Lee Glickenhaus

11-lee-glickenhausAlthough Lee Glickenhaus has not practiced law since 1997, his family and friends will tell you that the lawyer in him is still very much alive. A graduate of Oberlin College, Lee received his law degree in 1983 from Boston University School of Law where he participated in every moot court competition he could find and was, among other things, lead speaker for BU’s 1983 National Moot Court team. He practiced as a litigator, first with Gaston & Snow and later as an associate and member of Mintz Levin. During those years, he handled a range of commercial and environmental matters, with an emphasis on insurance coverage disputes for environmental liabilities.

In 1994 he began playing with the Internet and never looked back. He left the practice of law in 1997 to start T Lex, Inc. which develops Extranets – private and highly customized web sites designed for case and knowledge management. These sites are used primarily for corporate law departments to work more efficiently with outside counsel to manage a portfolio of litigation, but have also been used by lead counsel to coordinate with local counsel to manage national toxic tort cases such as asbestos and Fen-Phen. T Lex also runs TrialJuries, an online mock jury system, and created the Massachusetts Legal Exchange, an early research and social network for Massachusetts lawyers.

For several years, Lee was a Commissioner of the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission where he was Co-Chair and Chair of the Web & Technology Working Group. More recently, he has continued to work with the Commission on a more ad hoc “utility outfielder” basis.

For his fellowship project, Lee will be working with Rosie’s Place to help create and administer MassLawLink. Rosie’s Place, founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States, provides a safe and nurturing environment that helps poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity, and find security in their lives. MassLawLink will provide support and information to social service workers who are frequently asked by their clients for legal information in a broad range of subject areas. It will include a Q&A section where questions will be answered by others site users, including legal/subject matter experts, a clearinghouse for information about training programs and sessions, and access to other content-rich legal websites and resources.