Presentation

  • Introducing the Missouri Expungement Tools

    This session highlights the development and implementation of the Missouri Expungement Tools, the product of a more significant effort by the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law's Clear My Record project. These tools are now housed under the center for Law, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation to make them available to the public either directly as a self-help tool or as part of a suite of services to support attorneys and legal service providers throughout the states.

    These tools include solutions for better data presentation, a DIY tool for individuals seeking expungement of "simple" cases, and a one-stop solution for attorneys to streamline expungement cases.

    Learning Objectives:

    1. Learn about the opportunities and challenges of providing expungement services in Missouri.
    2. Gain insights into the development of the Missouri Expungement Tools.
    3. Learn about the opportunities to use and be involved in these efforts.
  • Kansas Protection Order Portal: Balancing Security and Accessibility

    Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Annual Conference. May 13, 2022.

    Kansas Protection Order Portal: Balancing Security and Accessibility

    Description: Covid-19 and the subsequent measures to limit its spread have had a disruptive effect on all aspects of our lives, including access to legal services and court operations. In Kansas, this meant that overnight, victims of abuse and sexual crimes lost access to self-help centers, victims’ advocates, and whatever little assistance they had before. This workshop will address the benefits and limitations of using technology to help self-represented litigants. The presenters will share the lessons learned from building an automated system to allow litigants to file for a protection order online without visiting a courtroom.

    Co-Presenter:
    Barbara Glesner Fines, JD, LLM, Univ. of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, MO
    Staci Pratt, JD, MLS, Univ. of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, MO Disclaimer:
    The information provided in this presentation is for educational purposes only. The opinions expressed in this presentation and on the following slides are solely those of the presenters and not necessarily those of our clients and partners.
  • KCMBA Bench-Bar: Generative AI and the Law

    KCMBA's 51st Annual Bench-Bar & Boardroom Conference - May 8-10, 2024
    The Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, MO

    Join us to learn how to use generative AI responsibly, exploring its foundational concepts, ethical considerations, practical applications in legal practice, and real-world demonstration of generative AI applications to boost productivity and improve customer service.

    Learning Objectives:

    1. Understand the foundational basics of generative AI.
    2. Learn about the opportunities and challenges of generative AI in the legal field.
    3. Gain insights into the development and implementation of the generative into your practice.

    Co-presenters:

    • Professor Paul Callister and Professor Barbara Glesner-Fines

  • Keynote speaker: Stop Chasing the Hype and Connect with Your Community

    Missouri Library Association Annual Conference. September 30, 2020.

    Connecting with Technology

    Daily Keynote: Ayyoub Ajmi "Stop Chasing the Hype and Connect with Your Community"

  • Lawyers and AI Technology: Platform, Security, and Ethics

    Missouri Bar Annual Meeting – Young Lawyer Session (September 13, 2023)

    Lawyers and AI technology – platforms lawyers can use in their practice, security and risk awareness
     

    Co-presenter:

    • Cody R. Weyhofen, Seigfreid Bingham PC, Kansas City

    Disclaimer: The information provided in this presentation is for educational purposes only. The opinions expressed in this presentation and on the following slides are solely those of the presenters and not necessarily those of our clients and partners.

  • Learn Exactly How to Build a Fully Automated Online Client Intake Form

    This presentation was offered as a CLE Webinar in May 2020. It is available on-demand from UMKC School of Law CLE. The slides and associated material is available below.

    Description:

    The Coronavirus pandemic has forced many attorneys to work from home. Whether you were already planning to automate some aspects for your practice or you are jut considering this option now, this webinar will help you build a reliable and secure client intake system.

    This webinar will explore JotForm as an online client Intake form and automation solution applied to legal service practices. An online client intake form helps prevent important information from being overlooked and cuts down dramatically on data entry and document management.

    Learning objectives:

    • Overview of JotForm
    • Understanding the form elements
    • Third-party widgets
    • Conditional logic
    • Email notifications
    • Third-party platforms integration
    • Publishing a form
    • Managing reports
    • The mobile application

     Slides:

    Material:

    Intake-Forms-Using-JotForm-Materials

  • Legal Technology Competency - Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL)

    Legal Technology Competency: Helping Achieve Those Minimums.

    Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) - October 14, 2023

    Co-presenters:

    • Artie Berns, Southern Illinois University
    • Darla Jackson, University of Tulsa
  • Lessons Learned: In-house Video Streaming - The Process, Perils and Promise

    MAALL Annual Meeting - Chicago, IL October 5 - October 7

    Faculty at UMKC Law use video in their classrooms to support course materials and provide students with an opportunity to review missed classes among many other uses. However, due to the large size of video files, they are often inclined to use optical storage units or third-party services to share their content online. The School decided to use Mediasite, a video management solution, to provide a sustainable, scalable, and secured streaming technology in order to capture, preserve, and share multimedia content among students, faculty, staff, and the community at large. In this presentation we will share our experience and demonstrate the benefits and drawbacks associated with maintaining an in-house solution.

  • Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference

    Title: The DIY Digital Exhibition Experience at Tarrant County College

    Description: The DIY Digital Exhibition Experience at Tarrant County College. How we converted 29 obsolete laptops into attractive digital exhibition platforms used to display library information as well as students, staff, and faculty members digital artworks.

    Date: October 18, 2013. 12 to 1pm CST

    Website: http://www.library20.com/2013

  • Library2.014 - Google Glass

    This presentation was held live using on October 8, 2014 using Blackboard Collaborate. You can access the original recording here.

    The UMKC School of Law has always been on the cutting edge of technology. So when we had the opportunity to explore Google Glass we jumped on it. The device, although still on Beta, has huge potential for libraries and schools in general.

    In this presentation I will share with you our journey using Google Glass in the Leon E. Block Law Library as well as throughout the entire Law School.

    • Setup and configuration
    • Use cases
    • Feedback
    • Recommendations
    • MidWest Legal Aid Directors - Generative AI and the Law

      Legal Aid Directors of the MidWest - May 14, 2024
      Iowa State Bar Association - Des Moines

      Join us to learn how to use generative AI responsibly, exploring its foundational concepts, ethical considerations, practical applications in legal practice, and real-world demonstration of generative AI applications to boost productivity and improve customer service.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Understand the foundational basics of generative AI.
      2. Learn about the opportunities and challenges of generative AI in the legal field.
      3. Gain insights into the development and implementation of the generative into your practice.

       

    • Next Generation Teaching and Learning Conference - UMKC 2014

      Presentation Title: Videoconferencing technologies to support learning

      Presentation Description: This presentations focuses on the use of videoconferencing technologies to support teaching and to facilitate learning. Videoconferencing is an ideal solution to reach busy students, encourage collaboration, and share course materials either live or on demand.

      Technical level of presentation: beginner

      What is the benefit of attending your session? What will attendees learn about technology and instruction?:

      In this session participants will explore various videoconferencing technologies available through UMKC or elsewhere as well as best practices to integrate these tools in the classroom.

      At the end of the session participants will join a live exercise using Blackboard Collaborate and/or Google Hangout.

       

    • Panel: Bridging the Gap Between Librarians and Technologists

      MAALL Annual Meeting, Kansas City. october 22 - 24, 2015

      Program Description:

      Many librarian positions have emerged in the recent years where technology plays a big part in the job description. While the titles might differ, the duties remain the same and demonstrate a growing need of an advanced technological skillset to lead the libraries in the digital world of knowledge. However, having a digital librarian with the desired new skills might not be enough as most libraries still rely on a broader information technology service and follow their requirements and rules. This panel will discuss common challenges that law libraries are facing when it comes to implementing new digital initiatives and how they manage their relationship with the main IT service.

      Panelists

      Resa kerns: Resa is the associate Law Librarian for Web and Educational Technologies at MU Law Library. Blake Wilson: Head of Instructional and Research Services at KU Law Library. Michael Robak: Associate Director and Director of Information Technologies at UMKC Law Library. Eric Brust: Circuit Librarian - 8th Circuit in St. Louis. David Lindahl: the director of Strategic Initiatives & Planning at Miller Nichols Library at UMKC.

       

    • Participatory, Continuous, Connected | Top Trends from Library 2.014

      Library Journal Webcast - Online October 30, 2014

      I was invited to this webcast to speak about the UMKC Law School experience using Google Glass to improve the learning and teaching experience as part of a highlight of most notable presentation of the Library 2.014 Virtual Conference.
      Other panelists are:
      Samantha Adams Becker, Senior Director of Communications, New Media Consortium
      Susan Hildreth, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
      The webcast was moderated by Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor and monthly columnist for Library Journal

    • Plenary: Innovation and impact on the future of the profession

      Innovation and impact on the future of the profession

      Thursday, Sept. 14 | 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
      Plenary Missouri Bar Annual Meeting

      Moderator: Mira Mdivani, Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm LLC, Kansas City

      Panel: Ayyoub Ajmi, director of legal innovation and technology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City; Prof. Ryan W. Copus, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City; Nicole M. Fisher, Fisher Law LLC and Drama-Free Divorce LLC, Kansas City; Hon. Samuel A. Thumma, Arizona Court of Appeals, Phoenix, Arizona 

      This program will explore how various kinds of innovation, including sustaining, low market and disruptive innovation, impact the future of lawyers, clients, and courts.  The panelists will discuss using new ideas and technology to improve existing practices, creating more affordable segments of the legal market, and creating new consumption of legal services and access to justice through innovation.

      Disclaimer: The information provided in this presentation is for educational purposes only. The opinions expressed in this presentation and on the following slides are solely those of the presenters and not necessarily those of our clients and partners.

    • Podcast: Is It Legal To - Legal Innovation

      In the latest episode of the “Is It Legal To…?” podcast, hosts Farrah Fite and Bob Priddy are joined by Ayyoub Ajmi from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and Nicole Fisher of Fisher Law in Kansas City to discuss innovations in the legal field.

      Topics in this episode include:
      • “Do it yourself” legal kits.
      • Artificial intelligence in the legal field.
      • Online portals for orders of protection.
      • Resources for individuals representing themselves.

       

    • Poster: Technology Management Trends in Law Schools – INFOGRAPHICS

      Anerican Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting - Chicago, IL -July 18, 2016

      Law school information technology IT management has shifted from being directly managed by law libraries toward a more complicated model where collaboration is the key. This poster features infographics based on the results of the 2015 survey of more than 100 law schools nationwide. Join the discussion of the results of the survey, and learn about the different IT management models in law libraries and what to expect in the future. A related article is also published in the Computers in Libraries July/August issue.

       

      Poster Session
      Survey results displayed as both an Infographic and an Online Dashboard

       

    • TechNet 2012: NTLP's 5th Annual Conference for Library Technology

      Joomla CMS for Your Library Website

      Joomla is an open source Content Management System suitable for small personal portfolios to most advanced e-commerce websites. Joomla enables you to create dynamic websites and powerful online applications with little or no technical skills.
      Learn about Joomla features and how to start your own Joomla project: installation, security, templates, and extensions.

      August 9, 2012. University of Dallas.

    • Today Jeopardy, Tomorrow the Law: Exploring Artificial Intelligence and What It Means for Lawyers, Clients and a Changing Profession

      The Missouri Bar Association. September 14, 2017. Kansas City, MO.

      Topics discussed are:

      • General overview of Artificial Intelligence – how it is being used in law.
      • How AI is being used in law.
      • Ethical questions relating to the use of AI in law.
      • How to prepare for the future as a young lawyer.
      • Effect of AI on law practice in the future.

      Moderator:

      • Ellen Y. Suni, dean emerita and professor of law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City

      Panelists:

      • Ryan McClead, vice-president of client engagement and strategy, Neota Logic, New York, NY
      • Noah K. Wood, founding partner, Wood Law Firm, Kansas City
      • Ayyoub Ajmi, digital communications and learning initiatives librarian, UMKC School of Law, Kansas City
      • Daniel Boatright, managing shareholder, Littler Mendelson P.C., Kansas City
    • Virtual Reality: Opportunities for Teaching and Using it in Law Practice

      ABA TechShow. Thursday, March 8, 2018. Chicago, Illinois.

      From accident reconstruction and crime scene recreation to training, virtual reality (VR) is becoming a viable tool for litigators and even transactional attorneys. This panel will discuss how their firms and law schools are working with VR to improve the practice of law.

      Other panelists:
      Jennifer L. Wondracek - UNT Dallas College of Law
      Kenton Brice - University of Oklahoma College of Law

      More information:

      The ABA Journal
      FindLaw
      Canadian Lawyer (Thomson Reuters)