Law firms and others are relying on friendly competition to boost their legal tech training and adoption efforts.

Emrick Donadei said participating in a hackathon gave him hands-on experience and expanded his network at Google.

Picture a hackathon. Likely you’re imagining images similar to those that come up when you search “hackathon” on Google Images: rows and rows of developers seated at tables in a hotel conference room, ...

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On a Friday evening after classes, the last thing that Vickie Angie ’13 (new media design) wanted to think about was schoolwork. “I needed a change of pace and I wanted to be creative,” said Angie.

Companies hold code hackathons to help build team spirit, learn new skills and even create valuable products. If the company has offices around the globe, some careful scheduling can create an ...

Beanie chairs, nap pods, free food, and jellybean dispensers – even playground slides between floors. The excess of some Silicon Valley offices is something that has mostly been consigned to history, ...

The rapid mobilization of hackathons to develop solutions around the COVID-19 pandemic injects new meaning to the old adage, “necessity is the mother of invention.” Since mid-March, over 53 hackathons ...

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...