Futures Frequency* is a future-focused workshop designed to expose and challenge our assumptions about the future of work in the legal profession and how we shape it. And empower us to act now to imagine and ideate the future we wish to see.

The annual Summit on Law + Innovation (SoLI) exists to bring people together who are passionate about innovating across the legal spectrum to #MakeLawBetter. Sponsored by Vanderbilt Law's Program on Law + Innovation, SOLI is about creating a moment that will lead to a movement, to connect the silos of legal practice, legal education, and legal technology to make law better in measurable ways. For the theme of SoLI 2021, we chose Futures Frequency. Because it has never been more important for us to be intentional and proactive in shaping the future we wish to see in the legal profession.

Through the collaborative workshop process, participants will build an understanding of how to engage in future-oriented thinking, challenge their conceptions about the future, imagine preferred futures, and establish a clearer picture of what kind of future they want to champion and how.

*Futures Frequency is a method of future forecasting and action-making created by Sitra, a Finnish organization independently funded and reporting to Finland's Parliament, that collaborates with partners from different sectors to research, trial, and implement bold new ideas to shape a sustainable future. SOLI 2021's workshop is based on Sitra's Futures Frequency method and we're grateful to Sitra for creating and sharing it as an open-source resource anyone can use to imagine and create a better future, starting today.

The challenge:
The year is 2050. What does our work in the legal profession look like? How are we preparing lawyers for this work?