_______________________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM AUSTLII http://www.austlii.edu.au/ 7 September 2001 _______________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS: Launch of the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII) Updates to World Law/Dial Law via the Internet Conference 2001 Employment Opportunities at AustLII New Databases and Resource _______________________________________________________________________ PACIFIC ISLANDS LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE (PACLII) http://www.paclii.org/ AustLII is proud to announce its involvement in the recent launch of the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, a project undertaken in association with the University of the South Pacific School of Law. The new site was launched in Vanuatu in July and will provide a valuable service to the nations of the South Pacific as a central point for the aggregation of legal information. The Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII) is a prototype system produced from data developed and published by the University of the South Pacific School of Law with assistance from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). The system is based on data obtained, edited and prepared from countries in the South Pacific by USP School of Law. AustLII provides mark-up processing, database structure, search engine facilities, and some other aspects of technical infrastructure. _______________________________________________________________________ WORLD LAW / DIAL HAS BEEN RESTRUCTURED World Law/DIAL now has a new homepage and logo at http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/ Behind the scenes we have introduced some important new changes to make World Law/DIAL easier to use: - The new World Law homepage now integrates all the DIAL (Development of the Internet for Asian Law) features and information much more closely. DIAL shortcuts, training materials, news and user list information can be found and accessed easily. - It also has a Recent Additions (for new links and categories) section and News & Announcements section and a Quick Links area to take you into specific parts of the catalog - We have standardised the terms used across all the catalog pages, starting with a new top level called 'Categories'. - A more sophisticated internal caching system makes World Law/DIAL usage much faster and more effective. - The catalog structure more fully integrates the Australian categories with the rest of the materials. We hope you like the new improved World Law/DIAL. _______________________________________________________________________ LAW VIA THE INTERNET CONFERENCE 2001 AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) will host its third conference on 28-30 November 2001. The conference will consist of two days of papers and panel discussions and an additional day of tutorials and special interest groups. It will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS This year we hope to have a particular focus on the following areas: Asian law on the Internet; community legal information; large-scale automation of legal data; standards for legal information; and use of the Internet in legal practice. Papers may be submitted on other topics dealing with internet-based legal resources. Late papers may be considered. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/conference/callforpapers.html AustLII gratefully acknowledges the support of the following organisations in supporting Law via the Internet 2001: The Lawbook Co. - A Thomson Company The New South Wales Bar Association Diskcovery Information Management Solutions Workplace Info, published by Australian Business Limited _______________________________________________________________________ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT AUSTLII We currently have a number of positions vacant at AustLII for systems and project officers. These project officers will be responsible for the development and maintenance of our Regional and International collections and Australian and secondary materials databases. We are seeking applicants with strong skills in computer science / information technology. A background in law is highly desirable. For more information go to: http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/employment/20010907.html _______________________________________________________________________ NEW DATABASES AND RESOURCES Some recent databases and resources added to AustLII: Henville v Walker [2001] HCA 52 (6 September 2001) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/2001/52.html Cubillo v Commonwealth of Australia (includes summary) [2001] FCA 1213 (31 August 2001) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2001/1213.html UNSW Law Journal - Forum - Valuing Privacy: Legal Protections and Exceptions http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLJ/2001/ Human Rights Law Resources http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/HRLRes/ Fair Trading Tribunal of New South Wales Decisions 1999- http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWFTT/ _______________________________________________________________________ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION News from AustLII is the regular email news update from the Australasian Legal Information Institute http://www.austlii.edu.au/. 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