rights they already have. Access is the currency of the future, not money 💵 Specifically, San Francisco lost 7 million dollars in funding for legal aid (source to follow) and our work will go to non profits in California to support work data research regarding improvement rates. The American Bar Association just came out with a very serious warning about legal tech and urgency to those without representation (source to follow) LAWSYNC.INFO has already aligned with local non profits who are helping women through domestic violence and need what we are building- time is of the essence because the world does not stop even when infrastructure fails by design. We are re-designing to support the revolution that is access to justice. Your Why You want to be a part of the positive growth of AI You know someone who has been impacted my lack of access to legal representation You have personally experienced needing help and understand this issue first hand You want to volunteer this holiday season and see the value in what is being built - an infrastructure to a revolution! 🤲🏼 What This Event Is Hands-on engagement with tools building AI-powered procedural intelligence — tools that you’ll support specializing that help people understand court processes, prepare required filings, and navigate county-specific rules in minutes, not weeks, without needing an attorney. This work aligns directly with LawSync™️, which uses specialized decision trees to automate court-form preparation and guide users through the correct process for their county in 10 minutes or less, and bridging the gap to access by creating real time access to court information, and prediction models for educated decisions for those without an attorney. There is truly a project for everyone these 7 days, all we need is your skills or passion, and vision to make this possible! I am a firm believer that anything is possible with even a mustard seed of faith, but you must sow the seeds of opportunity for God to bless accordingly. Research-Informed Track We will workshop research-backed frameworks for machine-learning legal prediction and decision-support models designed as legal information (not legal advice), using structured inputs, constraints, and guardrails. This includes supporting the creation of 11 lab models specifically focused on court-form automation and procedural accuracy. Sponsor support for this and other tracks may include monetary compensation for contributors, depending on sponsorship level and focus. What We’re Building Automated court-form preparation using decision treesCounty-specific filing logic and procedural workflowsReal-time court updates and process navigation11 lab models supporting scalable court-form automationSystems that reduce errors and delays for self-represented litigantd (Please inquire if you seek more details) Who Should Come CS, ML, and AI engineersLaw students, paralegals, legal professionals, or those interested in the field of law for the future Anyone interested in law or public systemsOrganizers, operators, logistics helpersLegal tech founders (for demos + partnerships)- I am on a mission to build a “legal FAANG” Sponsors and angel investors supporting justice infrastructureScrappy folks who understand that building quickly means things don’t happen with a perfect plan and everything in place before start time, but working together through the power of connection and shared resources to meet a goal. Come for an hour or stay longer. Every contribution helps. Even if to just bear witness to history in the making. 🤗 Schedule & Location (still navigating logistics internally for in-person) TBD - Opening & Closing Sessions: Frontier Tower @ Spaceship, 995 Market StTBD - Hackathon + Workshops: Frontier Tower, AI Floor (Floor 9)Virtual participation availablePossible close out with NYE after party vibes with donations to local non profits (like Eviction Defense Collaborative)If anyone knows how to navigate tower logistics, and make action steps toward solutions, this would be great! Schedule is pending but there will be demonstrations for everything, and accessible through SOP or video for virtual folks. Working on food sponsorships. Folks who are great with operations; please reach out to me, your skill set will make this so smooth for everyone! Speakers & Demos Speaker submissions welcome from law schools, legal AI, policy, and court innovation. Legal tech demos encouraged. We want to curate a legal specific hackathon, And showcase tools that can support successfully doing that. Sponsors Seeking sponsors for food, logistics, developer participation, tokens, and cash support. Sponsors receive recognition, demo opportunities, and alignment with a first-of-its-kind justice initiative. We are moving quickly because Santa is on his way to town Building Community This work contributes to the emerging AI Justice League that I am heading (policy, regulation, advocacy) and aligns with the Women’s Committee at Frontier Tower. Citizens and folks interested in inclusion and leadership are welcome to connect. Legal infrastructure shapes democracy. Use your fingers for good.