LexUM / CanLII

LexUM thanks sponsors, speakers and all participants to the 4th International Conference on Law via the Internet.

Sponsors

The Department of Justice Canada The Government of Québec: Le Ministère de la Culture et des Communications Le Ministère de la Justice The Legal Information Access Center L'Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie L’Institut des nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la formation Quicklaw The Legal Research Network The Association of Canadian Court Administrators La Chambre des notaires du Québec La Société québécoise d’information juridique Thompson Carswell Wilson & Lafleur Irosoft

Partners

The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice The Law Commission of Canada The Federation of Law Societies of Canada The Canadian Association of Law Libraries The National Judicial Institute The Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals Educaloi


Proceedings

The Conference proceedings are now avalaible :
Chronological Index
Alphabetical Index



Attendees from diverse fields

Judges and adjudicators were also present. In the usual order : Bertrand du Marais (Conseil d'état), Denis Laliberté (Montréal municipal court), Michel Bastarache (Supreme Court of Canada), Charles Gonthier (Supreme Court of Canada), Gabor Nagy (Supreme Court of Hungary) and Rémi Bouchard (Cour du Québec)
Librarians and Information specialists. In the usual order, Rick Leech (Manager of the Alberta Provincial Court Libraries), Karen MacLaurin (Executive Director & Librarian of the County of Carleton Law Association), Janine Miller (Director of Libraries at the Law Society of Upper Canada) et Louise Hamel (Manager of the Judges' Library Ontario)
Publishers - iBistro Demo presented by Josée Lemoine of the Legal Information Access Centre (CAIJ)

Diversified Topics

Online Publishing and Privacy
Strategies regarding Access to Legal Information in Developing Countries
Evidence by Digital Documents
Technical aspects to online legal publishing

A banquet

Speech given by Jacques Frémont
Speech given by the Honourable Michel Bastarache
An unforgettable speech by the pioneers of the Cornell University Legal Information Institute, Peter W. Martin et Thomas R. Bruce
Two co-directors of Legal Information Institutes which followed: Graham Greenleaf, Co-Director of AustLII and Daniel Poulin, Scientific Director of CanLII

Speeches by representatives of Justice Departments

Speech by Louis Borgeat, Deputy Minister in charge of the Direction générale des affaires juridiques et législatives, representing the department of Justice of Quebec
Speech by The Honourable Martin Cauchon, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Meeting with the minister of Justice. In the usual order : Ejan Mackaay (Public Law Research Centre director), Daniel Poulin (LexUM director and conference chairperson), the honourable Martin Cauchon (Canadian Minister of Justice), and Jacques Frémont (Dean of the University of Montréal's Law Faculty)

Leisure and work spaces

The Computer Education Partnership kiosk in the Judges' Lounge
The Internet room
The Mont-Royal foyers, an area set aside for breaks, meals and dialogue

The faces behind the organization

The faces of CanLII, Janine Miller, CanLII Project Manager and Daniel Poulin, Scientific Director
Daniel Poulin, Conference Chairperson and Head of LexUM
Some LexUM faces
Vincent Gautrais, coordinator and rapporteur for the sessions reserved to judges and adjudicators and Karim Benyekhlef, coordinator and chairperson for the plenary sessions on integrated justice systems

Contact us: conf2002@lexum.umontreal.ca
Updated on October 25, 2002
Monique Stam, Conference Director
LexUM CanLII