Natalie Anne Knowlton

Natalie Anne Knowlton was an advisor on regulatory innovation at IAALS and is Co-Founder of Access to Justice Ventures, LLC. She formerly served as the Director of Special Projects at IAALS, leading the organization’s work in family justice and regulatory reform, with expertise in access to justice issues, legal technology, self-represented litigation, case management, and public trust and confidence in the courts. She is committed to bringing deep empathy to the court users’ experience and in pursuit of that goal employs legal and empirical research and analysis, facilitates collaboration among stakeholders, and engages in national outreach and advocacy.

Knowlton is a regular on social media outlets, where she facilitates diverse and interactive public discourse on discrete issues in access to justice and innovation in the legal profession. She sits on the Justice Technology Association (JTA) Board of Advisors, is a judge for the American Legal Technology Awards (Access to Justice category), and is listed among the American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center’s 2022 Women of Legal Tech. Knowlton co-founded the Denver chapter of Legal Hackers. She is also a limited partner in Overlooked Ventures and LongJump Ventures.

Knowlton is Pragmatic Marketing Certified Level III and graduated from General Assembly’s Product Management Course. She received her JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and an MA in International Studies from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a BA in International Affairs.