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Law via the Internet 2001
3rd AustLII Conference on
Computerisation of Law via the Internet
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia,
28-30 November 2001
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| Program details for the Third AustLII Computerisation of Law via the Internet 2001.
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| Conference Day 1
- 29 November, 2001 |
| 8:00 |
Registration - UTS Law Faculty Foyer, Markets Campus, UTS |
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Plenary Session 1
- Chair: Graham Greenleaf
Moot Court, Ground Floor, UTS Law Faculty,
Markets Campus, UTS |
| 9:00 |
Conference Welcome
Dean of the Law Faculty of UTS, Professor David Barker
and Dean of the Law Faculty of UNSW, Professor Paul Redmond. |
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| 9:15 |
Opening Speech
The Hon Michael Black AC, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia. |
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| 10:00 |
WorldLII: A global approach to Legal Information Institutes
Andrew Mowbray (AustLII) |
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| 10:30 |
Morning Tea - Law Faculty Courtyard |
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Plenary Session 2
- Chair: Andrew Mowbray (AustLII)
Moot Court, Ground Floor, UTS Law Faculty,
Markets Campus, UTS |
| 11:00 |
CanLII 2000-2004 - a Canadian Model for a LII
Daniel Poulin (Canadian Legal Information Institute) |
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| 11:30 |
IT and Transformations in Legal Practice and Education in Japan
and Australia
Makoto Ibusuki (Professor, Kagoshima University Faculty of
Law and Policy)
Luke Nottage (Barrister and Senior Lecturer, University
of Sydney Law Faculty) |
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| 12:00 |
World Law: Finding law after Google
Graham Greenleaf, Philip Chung and Russell Allen (AustLII) |
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| 12:30 |
Keeping statutory law current, historical , free and
useful - the Hong Kong experience
Allan Roger (Manager of Information Technology and Resources, Department
of Justice, HK) |
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| 1:00 |
Lunch - Law Faculty Courtyard |
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Parallel Session
1A - Impact of the Internet on Legal Practice (I) - Chair: Russell Allen
(AustLII)
Moot Court, Ground Floor, UTS Law Faculty,
Markets Campus, UTS |
| 2:00 |
Three Case Studies from the Coal Face - Transforming
the Delivery of Legal Services
Margot Faraci and Petra Stirling (Blake Dawson Waldron) |
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| 2:20 |
Legal Service Providers as Application Service Providers
Brent Fisse and Damien Piper (Gilbert and Tobin) |
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| 2:40 |
Security and Authentication for the Court Process
Sally Kay (Law Society of NSW) |
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| 3:00 |
New Zealand Courts in the Information Age
Judge David Harvey (District Court Judge, Otahuhu, New Zealand) |
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| 3:20 |
Afternoon Tea - Law Faculty Courtyard |
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Parallel Session
1B - Pathways to Legal Information (I) - Chair: Armin Wittfoth (AustLII)
Room 329, Level 3, UTS Law Faculty, Markets
Campus, UTS |
| 2:00 |
Managing secondary legal resources on AustLII
Madeleine Davis (AustLII) |
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| 2:20 |
Weblaw: A subject gateway to Australian legal resources
Clare Cappa (WebLaw Coordinator, University of Queensland) |
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| 2:40 |
Communications Law Centre: Oz NetLaw the Internet Law Practice of
the CLC
John Corker (Communications Law Centre, Manager of Oz
NetLaw) |
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| 3:00 |
Law Handbook Online case study
Di Thompson and Catherine Irving (SA Legal Services Commission) |
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| 3:20 |
Afternoon Tea - Law Faculty Courtyard |
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Parallel Session
2A - Impact of the Internet on Legal Practice (II) - Chair: Russell Allen
(AustLII)
Room 329, Level 3, UTS Law Faculty, Markets
Campus, UTS |
| 3:40 |
Magistrates Court Electronic Lodgment
Steven Taylor (South Australian Courts Administration Authority) |
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| 4:00 |
Electronic Pre-Lodgment
Andrew Cannon (Magistrate - Magistrates Court of South Australia) |
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| 4:20 |
Exceptional Service Demanded by Legal Users
Peter Barker (Law4u) |
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| 4:40 |
Panel: The Impact of the Internet on Legal Practice
Michael McHugh (NSW Bar Association)
Margot Faraci (Blake Dawson Waldron)
Damien Piper (Gilbert and Tobin)
Brent Fisse (Gilbert and Tobin)
Russell Allen (AustLII)
Peter Barker (Law4u)
Dr. Friedrich Schwank (Law Offices Dr. F. Schwank, Austria)
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| 5:30 |
Close Day 1 Sessions |
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Parallel Session
2B - Asian and Pacific Law on the Internet - Chair: Graham Greenleaf (AustLII)
Moot Court, Ground Floor, UTS Law Faculty,
Markets Campus, UTS |
| 3:40 |
Re-Architecturing Online Caselaw - Legal Research
in Singapore
Ken Hwee Tan (Asst Director, Singapore Academy of Law) |
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| 4:00 |
Human Rights and the Internet: A Case Study of Comparative Case
Law in Asia Robyn Emerton (Research Assistant Professor, University
of HK) |
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| 4:20 |
Judicial and Court Information through the Internet
Dougal McKechnie (Manager Judicial Libraries at the Department
for Courts, New Zealand) |
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| 4:40 |
Panel - Asian and Pacific Law on the Internet
Priscilla Leung (Associate Professor of City University of Hong Kong,
CEO isinolaw Research Centre)
Makoto Ibusuki (Professor, Kagoshima University Faculty of Law and
Policy)
Ken Hwee Tan (Asst Director, Singapore Academy of Law)
Robynne Blake (PacLII)
Tony von Brandenstein (Executive Officer, Treaties Secretariat,Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade) |
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| 5:30 |
Close Day 1 Sessions |
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| 7:30 Conference Dinner
- Level 1, Customs House, Barnett Long Room |
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| Conference Day 2
- Friday 30th November |
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Plenary Session 3
- Chair: Andrew Mowbray (AustLII)
Moot Court, Ground Floor, UTS Law Faculty,
Markets Campus, UTS |
| 9:00 |
Legal Publishing in the Internet Era
Forrest Rhoads (Westlaw) |
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| 9:30 |
The Federal Court of Australia - Electronic filing and the ecourt
online forum
Philip Kellow (Federal Court of Australia) |
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| 10:00 |
About time: legislation's forgotten dimension
Tim Arnold-Moore (Multimedia Database Systems, RMIT) |
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| 10:30 |
Researching law on the Internet: the H.G. Wells perspective.
Practical time travel Christoph Schnelle and Andrew Bateman
(Timebase) |
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| 11:00 |
Morning Tea - Law Faculty Courtyard |
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Parallel Session
3A - Teaching Law Using Internet Resources - Chair: Philip Chung (AustLII)
Room 329, Level 3, UTS Law Faculty, Markets
Campus, UTS |
| 11:30 |
Using Pathways in Teaching Corporate Law
Abe Herzberg, Deborah Jones and Phillip Lipton (Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology) |
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| 11:50 |
The Role of the Internet in the LLB: Some lessons from Adelaide
Bernadette Richards (Electronic Resources Specialist, The University
of Adelaide) |
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| 12:10 |
Are first year university students adequately skilled to use the
e-learning tools incorporated in their courses?
Bill Childs (Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney) |
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| 12:30 |
Panel - Teaching Law Using Internet Resources
Donna Buckingham (Faculty of Law University of Otago, NZ)
Bill Childs (Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney)
Phillip Lipton (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
Robyn Emerton (Research Assistant Professor, University of Hong
Kong) |
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| 1:00 |
Lunch - Marigold Restaurant, Chinatown |
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Parallel Session
3B - Commercial Legal Publishing in a Cut-Price World - Chair: Gordon Finlayson
(AustLII)
Moot Court, Ground Floor, UTS Law Faculty,
Markets Campus, UTS |
| 11:30 |
Case Study: Australian Business Limited's New
Publishing Approach
Rose-Anne Manns (Australian Business Limited) |
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| 11:50 |
EBusiness strategies for Law Firms - which One is Right for you?
Jamie Wodetzki and Jason Harrop (Speedlegal) |
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| 12:10 |
Panel: Commercial Legal Publishing in a Cut-Price World
Michael Orrick (Thomson Legal and Regulatory)
Forrest Rhoads (Westlaw)
Rose-Anne Manns (Australian Business Limited)
Greg Wildisen (Diskcovery)
Jamie Wodetzki (Speedlegal) |
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| 1:00 |
Lunch - Marigold Restaurant, Chinatown |
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Parallel Session
4A - Technical Challenges in Online Legal Information - Chair: Andrew Mowbray
(AustLII)
Moot Court, Ground Floor, UTS Law Faculty,
Markets Campus, UTS |
| 2:30 |
Towards a uniform representation of multi-jurisdictional
legislation-like instruments
Armin Wittfoth (AustLII) |
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| 2:50 |
CanLII 2000-2004 - Technical Strategy
Ernst Perpignand and Daniel Poulin (Canadian Legal Information
Institute) |
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| 3:10 |
AustLII's AIDE: Implementing rulebase systems
Russell Allen (AustLII) |
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| 3:30 |
Citation Standards and Linking Rules
Pearl Rozenberg (School of Business, Faculty of Economics
and Business, University of Sydney) |
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| 3:50 |
Afternoon Tea - Law Faculty Courtyard |
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Parallel Session
4B - Pathways to Legal Information (II) - Chair : Takao Hasuike(AustLII)
Room 329, Level 3, UTS Law Faculty, Markets
Campus, UTS |
| 2:30 |
Edge - a big step in delivering better public services
Martin Kos (Centrelink)
Lisa Foreman (Department of Family and Community Services) |
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| 2:50 |
The Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC): providing pathways to
legal information for the community
Sue Walden (LIAC) |
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| 3:10 |
New Opportunities for Pro Bono Support - The Lawstuff Cyber
Volunteer Program
Louis Schetzer (Director and Principal Solicitor, National
Children's & Youth Law Centre) |
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| 3:30 |
Marketing Access to the Law via the Internet
Peter Foster-Bunch (www.LegalAccess.com.au) |
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| 3:50 |
Afternoon Tea - Law Faculty Courtyard |
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| Closing Panel - Chair:
Graham Greenleaf (AustLII) |
| 4:20 |
Closing Panel - Is There a Future For Free Legal Information?
Daniel Poulin (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
Graham Greenleaf (Co-director, AustLII)
Andrew Mowbray (Co-director, AustLII)
Ruth Ward (South Africa Constitutional Court Library Consultant)
Ken Hwee Tan (Asst Director, Singapore Academy of Law)
Allan Roger (Manager of Information Technology and Resources,
Department of Justice, HK)
Michael Orrick (Thomson Legal and Regulatory)
Robynne Blake (PacLII)
Michael Rubacki (NSW PCO) |
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