At the SoLI conference held yesterday on April 30 on Vanderbilt Law School’s campus in Nashville, not just once, but quite often, speakers and attendees alike showed what humans armed with collaboration and technology can accomplish. Organized by Vanderbilt Law’s Program on Law & Innovation (PoLI), SoLI—the Summit on Law & Innovation—was creative, exciting and energetic.

The event drew faculty from prestigious law schools across the nation, successful legal technology entrepreneurs, practicing lawyers from law firms and corporations of all sizes, and media. All were attracted to SoLI’s theme of “Breaking Down Silos and Building Connections.” Law schools, law firms, corporate legal departments and legal tech companies all have much to learn from each other so SoLI set out to eliminate barriers and foster discussion about what they can accomplish together by pooling their considerable resources.