NuLawLab Publishes Groundbreaking Book on the Transformative Power of Legal Design
How do we devise innovative frameworks that combine design with law and legal practice to reshape how justice is delivered? For answers to that provocative question, check out the groundbreaking new book Legal Design: Dignifying People in Legal Systems (Cambridge University Press, 2024), co-edited by Northeastern Law’s NuLawLab executive director Dan Jackson ’97, creative director Jules Rochielle Sievert and design director Miso Kim. This is the first book to bring together philosophical theories of law and design, firm cases of classroom instruction, crossover pedagogical frameworks between law and design, and rich examples of efforts in collaboration with local communities and governments.
“We are proud to convene a pioneering group of practitioners and scholars to introduce the value of deploying design and other creative methods to tackle the systemic injustices of our existing legal institutions,” said the co-editors in a joint statement. “We think one way legal design can accomplish this goal is by prioritizing human dignity throughout the design process. This book shows you how.”
Left to right: Jackson, Sievert and Kim
Photographs by Kathleen Dooher (Jackson and Sievert)
“This journal effort reflects both the greater interest in the approach to legal reform and a need among legal design practitioners and academics to develop, record and disseminate theoretical and methodological foundations for the promising discipline,” said Jackson. “We are thrilled to have played a role in the creation and launch of this new journal. New ideas need room to grow.”.
To harness the power of legal design, which applies design methods to make our legal systems more user-friendly and effective, NuLawLab has also joined with organizers from 4 continents, 11 countries, 16 academic institutions and 15 organizations, bringing together many perspectives, to launch the Legal Design Journal, the first online academic journal dedicated to the world of legal design. Theorists and practitioners in the field now have a platform through which to share ideas and gain influence within and outside of legal institutions.
“This journal effort reflects both the greater interest in the approach to legal reform and a need among legal design practitioners and academics to develop, record and disseminate theoretical and methodological foundations for the promising discipline,” said Jackson. “We are thrilled to have played a role in the creation and launch of this new journal. New ideas need room to grow.”
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