2020 LWOW Xed Winning Teams + Projects of Worth
WINNER OVERALL:
FaseIt
Topic Challenge: Innocent but Forever Guilty on Google: How can we help people who were charged with a crime and subsequently cleared or acquitted combat Google search results that continue to depict them as criminals?
Unmasking the threat of facial recognition technology. FaseIt is a platform to educate and empower those vulnerable to the inaccurate application of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). FRT attempts to identify or verify a person from a digital image or a video frame by comparing selected facial features from a set of images within a data base. The current methods used by law enforcement shows a bias in the technology slated against people of color. We are committed to informing and empowering those affected through education, referrals to legal resources, and our own diverse data set.
Project Manager: Lean Atkins (Impact Privacy)
Students: Summer Lewis (Osgoode Hall Law School), Justinas Draksas (Vilnius University), Burak Haylamaz (University College London), Shanzay Pervaiz (University of Miami School of Law)
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WINNER BEST PITCH:
Greenable & Theria (a TIE!)
Topic Challenge (Greenable): Making Carbon Neutrality a Reality: How can a law firm develop processes to reduce their carbon footprint and environmental impact?
Lawyers at the intersection of sustainability and profitability. What if we told you that sustainability and profitability could both be at the forefront of your business model? Greenable is a tool that helps law firms reduce their carbon emissions by measuring the carbon output of lawyers and their teams, engaging them to hit reduced carbon targets, and rewarding those teams that meet their targets with the ability to work on socially beneficial projects.
Project Manager: Christian Rioult (Baker McKenzie)
Students: Gabriela Falla (University of Miami School of Law), Deborah Ben Chemoul (ISIT), Luana David (University College London), Alan Drourard (Ecole HEAD)
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Topic Challenge (Theria): Lonely Isle: How can we expand legal literacy for isolated communities within populated nations, such as the LGBTQ+ community?
Your freedom is your right. Theria provides an essential solution for domestic violence victims living in areas where their abuser may preclude them from adequate legal assistance, through the “conflicting out” method. Victims are often declined requests to get legal help regarding domestic violence, frustrating for both the victim and law firm or legal clinic/community center. Theria helps to match victims and legal assistance providers in quick and discrete manner, all within 24 hours!
Project Manager: Lachlan Robb (Queensland University of Technology & Beefledger)
Students: Claudia Pijoan (ESADE), Emilija Valentinaite (Vilnius University)
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WINNER BEST BUSINESS CASE:
Just Donate
Topic Challenge: Duties to Donors: How can law-related non-profits track and share their use of donated funds to show donors’ tangible impact without stifling the nonprofits’ ability to fund operations?
Making a world of difference. Just Donate provides a simple, social and powerful platform for legal non-profits to present their impact and finances. This allows legal non-profits to access more donations from private individuals while giving donors the transparency they deserve. Just Donate is making a world of difference to those who want to make a difference in the world.
Project Manager: Pilar Ay (DLA Piper)
Students: Ara Dungca (Osgoode Hall Law School), Nathan Gallete Mota (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Franco Della Torre (University of Miami School of Law), Vishnu Kale (Bucerius University)
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WINNER BEST IDEA:
Co-op E-Sports FoundatioN
Topic Challenge: Unpriming the E-Sports Pipeline: How can we ensure that e-sports are more inclusive and enable more diverse players?
Safe space. Safe place. Safe gaming. For female esports players who dream of becoming professional gamers, the Co-op Esports Foundation creates and maintains a safe-space to pursue their dreams. By devising a toolbox of resources which promote diversity and inclusion in esports, we offer support to players who experience gender hostility and other forms of harassment. The Co-op Esports Foundation will solve the industry’s gender pipeline problem and shape the future of the industry through establishing best practice techniques.
Project Manager: Samir Patel (Holland & Knight)
Students:Charlotte Hanson (University of Sydney), Kofi Assante (Bucerius University), Tessa Schembri (University College London)
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WINNER BEST BRANDING:
Elder Protech
Topic Challenge: Seniors and Scams: How can machine learning or other technology be used to protect the elderly in the age of the machine?
Helping our elders to save their savings. Concerned that the senior citizens you know and love are being scammed out of their life savings by imposters? ElderProtech is a fintech startup specializing in safeguarding senior citizens’ life savings using machine learning to interface with wire transfer transactions at banks. By automatically detecting scams, alerting banks and seniors of suspicious transaction details, and preventing funds from leaving the seniors' accounts, ElderProtech works to help you to "save their savings!"
Project Manager(s): Vanessa Kuljis (University of Miami School of Law), Nareg Froundijian (Satoshi Legal)
Students: Jilissa Zoltko (University of Miami School of Law), Michael Malvenda (University College London), Ismael Skander (Ecole HEAD), Anastasia Novikova (IE University)
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