Law Via the Internet 2001

Law via the Internet 2001
3rd AustLII Conference on
Computerisation of Law via the Internet
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 28-30 November 2001

Tutorial Program

Tutorials on legal research on the web and on building legal web sites will be offered on 28 November 2001, after the Conference proper on 28-29 November.

Please read the registration information after reading the outlines below of the Tutorials. The tutorial times are on the registration form.

Legal Research on the Web

This half day (3 1/2 hours) Tutorial provides a moderately advanced approach to legal research using the internet, with an emphasis on legal research resources available via AustLII.

The content of the Tutorial includes:

An introduction to AustLII's databases

Advanced browsing features of AustLII

Advanced search features of AustLII

An introduction to other major Australian law resources on the web

A strategy for world-wide legal research using AustLII's World Law facility

The Tutorial will be valuable both for those who have limited experience in internet legal research and for more experienced users who wish to become familiar with AustLII's more advanced features.

The Tutorials will be taught by AustLII staff members.

An Introduction to Building a Web Site for Law

This half day (3 1/2 hours) is designed to cater for those who have relatively little experience (or none) in developing web pages, but does contain a considerable amount of content for those with more experience with web page construction who wish to know more about law-specific features. Some familiarity with browsing and searching the web is assumed.

This tutorial covers creation of web pages with links to legal resources. It also introduces the use of an experimental approach in building small knowledge-based systems (sometimes called 'expert systems') on the web using software developed at AustLII ('aide').

The content of the Tutorial includes:

Creation of a basic personal home page, law firm page or law subject page.

Creating links to legal rescues on the web.

Automation of hypertext links to AustLII's legislation and cases using 'UserMark'

Creating 'embedded searches' over law resources from your pages

An online and print set of tutorial papers will be used, and attendees will be able to use these resources to develop their skills after completion of the Tutorial.

For the duration of the tutorial, attendees are provided with web publishing space on one of AustLII's servers.

The Tutorial will be taught by AustLII staff members.

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