Would it be attractive to corporate counsel if lawyers shared templates and collaborated like coders? Can we demo that through NDAs? To meet the challenge in steps:
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Can lawyers use the same platform as coders to do and share legal work?
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Getting on GitHub. Doing a pull-request. (First indication at SciencesPo is good.)
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Getting a local app (VS Code). Making some changes, doing a pull-request.
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Using modularity. A term sheet that references a form. A form that references its sections. A second draft that references the first draft.
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Structuring a (NDA) agreement - headings and parties, sections, defined terms, cross-references, annexes.
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Alternative use cases - making multiple NDAs from a single library.
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Ontologies - how do we refer to persons, places, things?
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Fit with automation - dual purpose parameters.
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Fit with data security - scaling without loss of privacy or security.
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Fit with NLP/AI/ML - using patterns to guide the user (and using patterns in legacy documents).
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(Because things that go up to 11 are better.)
Something like that.