Gavel's LSILT Access to Justice Fellowship

Gavel's
Law Students in Legal Tech (LSILT)
Access to Justice Fellowship

Gavel (formerly Documate) designed this Fellowship specifically for current law students, recent graduates, and participants of legal incubator programs interested in the intersection of legal technology and access to justice.

Interested in this course? Email us at [email protected]

12-Week Certification Course + Hackathon Competition

The Fellows are required to complete a bespoke 12-week Gavel and legal tech certification course in order to be eligible to enter the apps they build into the hackathon competition. Their instructor is lawyer and no-code / low-code developer Brittany Hernandez, Gavel's Global Ambassador to Law Schools and Founder of Cor Meum Academy.

Course curriculum

1. Live Session 1 - January 18, 2023 (30m)
2. Program Overview & Syllabus
3. Start here! Create your free Gavel (formerly Documate) student account
4. Intro - Access to Justice / the Justice Gap (2m 2s)
5. Intro - The T-Shaped Lawyer (1m 08s)
6. Intro - The O-Shaped Lawyer (1m 44s)
7. Intro - The three layers of Legal Technology (1m 22s)
8. OPTIONAL Intro - History of Legal Tech, Legal Ops, and Legal Innovation (22m 54s)
9. Intro - Shifting business models in the legal industry (3m 35s)
10. Intro to Legal Productization and scaling legal services (4m 36s)
11. OPTIONAL Case Study - Hello Divorce (53m 02s)
12. Intro - Agile methodology (1m 58s)
13. Intro - Lean software development (3m 30s)
14. Intro - Lean and Six Sigma applied to process improvement in the legal industry (5m 3s)
15. Intro - A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) (1m 56s)
16. Intro - To Gavel (formerly Documate) (11m 23s)
17. Intro - To Notion (2m 39s)
18. Create the framework for your interactive résumé using Gavel + Notion (19m 30s)
19. Intro - To Softr (2m 38s)
20. Create the framework for your personal website / builder profile using Softr (11m 22s)
21. Connect your interactive résumé, LinkedIn Profile, and Calendly page to your Softr website / builder profile (4m 26s)
22. Assignment 1 - Create your frameworks and connect them to each other (Gavel & Notion + Softr)
23. Assignment 2 - Join the Gavel (formerly Documate) community
24. EXAMPLE Special Considerations when working with innovative tech and startups - pivots, iterations, rebrands, and feature updates
1. Live Session 2 - January 25, 2023 (30m)
2. Week 1 REVIEW - Getting ready for Week 2 (4m 56s)
3. Create new pages, a contact form, and a link to the homepage in Softr (17m 45s + optional 4m 4s)
4. Install Documate's Microsoft Word Add-In, create an API key, and link the two together (3m 21s)
5. Use Documate's Word Add-In to include a PDF version of your Cover Letter and Résumé within your Interactive Résumé (38m 49s)
6. Add a document preview of your Cover Letter and Résumé within your workflow (4m 29s)
7. Add custom CSS to your Interactive Résumé (3m 54s)
8. Change your Theme in Softr to add personality and custom styling (7m 20s)
9. Add background images, change button styles, and make your Softr Personal Website / Builder Profile reflect your own style (15m 46s)
10. Add an image and description to your Softr site for SEO and sharing on Socials (5m 39s)
11. OPTIONAL Record and add a video to your Builder Profile and Interactive Résumé using Vimeo Record (12m 20s)
12. OPTIONAL Change the Favicon image associated with your Softr Personal Website / Builder Profile (1m 3s)
13. Test your workflow from the end user's perspective and fix bugs along the way + add Zoom to your Calendly account (10m 24s)
14. BONUS Create a testing environment, two ways to add a hyperlink, and an intro to Markdown (3m 30s)
15. Assignment 3 - Customize, test, and complete your Interactive Résumé and Personal Website / Builder Profile
16. Assignment 4 - Join the #law-schools channel in the Documate Slack community & post a link to your completed Personal Website / Builder Profile
1. Live Session 3 - February 1, 2023 (30m)
2. UPDATES - New sign-in URL for Gavel (formerly Documate) + Updates to the Word Add-In (1m 51s)
3. Weeks 1-2 REVIEW - Getting ready for Week 3 (12m 1s)
4. Intro - CRMs & HubSpot (53s)
5. Create your free HubSpot CRM account, take the full tour of the platform, and create your first new contact (9m 10s)
6. Connect your Gmail to HubSpot, create a HubSpot form, connect it as a channel, and connect it to your Softr Personal Website (29m 21s)
7. Respond to the HubSpot Form submission you received with a link to your calendar (4m 59s)
8. Intro - Dovetail for market research (1m 2s)
9. Create your free Dovetail account (34s)
10. Create new Person Fields for your People Database in Dovetail (1m 5s)
11. Intro - Zapier (2m 20s)
12. Create your free Zapier account (44s)
13. Have a new Person automatically added to your Dovetail People Database when someone submits your HubSpot Form using Zapier (3m 44s)
14. *You've now had an initial meeting with Demetria Beatrice Demonstration* - Here is the recording of her side of the conversation (1m 38s)
15. Create a new Project in Dovetail and add your new client interview with Demetria B. Demonstration (12m 48s)
16. Intro - Jobs Theory (aka "Jobs to be Done" or JTBD) (13m 34s)
17. Intro - The TRADITIONAL "Buyer Persona" approach (3m 5s)
18. Intro - JTBD's NEW "Critical Customer" approach (9m 53s)
19. Deep Dive - How to Identify Customer Needs using the JTBD Framework (5m 3s)
20. Deep Dive - How To Identify Unmet Customer Needs (4m 35s)
21. LEGAL VERSION Intro - Clio Grow (as an alternative to HubSpot for your CRM) (4m 34s)
22. LEGAL VERSION Clio Grow access invitation user journey + Admin v User account (3m 14s)
23. LEGAL VERSION - Create a Contact Form in Clio Grow, add it to your website (or a testing environment), and test the user journey (9m 46s)
24. LEGAL VERSION - Create your free student Clio Manage account (1m 11s)
25. LEGAL VERSION Intro - Clio Manage + Connect your Clio Grow and Clio Manage accounts (3m 36s)
26. Assignment 5 - Instructions
27. Assignment 5 - Submission
1. Live Session 4 - February 8, 2023 (30m)
2. Weeks 1-3 REVIEW - Getting ready for Week 4 (10m 33s)
3. Intro - Sales Pipelines (53s)
4. Create a custom sales pipeline, a new deal and snippet, conduct a conflict check, and move your new lead through your process (36m 58s)
5. How to Conduct a Conflict Check
6. Use JTBD to determine the scope of your representation + the potential additional products &/or services you could create/offer (51m 41s)
7. Install the free GoFullPage Chrome extension + use it to take a screenshot of Dovetail and HubSpot for your assignment (4m 30s)
8. Assignment 6 - Instructions
9. Assignment 6 - Submission
1. Live Session 5 - February 15, 2023 (30m)
2. Create a new contact property in HubSpot for Middle Name (3m 23s)
3. Create and download your digital / eSignature (2m 39s)
4. Automate a Limited Scope Engagement Agreement using Gavel - PART 1 (1h 37m 15s)
5. Assignment 7 Instructions
6. Assignment 7 Submission
1. Live Session 6 - February 22, 2023 (30m)
2. Automate a Limited Scope Engagement Agreement using Gavel - PART 2
3. Subpart 1 - Complete the Pro Bono Limited Scope Engagement Agreement (Conditional Documents) (16m 41s)
4. Subpart 2 - Complete the Pro Bono Limited Scope Engagement Agreement (Progress link and email docs) (26m 27s)
5. Assignment 8 Instructions
6. Assignment 8
1. Live Session 7 - March 1, 2023 (30m)
2. Subpart 3 - Complete the Pro Bono Limited Scope Engagement Agreement (Sections and Page numbers in Word) (30m)
3. Subpart 4 - Conditional documents, legacy bias, overengineering, radical transparency, curiosity, full Gavel accounts, wishlists, and more (34m 49s)
4. Intro - Clockify + Create your free account, create your first client, and create your first project (3m 47s)
5. Subpart 5 - Prepare and send the Limited Scope Engagement Agreement to your client, track your time, and update your deal in HubSpot (11m 46s)
6. Subpart 6 - Mark your Task as complete and update the Close Date in HubSpot (32s)
7. Tidy your deal stages in HubSpot and add a new deal stage (3m 33s)
8. Update your Clockify settings and download your Summary and Detailed reports (3m 18s)
9. Assignment 9 Instructions
10. Assignment 9
1. Live Session 8 - March 8, 2023 (30m)
2. After Demetria signs the Agreement - Download docs, attach to HubSpot deal, and move deal to In Progress (4m 58s)
3. Create a new deal property in HubSpot for your Dovetail project link + add the link for the Veteran Disability Rights project (3m 36s)
4. Part 1 - Track your time and use Dovetail to store notes as you conduct research for your client (7m 35s)
5. Part 2 - Track your time and use Dovetail to store notes as you conduct research for your client (6m 27s)
6. Part 3 - Track your time and use Dovetail to store notes as you conduct research for your client (21m 51s)
7. Part 4 - Track your time and use Dovetail to store notes as you conduct research for your client (7m 47s)
8. Sharing Insights in Dovetail (3m 14s)
9. We are now moving on to PART 3/7 of the Fellowship - Developing your own idea for an access to justice app (16m 8s)
10. Scoping your idea for an application/product (6m 36s)
11. Assignment 10 Instructions
12. Assignment 10
13. OPTIONAL BONUS - Free GoFullPage Certification Course
1. Live Session 9 - March 15, 2023 (30m)
2. Intro - Work and project management software (Asana) (12m 21s)
3. Create your free Asana account (16m 43s)
4. Build an MVP with me for our a2j app for disabled veterans in less than 60m! (59m 52s)
5. Assignment 11 Instructions
6. Assignment 11
1. Live Session 10 - March 22, 2023 (33m 45s)
2. Set rules and automations in Asana, update your matter, and compare Jira and Monday to Asana (15m 51s)
3. Intro to Airtable (5m 10s)
4. Create your free Airtable account (2m 43s)
5. Create your own app marketplace using Gavel + Airtable + Softr! (1h 16m 1s)
6. Intro to Payment Processors - How Stripe integrates with Gavel, Softr, Calendly, HubSpot, and more (11m 9s)
7. Create your free Stripe account (6m 51s)
8. Assignment 12 Instructions
9. Assignment 12
1. Live Session 11 - March 29, 2023 (30m)
2. Tidy your App Marketplace to have nicer images (replace the app screenshots) (3m 42s)
3. Softr - Configure Comments and User Profiles (41m 22s)
4. Traditional Sales Funnel v New Flywheel + Your 3 Types of Customers (17m 46s)
5. The Harmonized Business Plan in Action - Hello Divorce Case Study (15m 35s)
6. Intro - LastPass (create your free account and install the Chrome Extension) (3m 25s)
7. Integrate Stripe with Softr (2m 59s)
8. Create your Thinkific account + schedule a reminder email and calendar event to cancel your free trial (12m 11s)
9. Set up Thinkific Payments (2m 14s)
10. Connect your Zoom account to Thinkific (38s)
11. Create and publish your Thinkific Community (2m)
12. Schedule live events in Thinkific - Courses and Communities (4m 58s)
13. Copy the link to your Thinkific Community page (53s)
14. Assignment 13 Instructions
15. Assignment 13
1. Live Session 12 - April 5, 2023 (30m)
2. Customization Deep Dive - Thinkific Themes, Landing Pages, and Communities (40m 49s)
3. Customize Your Thinkific Mini-Course, Set It to Pre-order, and Set a Price (26m 10s)
4. Test the User Journey + Make Two Updates to Your App for Veterans (5m 21s)
5. Complete Your Services Section and Connect Your Thinkific Community to Your Softr Site (23m 36s)
6. Update Links to Connect Veteran Housing App to Thinkific Page and Webinar (9m 33s)
7. Create a Zap That Creates or Updates a Contact in Hubspot When a New User Is Created in Thinkific (6m 50s)
8. Having a Single Source of Truth - How You Could Integrate Calendly With Hubspot (2m 14s)
9. Intro to Canva - Create Your Free Account (7m 17s)
10. Use Canva to Create a Quick Graphic Design to Promote Your Webinar (11m 23s)
11. IMP - How to use the online fillable PDF form creator Sejda with Gavel (unlocking and tagging PDFs) (23m 40s)
12. IMP - Add Images and Videos to Your Workflows (4m)
13. OPEN OFFICE HOURS - Wednesday, April 12, 2023
14. Assignment 14 Instructions
15. Assignment 14
16. You've now completed the 12-Week Certification Course portion of the Fellowship! What's next? (9m 45s)
1. REMINDER & INSTRUCTIONS - Cancel Your Thinkific Account (i.e., Downgrade to the Free Forever Plan) (2m 56s)
2. OPTIONAL (but recommended) Stripe Paywalls - Two Options for Your Gavel Apps and Softr Marketplace (22m 33s) + How to Send Email Receipts (52s)
3. OPTIONAL (but recommended) Tracking App User Information - Full Plan v. A2J Account, Client Portals, and a Gavel to Airtable Zap (22m)
4. OPTIONAL (but recommended) Have User Info Filter Into Your Single Source of Truth (HubSpot) Via an Airtable to HubSpot Data Sync (11m 54s)
1. Break - April 12, 2023 to April 25, 2023
1. What is a Hackathon?
2. IMP - Hackathon Competition Details
3. Hackathon Launch Session - April 26, 2023 (30m)
4. Hackathon Submission Workflow (Deadline - May 1, 2023 by 5pm PT)
5. Hackathon Show & Tell/Demo Day - May 2, 2023 (51m 3s)
6. Hackathon Award Ceremony Day - May 3, 2023 (29m 11s)

About this course

Free
168 lessons

Cor Meum Academy

Gavel's
Law Students in Legal Tech (LSILT)
Access to Justice Fellowship

12-Week Certification Course + Hackathon Competition

Course curriculum

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Bonus Lessons!

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