What is Legal Design Thinking?

Maybe you have heard and read before about Legal Design Thinking. If you already exactly know what it is, how you can use it and what it can do for you(r business), stop reading. But if you’re curious and open-minded to learn more, this post is there for you. We will explain (our vision on) Legal Design Thinking in a clear, visual and easy to understand way.

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September 1, 2020

Maybe you have heard and read before about Legal Design Thinking. If you already exactly know what it is, how you can use it and what it can do for you(r business), stop reading. But if you’re curious and open-minded to learn more, this post is there for you. We will explain (our vision on) Legal Design Thinking in a clear, visual and easy to understand way.


We will discuss:

  • Legal Design Thinking: the definition
  • Why using Legal Design Thinking
  • The impact of Legal Design Thinking

Legal design thinking: the definition

Legal design thinking is the cross-discipline ofLegal Thinking, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking, User Experience (UX) Design,Pro-active Law, Co-creation and Plain Legal Language. We use these disciplines to enhance the human friendliness of understanding and applying the law, since the law is meant to create order in society and make a peaceful living and working environment for everybody.

In one sentence we would define Legal Design Thinking as:

“Understanding the context and needs of people interacting with law to adjust mindset, documents, processes and services that deliver legal empowerment and access to justice for all.”

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