Public Innovation Roadmap
Built openly, phase by phase, over the next 5–10 years.
JVN's roadmap is public on purpose. Universities, partners and learners deserve to see where the platform is going — and to help shape it. Below is the current state of every major capability across four phases.
Phase 1 — Platform Foundation
Public-facing ecosystem and information architecture.
- Five-pillar ecosystem (Advisory, Academy, Clinic, Knowledge, Community)Live
- Founder and publications presenceLive
- Mentorship application & secure submissionsLive
- Library, Resource Centre and Knowledge Commons surfacesLive
- User-journey pages for students, lawyers, universities, governmentsLive
- Public Innovation RoadmapLive
Phase 2 — SaaS Architecture
User accounts, dashboards and multi-tenant institutional support.
- Secure user accounts and role-based permissionsBuilding
- Student, faculty and institutional dashboardsBuilding
- Digital portfolio and reflection journal systemNext
- Assessment system with calibrated rubricsNext
- Subscription & institutional licence engineNext
- Certificate issuance and verificationNext
- Learning analytics for individuals and cohortsNext
- Multi-university (multi-tenant) architectureNext
- LMS integrations (LTI / API)Horizon
Phase 3 — AI-powered Experiential Learning
AI as legal actor — not as chatbot.
- AI judge, AI client, AI witness role enginesNext
- AI mediator and AI negotiator scenariosNext
- AI policy stakeholder cast for Policy War RoomsNext
- AI reflective clinical supervisorNext
- Voice and multimodal simulation interfacesHorizon
- AI safety, ethics and academic integrity frameworkBuilding
Phase 4 — Global Federation
From a platform to a movement.
- Federated institutional partnerships across continentsHorizon
- Cross-border digital clinicsHorizon
- Open standards for clinical assessmentHorizon
- Public legal education at scaleHorizon
- JVN Press: open-access scholarshipHorizon