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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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“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.”<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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 <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.VTLegithon.org">www.VTLegithon.org</a>.
<span style="color:black"> A one page information sheet that
can be circulated or posted is available </span> <a
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href="http://forms.vermontlaw.edu/legithon.pdf">here</a><span
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<br>
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