DATA IN LAW PRACTICE

What is data literacy? Gartner's definition: being able to read, write, and communicate with data in context, including an understanding of data sources and constructs, analytical methods, and techniques applied, and the ability to describe the use case application and resulting value... In collaboration with the Vanderbilt Data Science Institute, this course seeks to empower Vanderbilt Law students with a foundational understanding of data and data science and its various applications in the practice of law, and to teach law students how to identify, collect, manage, analyze, and communicate with data relevant to legal practice... The practice of law has always been concerned with data, and in this age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this concern has become a mandate to understand how data impacts legal practice and legal services delivery on multiple levels. Today's lawyers must know how to extract actionable knowledge from increasingly vast and complex sources of data, both..