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The Prose Paradox: Technology’s struggle to tame the wild world of contracts

This CLE attempts to diagnose and explain the problems that have plagued the “K Tech” experience, why Gartner says over 50% of CLMs will have been declared a failure by the end of this calendar year and why only 11% of ACC survey respondents report a benefit from contracts technology. Only once we understand why contracts technology isn’t working today, can we know what’s required to make it work in the future.

The state of contracts management today
The “Prose Problem” and the conundrum of contract families
The Way Forward

Presented by Mark Harris is the CEO of Knowable, a contracts data management company that transforms legal language into structured contract data. Knowable is an independent company with joint venture backing from LexisNexis. Mark is one of the co-founders of Axiom and served as Axiom’s Executive Chairman from 2017–2019 and CEO from 2000-2016. Prior to founding Axiom, Mark practiced law at Davis Polk & Wardwell and clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Mark is a University of Texas undergraduate and law school alumnus.

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For groups of up to 200 people. This CLE is in partnership with LexisNexis.

CLE is approved or in the process of approval for CLE credit. The type of credit allowed will be determined by the state governing MCLE Board. Contact cle@lexisnexis.com regarding state accreditation status.

NOTE: If you are licensed in New York, this content is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced New York attorneys. Although, this content is appropriate for all New York attorneys, newly admitted attorneys cannot earn CLE credit for the completion of the course when presented via webinar or webcast. (NY has issued a temporary ruling that newly admitted attorneys can receive Skills credit via webinar or webcast through December 31, 2022, due to COVID-19.)