Robert Shecter

About Me

I’m Robb Shecter, a social entrepreneur in Denver, CO. My startup, Public.Law, is making the law more accessible.

 LinkedIn · GitHub

My Apps

Interest Areas

  • Open data and public health
  • Developing beautiful, well made apps
  • Jazz bass

Activities & Community Involvement

  • Creator, Public.Law
  • Sustainability Award, Oregon State Bar, 2020
  • Making a Difference Award, Lewis & Clark Law School Alumni Assoc., 2012
  • Best Idea Award, CivicApps for Greater Portland, 2010
  • Musician, bass, drums, and lots more.

Publications

Law is Code and We’re Here to Open-Source It
Conference presentation with Lisa Hackenberger at Open Source Bridge (2011).


The New .CO Top-Level Domain
Swider Medeiros Haver LLP Newsletter (Sep. 14, 2010).


The Recipe for Better Legal Information Services,
Cornell Law School VoxPopuLii (Aug. 12, 2009).


Role-Based Single Sign-on with Perl and Ruby,
Linux Journal (July 1 2007).


Object-Oriented Widgets,
Java Report (Dec. 1999).


Design by Interface,
Dr. Dobb’s Journal (Feb. 1999).


Security and Authentication with Digital Signatures,
Linux Journal (Aug. 1997).

Other Projects

I dream of creating a dog-computer interface.