Faculty DirectoryDaniel W. Linna Jr.

Senior Lecturer in the Pritzker School of Law and Computer Science
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Education
- BA, University of Michigan
- MA, Michigan State University
- JD magna cum laude, University of Michigan
Biography
Daniel W. Linna Jr. has a joint appointment at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and McCormick School of Engineering as the Director of Law and Technology Initiatives and a Senior Lecturer. Dan’s teaching and research focus on innovation and technology, including computational law, artificial intelligence, data analytics, leadership, operations, and innovation frameworks.
Dan is also an affiliated faculty member at CodeX — The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. He joined Northwestern as a Visiting Professor of Law from Michigan State University College of Law, where he was a Professor of Law in Residence and the founder and Director of LegalRnD — The Center for Legal Services Innovation. At Michigan State, Dan taught Quantitative Analysis for Lawyers, Litigation {Data, Theory, Practice, & Process}, Entrepreneurial Lawyering, and Lawyer Ethics and Regulation in a Technology-Driven World. He has also been a visiting professor at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, where he has taught Computational Law and Rules-Driven Automation, and an adjunct professor at IE Law School in Madrid, Spain, where he has taught Assessing Artificial Intelligence and Computational Technologies. Dan has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where he has taught Negotiation as well as Legal Technology & Innovation: Legal-Service Delivery in the 21st Century.
Dan began his legal career with a one-year judicial clerkship for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James L. Ryan. After his clerkship, he joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, an Am Law 200 firm headquartered in Detroit. Dan was a litigator and member of Honigman's Automotive and Manufacturing; e-Discovery and Information Management; Commercial Transactions; and Social, Mobile, and Emerging Media groups. In 2013, Dan was elected equity partner.
Dan received his BA from the University of Michigan, received a second BA and an MA in public policy and administration from Michigan State University, and graduated magna cum laude, Order of the Coif from the University of Michigan Law School.
Before law school, Dan was an information technology manager, developer, and consultant. His work included computerizing and automating business processes, developing dynamic, data-driven websites, and building enterprise information systems.
Dan co-founded the Chicago Legal Innovation & Technology meetup group in 2014. He was named to the 2015 Fastcase 50 as a person who has charted a new course for the delivery of legal services. In 2018, Dan was inducted as a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and named an ABA Journal Legal Rebel. He is Vice Chair of the Legal Analytics Committee of the ABA Business Law Section. Dan is also a co-founder and co-director of the Institute for the Future of Law Practice.
Selected Publications
- Measuring Innovation to Drive Change and Improve Legal-Services Delivery and Access for Everyone in Legal Tech: The Digitization of The Legal Market, edited by Markus Hartung, Micha-Manuel Bues & Gernot Halbleib (forthcoming 2018).
- LEGAL SERVICES INNOVATION INDEX (Aug. 22, 2017).
- Law School Innovation Index - 11/2/2017 PROTOTYPE (Nov. 2, 2017).
- Leveraging Technology to Improve Legal Services: A Framework for Lawyers, Michigan Bar Journal 20 (June 2017).
- What We Know and Need to Know About Legal Startups, 67 South Carolina Law Review 389 (2016).
- Equitable Remedies in Michigan Contract Law, 2nd ed., edited by John R. Trentacosta (2013) (Co-authored by: Judy B. Calton).
- What Business Lawyers Need to Know About Bankruptcy Court Authority After Stern v Marshall, Michigan Business Law Journal 12 (Spring 2013) (Co-authored by: Judy B. Calton).
- What Commercial Litigators Should Know About Bankruptcy, Michigan Lawyers Weekly (Aug. 20, 2012) (Co-authored by: Judy B. Calton).
- Common-Interest or Joint-Defense Agreements: Legal Requirements, Potential Pitfalls, and Best Practices, Michigan Business Law Journal 11 (Spring 2012) (Co-authored by: Jessica M. Warren).
- The Availability of Injunctive Relief in Commercial Disputes: Clarifying Michigan’s Preliminary-Injunction Standard, Michigan Bar Journal 36 (Feb. 2012) (Co-authored by: Daniel N. Adams).
- Courts’ Treatment of Executory Contracts When Both Parties Are Debtors, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 50 (Nov. 2009) (Co-authored by: Melanie A. Van Antwerp).
- Contract Rejection Damages May Not Be Eligible for Setoff After All, Says Court, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 1 (Sept. 2006).
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