The art of the possible, the doable and the sustainable with Brian W Tang

<p>In episode no. 81 my guest is Brian Tang, Founding Executive director of LITE Lab@HKU and Co-chair, Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation & Technology Association (ALITA). We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Career path (which will be interesting to law students);</li> <li>How he became involved with innovation in the law in Hong Kong;</li> <li>Main justice issues in Hong Kong;</li> <li>What LITE stands for, and why it is intentionally a “Lab”;</li> <li>How the Lab works with students from 6 out of the 10 faculties at Hong Kong University; </li> <li>Topics and the experiential experiences that are covered in the Lab’s courses and why;</li> <li>How LITE Lab partners with tech start-ups, NGOs and in-house counsel to co-design research projects; </li> <li>Examples of the innovative projects including workers compensation, low-income tenants, discrimination, womens’ rights, human trafficking and foreign workers;</li> <li>Cultural foundations of ‘pro bono’ and differences in approach across the world;</li> <li>Capacity and evolution of NGOs affecting their response to implement technology;</li> <li>Why Brian considers the LITE Lab a ‘marketplace’ of sorts;</li> <li>The criticism that undergrad courses and hackathons are not effective;</li> <li>The potential of low code/no code, including the ability to maintain software in-house;</li> <li>Need for integration with existing corporate and NGO systems;</li> <li>Issues of funding and software sustainability of applications developed by NGOs;</li> <li>Impact investing, ESG requirements and social entrepreneurs’ potential for the future;</li> <li>Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association’s (“ALITA”) mission;</li> <li>Categories of ALITA awards (closing soon!); and</li> <li>Brian’s definition of legal innovation!</li> </ul> <p>Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic </p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://litelab.law.hku.hk/">LITE Lab</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.equaljustice.org/my-employee-is-pregnant">My employee is pregnant</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.neotalogic