During his experience with LawWithoutWalls, Nicolas Roque, a 3L, collaborated with the esteemed law firm White & Case, LLP, and Novartis' legal department to help a business case and prototype called LISA: an enterprise integrated application that allows employees of large multinational organizations to connect with the right internal legal support easily. Notably, Roque played a pivotal role in creating the consumer story to bring the problem that LISA solves to life. His team placed third overall in the competition.
LWOW unites law and business professionals with students from 30 law and business schools worldwide to co-create innovative solutions to problems at the intersection of law+business+technology while developing the skills essential to all professionals today.
Roque, originally from Bogota, Colombia, was raised most of his life in Miami. After obtaining a bachelor's degree from St. Michael's College in 2015, he pursued further education. He earned a Master of Legal Studies in health care law from the University of Oklahoma and a professional development certificate from the University of Florida in health care risk management.
Alongside his studies at Miami Law, Roque also serves as the corporate administrator and chief compliance officer for OpusCare, a prominent national hospice organization headquartered in Miami, Florida. Roque looks forward to returning to LWOW to contribute to a new capacity.
"Participating in the LWOW program in St. Gallen, Switzerland, was a transformative experience," Roque said. "It provided me with a unique opportunity to collaborate with professionals from diverse backgrounds and cultures, all driven by a shared commitment to innovation and the evolution of the legal profession."
The next LWOW Sprint 2024 will be held March 15 through 17 in Madrid, Spain, hosted by IE University Law School.
"Nicolas led by example as a proactive and collaborative teammate at LawWithoutWalls Sprint [the in-person three-day hackathon]," said Michele DeStefano, the founder and director of the program. "He took a keen interest in learning about aspects of inefficiencies in legal operations that could be improved with the right application of technology. He exhibited creativity in problem-solving and idea generation in the development of LISA."
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