[Hamp-law] Vermont "Legithon" on law, technology, and economic development November 13-15

[Carin Rank]

Hampshire students are invited to take part in a ground-breaking 
opportunity for participating in a new kind of civic education – the 
Legithon.  Over a couple of days – November 13-15 – the “Legithon” will 
bring together creative people with interests in law, business, and 
public service for a weekend of intensive, hands-on work and learning at 
the Vermont State House in Montpelier.

Participants will work with coaches and mentors drawn from academia, 
business and the legislature itself to draft model legislation that 
could create a productive legal climate for fostering technology-based 
business while still protecting the public interest. The target will be:

/“Law changes that will foster economic development, particularly 
development involving innovative technology, but which will not require 
significant public expenditure or subsidy, and which will respect the 
general good of society.”/

Would changes in law help promote the Maker Movement? The sharing 
economy? The adoption of the Blockchain? We invite the participation of 
Hampshire College in this conversation. Please bring your ideas on these 
and other possibilities to Montpelier.  Registration fees are modest 
(student tickets are only $10) and include a number of meals over the 
course of the event.  Please feel free to circulate this announcement as 
you see fit.  Full details are available at www.VTLegithon.org 
<http://www.VTLegithon.org>. A one page information sheet that can be 
circulated or posted is available here 
<http://forms.vermontlaw.edu/legithon.pdf>.

Thank you for your own possible interest and for any help you can give 
in spreading the word with your colleagues and students.  The Legithon 
is a nonpartisan event organized by Vermont Law School and the Vermont 
General Assembly with the collaboration and support of the Gruter 
Institute for Law and Behavioral Research and the Ewing Marion Kauffman 
Foundation.


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