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The world's largest legal hackathon<https://glh.hivebrite.com/events/13639> is coming to Manchester! With the LegalTech sector growing fast, including the recently launched Manchester Law & Technology Initiative<https://www.law.manchester.ac.uk/research/themes/law-money-technology/law-technology-initiative-2/> which seeks to aid innovation in the legal sector via academic-industry collaboration, the University & MSP are helping to bring this event to Manchester giving a platform for innovative minds to some together to solve problems facing the legal industry * Hivebrite is the official platform for the GLH19. Register and follow updates on the Manchester Group<https://glh.hivebrite.com/topics/9492/home>, useful content will be posted in preparation for Feb 22. You can also post questions and message other participants. Format of Manchester GLH Day one - 17.00 - 21.00 * Participants get a chance to pitch an idea related to improving legal services or access to justice. * Teams form and choose idea to work on. Participants may form teams prior to the event, but ALL teams must accept participants joining on the day of the event. * Teams beginning hacking! Day two - 9.00 - 21.00 * Hacking continues. Teams will have access to mentors to help guide them in developing their idea. Day three - 9.00 - 17.00 * Teams finalise and deliver a presentation to a judging panel. The judges elect the winning team, runner-up and third place. Second Round and Third Round The winning team advances to the second 'virtual' round, competing against the other global semi-finalists. Between 8 to 14 teams get to go to the Third Round in New York, where 4 winning teams will be selected. * Competition rules<https://glh.hivebrite.com/topics/9492/media_center>: Every participant must accept and sign them, participants will be sent a link to do so closer to the event date. * While this is a competition, we aim to encourage amicable and respectful cross-collaboration among all participants. The best teams will have a diverse mix of background, experience and skills. Bring an open mind and be ready to have fun! MCR GLH TEAM [cid:9fcca0f1-5f7d-4726-8187-704f82d0bae8] [cid:f608f488-8610-4206-8f9f-2644e85cfc40] [cid:f03ee362-0522-4b8a-b4f4-09faef797307] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the QUALITATIVE-RESEARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=QUALITATIVE-RESEARCH&A=1