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The Peter A. Allard School of Law

2023

Regulation

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The Legal Innovation Sandbox, Cristie Ford, Quinn Ashkenazy Jan 2023

The Legal Innovation Sandbox, Cristie Ford, Quinn Ashkenazy

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"The Legal Innovation Sandbox" examines a novel regulatory approach, called the innovation sandbox, in the context of the legal profession. The paper makes the claim that the “sandbox” regulatory model is in fact better suited to fostering innovation in the legal services arena than it is in the financial technology, or fintech, arena in which the sandbox concept developed. However, any effort to transplant a technique from one context to another needs to be carefully considered. This article is comparative across disciplines – financial regulation and legal services regulation – and across jurisdictions – covering the United Kingdom, the United …


The Legal Innovation Sandbox, Cristie Ford, Quinn Ashkenazy Jan 2023

The Legal Innovation Sandbox, Cristie Ford, Quinn Ashkenazy

All Faculty Publications

"The Legal Innovation Sandbox" examines a novel regulatory approach, called the innovation sandbox, in the context of the legal profession. The paper makes the claim that the “sandbox” regulatory model is in fact better suited to fostering innovation in the legal services arena than it is in the financial technology, or fintech, arena in which the sandbox concept developed. However, any effort to transplant a technique from one context to another needs to be carefully considered. This article is comparative across disciplines – financial regulation and legal services regulation – and across jurisdictions – covering the United Kingdom, the United …