Law Via The Internet Annual Conference 2017


Conference Schedule (Subject to Change)


Thursday, October 19, 2017

TimeSessionLocation
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMFALM Business Meeting1st Floor, Baker Trial Courtroom

Friday, October 20, 2017

TimeSessionLocation
8:00 AM - 9:00 AMBreakfastLower Atrium
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMWelcome and Keynote Address: Ed Walters, CEO Fastcase
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMBreakLower Atrium
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMFirst Session  
Susan Nevelow Mart, The Algorithm as a Human Artifact: Implications for Legal {Re}SearchRoom 010
Sara Frug, Sylvia Kwakye and Nic Ceynowa, The Graph Expands: Lessons from the Docket Wrench projectRoom 020
Peter Martin U.S. District Court Opinions that Remain Hidden Despite a Congressional Mandate of TransparencyRoom 080
12:00 PM - 1:30 PMLUNCHLower Atrium
1:30 PM - 2:30 PMSecond Session
Stephen Chapman, A Case for a Caselaw CommonsRoom 010
Craig Newton, When Law Goes Viral: The Implications of Social Media for Online Law PublishersRoom 010
Linda Awuor Anticipating the "Right to be Forgotten": Initiatives by Kenya Law on the Implication of the Right on Open Access to InformationRoom 080
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBreakLower Atrium
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMThird Session
Elmer Masters, eLangdell Press: a model for sutainable OER in legal educationRoom 010
Philip Chung, Andrew Mowbray and Graham Greenleaf, New standards for case law publishing: the 'Signed by AustLII' formatRoom 020
Philip Chung, Andrew Mowbray and Graham Greenleaf, AustLII Communities: A platform for collaboratively generated contentRoom 020
Kshitiz Verma Modernization of Indian Judiciary with a Goal to Reduce Backlog of Court CasesRoom 080
6:30 PM - 8:00 PMGALA DINNERIberia Restaurant
(Transportation to be provided)

Saturday, October 21, 2017

TimeSessionLocation
8:00 AM - 9:00 AMBreakfastLower Atrium
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMWelcome and Keynote Address: Corynne McSherry, Legal Director EFF
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMBreakLower Atrium
10:30 AM - 11:30 PMFirst Session  
Elizabeth Moll, The use and perceptions of Open Access resources by Legal Academics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South AfricaRoom 010
John Heywood, Conducting a Citation and Semantic Network Analysis of International Criminal Law DecisionsRoom 010
Sophie Bussmann Sustainability of Open Access to Law Initiatives: "The African Law e-Library"Room 020
Timothy Stanley Sustainable Business Models for Free LawRoom 080
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMLUNCHLower Atrium
1:00 PM - 2:00 PMSecond Session  
Okechukwu Effoduh #Law2Go: Digital tool for facilitating free access to human rights law and legal services in NigeriaRoom 010
Daniel Hoadley, Mission Impossible? Perfecting Free Access to Case Law in England and WalesRoom 020
Frank Bennett, Jurisdiction Identifiers for Managing Multinational ResourcesRoom 080
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMBreakLower Atrium
2:30 PM - 3:30 PMThird Session  
Jessica Frank and John Mayer, A2J Author: A Decade of Using Document Assembly to Facilitate Access to JusticeRoom 010
Njeri Githang'A, Strengthening the Kenyan judicial system through the CaseBack ServiceRoom 020
Pierre-Paul Lemyre State Administrative Decisions Census: Demonstrating the Need for More OpennessRoom 080
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMBreakLower Atrium
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMFourth Session  
Sue Ann Yap, Equal access to law reports in a new publishing commons: 3 case studies from AustraliaRoom 010
Michael Lissner, PACER & RECAPRoom 020
Vivekanandan Vc DIGITAL INDIA –AUDITING JUSTICE VIA INTERNETRoom 080