In April the ABA Journal reported on a lawyer seeking crowdfunding for an estate-planning game. The lawyer behind the game is Stephanie Kimbro, an estate-planning practitioner and pioneer in law practice technology. The game is Estate Quest, a mystery/time-travel adventure where players take on the role of a detective who investigates the cases of people who died without estate plans. By traveling into the decedents' past, players uncover clues about what should have been included in the missing estate plans.
Kimbro sought crowdfunding throught Rockethub.com. According to her blog, Virtual Law Practice, Kimbro went the crowdfunding route because she wanted to "make this a game that’s free for the public to play and learn about
some basic estate planning concepts. I’m also doing this to learn about
how the crowdfund process might be used for other legal services related
projects."
What Kimbro may have learned about crowdfunding is that the crowd isn't interested in educational legal games. The funding period for Estate Quest ended on May 1, and the project received $2,110, well short of the $20,000 that Kimbro requested.
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