Visual Law: What Lawyers Need to Learn from Information Designers

Visual Law: What Lawyers Need to Learn from Information Designers by Helena Haapio and Stefania Passera on VoxPopulii, Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, May 15, 2013 For decades, words have been lawyers’ tools of trade. Today, we should no longer let tradition force us to think inside the text-only box. Apart from words, there are other … Read moreVisual Law: What Lawyers Need to Learn from Information Designers

Best Practices for Data Visualization

▶ I Like Pretty Graphs: Best Practices for Data Visualization Assignments – YouTube | Program for Legal Technology & Design. The DesignLab from University of Washington has a great (hour long) presentation about how to integrate data visualizations into typically non-data-driven, non-visual classes in a university. It can also be bridged into law school classrooms, … Read moreBest Practices for Data Visualization

ITunes TOS Redesign

via Rethinking the design of the ‘terms of service’ agreement – SmartPlanet. Rethinking the design of the ‘terms of service’ agreement By Andrew Nusca Design student Gregg Bernstein looks at the terms of service agreement for Apple’s iTunes in an attempt to renovate a nearly illegible document. Every few months, a user experience-minded student comes … Read moreITunes TOS Redesign

Tax Form self-assessment designs

Here is a short article about tax forms — that includes discussion of how not only forms can be laid out better, but how legal & financial terminology can be presented for users rather than for experts. via Self-assessment: not so taxing after all. from the Simplification Centre UK’s Blog: Self-assessment: not so taxing after … Read moreTax Form self-assessment designs

Studying the Impact of Privacy Information on Online Purchase Decisions

Here is a short CHI paper from researchers at Carnegie Mellon about how users use (or do not) a more privacy-aware browser. Their conclusion: Privacy concerns are prevalent among users’ current apprehensions about using the Internet for making purchases. While tools are available to make certain aspects of Internet shopping easier (e.g. comparing prices across … Read moreStudying the Impact of Privacy Information on Online Purchase Decisions