Can AI Agents Master Legal Design?

In this hands-on session, you’ll build your own AI “legal design team,” run a full legal design sprint, and compare results in real time. You'll both think and experiment how both the legal design process and roles could convert into prompts and guidance for AI. See how multi-agent collaboration could reshape legal work.

Facilitators:

• Antti Innanen, CEO and Founder, Dot. Legal Design
• Marco Imperiale, Founder and Managing Director, Better Ipsum
• Cat Moon, Law Professor and Founding Co-Director, Vanderbilt AI + Law Lab (VAILL), Vanderbilt Law School

From Insights to Action: Advancing People-Centred Justice through Legal Design

What if legal systems were designed like great services—intuitive, human, and radically focused on the people they serve? In this dynamic, hands-on workshop, we’ll roll up our sleeves and explore how legal design can move us from understanding justice needs to delivering people-centred solutions. Hosted by HiiL – The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law, this session brings to life insights from the Justice Innovation Lab’s work in Tunisia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Niger. You’ll hear powerful, real-world stories from legal designers and justice innovators on the ground—and then become part of the story. Together, we’ll step into the shoes of justice users, identify urgent legal challenges, and co-create breakthrough ideas using design tools. Expect fast-paced collaboration, fresh thinking, and a few unexpected twists along the way. Whether you’re a policymaker, practitioner, designer, or curious changemaker, you’ll leave with practical frameworks and renewed energy for making justice systems truly work for people.

Facilitators:

• Zainab Malik, Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor - HiiL;
• Viviana Brun, Programme Manager, Justice Innovation Labs - HiiL

Legal Design Writing: Telling the World and Getting Heard

Do you have something you want to tell the world, but publishing your ideas feels a bit intimidating? Writing is a bit like a monster with razor-sharp deadlines, intimidating reviewer fangs, surrounded by the paralyzing fog of perfectionism? Join this four-hour workshop to tame the publication beast, tell the world and make your ideas heard. Walk away with a roadmap for your work, as well as some key accountability partners.

Facilitators:

• Michael Doherty, Professor of Legal Design, Lancaster University
• Helena Haapio, Contract Strategist, Lexpert Ltd
• Lisa Toohey, Professor, UNSW Law & Justice
• Michael Blasie, Dean and Professor of Law, KIMEP University

Legal Design From First Principles

Think design is just for creatives? Think again. This science-led workshop draws on human factors, psychology, and usability research to show how lawyers can use proven design principles to make contracts work better for everyone. We’ll strip legal design back to its fundamentals, understanding how people read, think, decide, and act, and use that understanding to build smarter, more user-friendly legal documents. Through short exercises and real-world examples, you’ll explore why good design isn’t about pretty fonts or graphics, it’s about using friction effectively, improving comprehension, and helping people make better decisions. Whether you're new to legal design or looking to strengthen your approach, you'll leave with practical tools grounded in science, not just style.

Facilitators:

• Peter Hornsby, Designer - Edgerton Riley

Organizational Design for Legal Teams in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This interactive workshop explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the principles of organisational design. Participants will dive into practical strategies for building more dynamic and adaptive legal teams — rethinking processes, roles, structures, and culture to stay competitive in a rapidly changing, AI-driven world. By the end of the session, attendees will have actionable tools to rethink organisational design in the context of AI — from redefining job roles to fostering an innovation-ready culture in a legal team.

Facilitators:

• Heikki Ilvessalo, CEO, ILVES
• Maria Sorsimo, Head of Finland, Legora