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3rd AIJA Technology for Justice Conference
20-22 October 2002, Sydney

Technology: What can it do for you?

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20 October

6.00-8.00 WELCOME RECEPTION, Harbourside Room, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour


21 October

TUMBALONG AUDITORIUM

TUMBALONG MEETING ROOM 1

TUMBALONG MEETING ROOM 2

PROMENADE MEETING ROOM 1

9 - 10:15

(TUMBALONG AUDITORIUM)
OPENING
The Hon Bob Debus, MP, New South Wales Attorney-General

WELCOME
Justice Peter Underwood, President-Elect, AIJA

PLENARY A: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
The Hon David Hunt, AO a Judge of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia


10:15-10:45 ...............................................................Morning Tea

10:45-12:30

SESSION 1A
CASE MANAGEMENT

Convenor: Chief Justice David Malcolm, AO Supreme Court of WA

Laurie Glanfield, AM
Director-General, NSW Attorney General's Department:
Transforming court services

PLUS

Andrew Phelan, General Manager Corporate Services, Family Court of Australia: Casetrack; the Family Court of Australia's case management system

SESSION 1B
ACCESS TO COURT SERVICES

Convenor: Julie Baker, Assistant Director-General, Community and Regulatory Services, NSW Attorney-Generals Department

Dougal McKechnie, Manager, Judicial Libraries, Department for Courts, New Zealand: Court services on the Web
Court Information on the Internet (ppt)

The Use of the Internet by Courts and the Judiciary (pdf)


PLUS

District Judge Valerie Thean, Singapore Subordinate Courts: Online access to court services in Singapore (doc)

SESSION 1C
COURT CASE STUDIES

Convenor: Judge David Harvey, District Court of New Zealand

Judge Michael McInerney and Mr David Jones AM, The County Court of Victoria: The role of IT in the County Court

PLUS

Federal Magistrate Stuart Roberts: Information Technology in the work of the Federal Magistrates Service

SESSION 1D
XML AND STANDARDS

Convenor: Allison Stanfield, <e.law>

Greg Kirk, CSC: The SCAG XML forum

Stephen Foley, LiveNote: XML and transcripts

Winchel 'Todd' Vincent III, Project Director of Georgia State University Electronic Court Filing Project: XML for Real



12:30 - 2 . ......................................................Lunch and Trade Show viewing

2 - 3

(TUMBALONG AUDITORIUM)
PLENARY B
Convenor: Chief Justice Alastair Nicholson, AO Family Court of Australia

Alan Slater, Chief Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, Orange County: IT in the Orange County Superior Court, including case management, and self-help kiosks


3 - 3:30 ...........................................................................Afternoon Tea

3:30 - 4:30

SESSION 2A
INTEGRATED JUSTICE SYSTEMS

Convenor: Phillip Argy, Senior Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Derek Freeman, Barrister, Chair of Ontario Bar Association Integrated Justice Committee: The Ontario Integrated Justice System

SESSION 2B
eSERVICES

Convenor: Ms Anne Trimmer, Chair, Law Council of Australia ePractice Committee

Chief Judge Mahla Pearlman AM & Megan Greenwood, Registrar, NSW Land and Environment Court: IT at the Land and Environment Court

PLUS

Judge Alan Wilson, Southport District Court: eCourts in use

SESSION 2C
NEW LIFE FOR OLD SYSTEMS

Convenor: Justice Margaret Beazley, Court of Appeal, NSW

Greg Curry,
Director Executive & Strategic Services,
Tim McGrath, Assistant Director General, Court & Tribunal Services,NSW Attorney General's Department: Data exchange in the NSW Justice System

SESSION 2D
TECHNOLOGY AND LEGAL AID IN THE USA

Convenor: Justice Shane Marshall, Federal Court of Australia

Bob Cohen Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Orange County

Glenn Rawdon, Technology Counsel for the Legal Services Corporation

Jeanette McSkane, Orange County Superior Court

and Richard Zorza, consultant to Open Society Institute

Useful Link :Law and Justice Foundation, Online Legal Information Network seminar, 24 October 2003

5 - 6

 

(TUMBALONG MEETING ROOM 1)
DAY ONE FORUM

Convenor: Sally Kay, Information Technology Adviser, Law Society, NSW

Facilitator: Jo Sherman, Consultant

Join Jo Sherman for a drink between 5 and 6 in Tumbalong Meeting Room 1, and discuss the days' proceedings and get another chance to meet some of the presenters.

22 October

TUMBALONG

AUDITORIUM

TUMBALONG MEETING ROOM 1

TUMBALONG MEETING ROOM 2

PROMENADE MEETING ROOM 1

7:30 - 8.30


Screenings of Video of Session 1A

Screenings of Video of Session 2A


8:30 - 9:25

(TUMBALONG AUDITORIUM)
PLENARY C

Convenor: Arthur Hoyle, Court of the Future Project, University of Canberra

Professor Fred Lederer, William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, and Director, Courtroom 21 Project: Electronic courts in the age of the cyber court and immersive virtual reality

9:30 - 10:30

SESSION 3A
REMOTE COURTS

Convenor: Chief Justice JJ Spigelman, AC Supreme Court of NSW

Chief Justice Michael Black, AC, Federal Court of Australia: Remote Courts: taking the courtroom bush

SESSION 3B
SCENE OF CRIME SIMULATION

Convenor: Chief Judge Terry Worthington, District Court of SA

Paul Rutledge, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, QLD

Presentation...

SESSION 3C ELECTRONIC SERVICE BUILDING BRICKS

Convenor: Andrew Phelan

Justice Trevor Olsson and Steven Taylor Courts Administration Authority, SA: E-Filing and its Significance for the Courts and the Profession (doc)

PLUS

Dr Andrew Cannon, SM: Electronic Prelodgement processes in the Civil Jurisdiction of the Magistrate Court (doc) PowerPoint presentation

SESSION 3D
COURT TECHNOLOGY, COURTS AND MONEY; WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Convenors: Sandra Potter and Phil Farrelly, Victorian Society for Computers and the Law, Practice and Procedures Focus Group

An experienced panel will discuss the knowledge required by law firms and court administrators in dealing with issues such as taxation of costs in electronic matters, practice notes for the use of technology in civil matters and effective use of technology in dealing with courts


10:30 - 11 ........................................................................Morning Tea

11 - 12:30

SESSION 4A
INTER NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Convenor: Warwick Soden, Registrar, Federal Court of Australia

Murray Short, General Manager, Department for Courts, New Zealand and Judge David Harvey, District Court of New Zealand: Supporting case management with technology

Judge David Harvey, District Court of New Zealand: The New Zealand Courts Case Management System : A judicial perspective (doc)

Powerpoint joint presentation:New Zealand Department for Courts Case Management System (ppt)


PLUS

Per-Oystein Andersen, Director, The Norwegian State Courts IT Service: IT services in Norwegian Courts, with emphasis on the Supreme Court

SESSION 4B
THE ELECTRONIC LITIGATION LIFECYCLE

Convenor: Justice Martin Moynihan, Queensland Supreme Court

John Feneley
Deputy Director General, NSW
Attorney General's Department:
NSW technology courts

PLUS

FORUM: THE ELECTRONIC LITIGATION LIFECYCLE; COURTS AND THE PROFESSION WORKING TOGETHER

Participants:

  • Fred Lederer, Courtroom 21 Project
  • Allison Stanfield, e.law>
  • Ian Chivers, Systematics

SESSION 4C
eSERVICE AND LEGAL AID

Convenor: Richard Coates, Chief Executive Director, Department of Justice, NT

Margaret Brodie, Director of Business Services, Richard Funston, Director, Grants Division, Mary Whitehead, Business Project Manager, Electronic Lodgement Project and Wayne Gale, IT Project Manager, Electronic Lodgement Project, Legal Aid NSW: Online application processing


PLUS

John Hodgins, Director Queensland Legal Aid: Improving Legal Access to Rural and Regional Areas using Technology

SESSION 4D
LEGAL INFORMATION

Convenor : Chris Doogan, Registrar, High Court of Australia

Andrew Mowbray, Australasian Legal Information Institute ('AUSTLII')

WorldLII: A global framework for free access to high-quality law via Internet

Rafael Ricardo Jiménez Dan,
ICT Manager, Supreme
Tribunal of Justice
Venezuela:
Judicial e-services:
Venezuelan case


13:30 - 2
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Lunch

2.00-3.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 5A
NATIONAL IT POLICY

Convenor: Justice John McKechnie, Supreme Court of WA

Justice Dory Reiling, Information Manager, Council for the Judiciary, Netherlands: Developing judiciary information policy

SESSION 5B
FORUM:CASE MANAGEMENT AND eFILING

Facilitator: Tony Lansdell, Diacher Pty Ltd

THE TRUTH ABOUT E-JUSTICE (doc)

A PANEL OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS EXPOSES ALL!

COMMON MYTHS SHATTERED, REALITY REVEALED

Participants:

  • Derek Freeman, Ontario
  • Andrew Phelan, Family Court of Australia
  • Murray Short, Dept of Courts, New Zealand,
  • Steven Taylor (CAA),
  • Lynne Wade,
    Principal CORTS Development Officer NSW Supreme Court

SESSION 5C
LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Convenor: Kim Cull, President of the Law Society of NSW

Doug Humphreys, NSW Legal Aid: Youth Hotline

PLUS

Mark Burdack, Director, Law Access, NSW - NSW Attorney General's Department: NSW Call centre for legal referral



3.00 - 3:30
..........................................................................Afternoon Tea

3:30 - 4:30

PLENARY D: ACCESS AND PRIVACY & JUSTICE SECTOR INFORMATION

Convenor: Anne Wallace, Deputy Executive Director, AIJA

Chris Puplick, NSW Privacy Commissioner, and
Alan Slater, Chief Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, Orange County

Open Justice: Cui Bono? - Chris Puplick

Background Documents - Alan Slater :

Document One
Document Two
Document Three
Document Four
Document Five

4:30 - 5.00

CLOSING SESSION: WHERE TO NEXT?