LEGS & LONGEVITY BEFORE AND AFTER THE SPRINT-X

SPRINT-X PREP (APRIL - DECEMBER 2020)

Given the intensity of Sprint, the preparatory programming focuses on leveraging intergenerational, cross-culture, multi-disciplinary exchange to change the mindsets, skill-sets, and behaviors of legal service providers, business professionals, and law and business school students. Sprint Prep involves opportunities for LWOW participants to come together and build a sense of community and a strong network that makes the LWOW experience so unique!

  • Virtual KickOff (17 April 2020)

    • An introduction to LWOW and to the 3-4-5 Method of Innovation 

      • Participants learn virtual collaboration and teaming techniques and make the most of their personal workstyles online. Clients want legal professionals to be innovative, collaborative, & client-centric. LWOW answers this call. Throughout our virtual programming participants will learn essential skills in order to fulfill the new requirements of a 21st century lawyer. 

  • LWOW Unplugged (June 2020 - December 2020) 

    • Preparation for Sprint-X  Focused on Individual Growth and Community Building

      (OPTIONAL FOR SPONSOR PARTICIPANTS)

      • Webinar: In order to prepare for the short and intense nature of Sprint, having the ability to give and receive feedback is essential to participating successfully. The Art of Giving Feedback webinar featured LWOW Advisory Board member Chad Fischer (Microsoft) and Steve Mehr (Ballard Spahr LLP) as co-hosts, where they shared personal experiences and insights on the topic. Contact lawwithoutwalls@lwow.org for a link to the recording!

      • LWOW Knowledge Exchange: These interactive online 20 minute sessions enable participants to gain experience networking on virtual platforms, receive nuggets of knowledge from their very own community, and get to know other members of LWOW (not just their own team prior to Sprint). Attendance by sponsor participants is optional.

        • Dates and times to be announced 

    • Topic Challenge Selection (November 2020)

      • Sponsors will work with the LWOW team to select a narrow business of law or social justice related topic challenge that teams will hack on during the Virtual 4-week Sprint.

      • Click here to see our topic selection guide! 

POST SPRINT-X (FEBRUARY - APRIL 2021)

Sprint-X Inc. (3 Months, February - April 2021) 

(OPTIONAL BUT ENCOURAGED FOR SPONSOR PARTICIPANTS)

  • Project Incubation (February - April 2021)

    • Overview: The student hackers, volunteer mentors/project managers (and any Sponsor participant who so choose) will continue to refine, distill and incubate their team’s Projects of Worth developed during LWOW Sprint-X. The focus over these three months is on developing a full business plan, challenging assumptions, and prototyping. 

    • How it works:

      • Teams attend webinars weekly on Wednesdays to contextualize innovation in law by covering the broad topics that will frame the narrower challenges assigned to teams in the LWOW Sprint and that provide substantive training for development of their projects. Topics of these recordings include consumer storytelling, prototyping, branding and business planning, and more. 

      • Teams are guided by volunteer mentors and a dedicated LWOW Project Managers and any Lead Hackers (Sponsor participants that wish to stay on to assist). Teams attend guidance meetings with LWOW leadership to help guide their incubation process. 

  • Virtual ConPosium (14 April 2021)

    • Dynamic Virtual Presentations 

      • Teams will present the refined solutions (15 minutes) to a panel of judges. Judges will ask questions and provide constructive feedback on at least three factors: substance, creativity, and viability. Three finalists will be chosen to present during PopPosium. Attendance by sponsor participants is optional.

  • LWOW PopPosium (21 April 2020)

    • In-person Community Celebration of the Three Finalists

      • Followed by the ConPosium the week prior, the three finalist teams will present for the final title of ‘Best Overall’ Project of Worth. Whilst presentations will be all-virtual we are hoping to host multiple community building celebratory in-person viewing parties to watch the Top 3 LWOW Sprint-X Inc. finalists in a social setting where our community members can come together and network. Locations TBD.

  • LWOW PopUp (June 2021)

    • Community Networking In-Person Event 

      • LWOW PopUps are interactive, community and skills building events designed to help introduce LWOW to newcomers and provide refreshers to those who have participated in LWOW before. Hosted at various places around the world, these PopUps vary in content and form, however, each PopUp includes an interactive exercise related to teaming or creative, collaborative problem solving that attendees can later utilize in their own teaming efforts at the organizations in which they work.

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