CanLII Ottawa Hackathon September 2013

CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, is organizing a hackathon at the University of Ottawa this upcoming September 13-14:

"This conference and hackathon is for all, but should be of particular interest to law students, legal professionals, the press and others motivated to improve access to legal and public information."

"We want you to think about using the CanLII API and other data sets related to build apps or services that improve public understanding of law."

"Participants will:

• be exposed to and gain knowledge of data sets that include or could be mixed with legal information;
• develop innovative ideas and applications using legal data; and
• work towards advancing access to the rules and policies found in laws, court judgments and other information sources"