Call for Proposals: ReInventLaw Dubai 2012: An ‘Un’conference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

A call for presentation proposals — with submission deadline of 15 October 2012 — has been issued for ReInventLaw Dubai 2012: “an ‘un’conference devoted to law, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship” — to be held 10 December 2012 at Media City in Dubai.

The organizers particularly welcome presentations about innovations in legal services or legal education. Presentations can take the form of 6 Minute Ignite Style Presentations or 12 Minute “TED Style” Presentations.

Registration is free.

The event Website describes the event as follows:

ReInvent Law Dubai is an “un”conference devoted to law, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Anyone interested in the future of law or technology or entrepreneurship will want to participate. Come hear about the innovative ideas generated by the highly-engaging atmosphere of the event!

The event is being sponsored by The ReInventLaw Laboratory at Michigan State University College of Law, and is modeled on the LawTechCamp London 2012 event held last summer.

For more information, please see the ReInventLaw Dubai 2012 Website.

HT @computational.

Resources for SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice

Here are resources related to SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice, being held 26-28 July 2012 at New York Law School, in New York, New York, USA.

Click here for the conference Website.

Click here for the conference program.

The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #subtech2012.

Click here for archived Twitter tweets from the conference — in .csv format.

Click here for a livestream of tweets from the conference (HT @reneeknake).

Here are posts and other resources related to the conference:

• Stephanie Kimbro: Review of SubTech2012 at New York Law School in Tweets

SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice

SubTech 2012: International Conference on Substantive Technology in Legal Education and Practice, is being held 26-28 July 2012 at New York Law School, in New York, New York, USA.

Click here for the conference Website.

The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #subtech2012.

Click here for a livestream of tweets from the conference (HT @reneeknake).

The complete conference program does not appear to be available.

ReInvent Law Dubai 2012: Unconference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

ReInvent Law Dubai 2012: Unconference on Law, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship will be held 10 December 2012 at Dubai Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE, according to an announcement at Computational Legal Studies.

The event’s organizers will be Professor Dr. Daniel Martin Katz and Professor Renee Newman Knake, both of the Michigan State University College of Law and its new ReInvent Law Laboratory.

According to the event brochure:

ReInvent Law Dubai is an (un)conference focusing on law, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Building upon the success of the recent London event, leaders in the fields of law, technology and beyond will come together to share ideas about innovation in the delivery of legal services.

This event is Free, Open and Participatory. Anyone can propose a topic. Entrepreneurs, new media/technology enthusiasts, legal professionals, social networkers, and those curious about future innovation in law and technology will want to attend.

The Michigan State University College of Law Graduate Program at MSU Dubai is a primary sponsor.

For more information, please see the announcement.

HT @computational.

June 29: LawTechCamp London

LawTechCamp London 2012 — “a BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media and technology enthusiasts and legal professionals” — will be held 29 June 2012 in London, England, UK.

The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #lawtechcamplondon.

Click here for archived Twitter tweets — in .csv format — from the event.

Click here for the conference program.

A notable characteristic of this event is that it gathers together in one place individuals from most of the different subgroups of the legal informatics community.

The event’s organizers include:

• Daniel Martin Katz, Michigan State University College of Law
• Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law
• Monica Goyal, owner and CEO of MyLegalBriefcase.com
• Lisa Webley, University of Westminster Law School
• John Flood, University of Westminster Law School
• David Allison, The College of Law
• Jon Harman, The College of Law 

HT @reneeknake.

Program Posted for LawTechCamp London 2012

The program has been posted for LawTechCamp London 2012 — “a BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media and technology enthusiasts and legal professionals” — to be held 29 June 2012 in London, England, UK.

The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #lawtechcamplondon.

A notable characteristic of this event is that it gathers together in one place individuals from most of the different subgroups of the legal informatics community.

The event’s organizers include:

• Daniel Martin Katz, Michigan State University College of Law
• Renee Newman Knake, Michigan State University College of Law
• Monica Goyal, owner and CEO of MyLegalBriefcase.com
• Lisa Webley, University of Westminster Law School
• John Flood, University of Westminster Law School
• David Allison, The College of Law
• Jon Harman, The College of Law 

HT @reneeknake.

Written Testimony at ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission February 5 Public Hearing

Written testimony submitted to the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Ethics 20/20 at the commission’s first public hearing, held on 5 February 2010 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel near Orlando, Florida, USA, is now available.

Click here for public comments on the commission’s Preliminary Issues Outline.

Here are upcoming commission events:

• April 29-30, 2010: The commission plans to meet in Washington, DC;
• June 2-5, 2010: The commission’s agenda will be the focus of
  the 2010 ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility, at the Westin Hotel, in Seattle, Washington, USA.
• June 4, 2010: A Roundtable Discussion on the commission’s work will be held at the 2010 ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility, at the Westin Hotel, in Seattle, Washington, USA.
• August 6, 2010: The commission will meet at the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA;
• August 6, 2010: A public hearing will be held at the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA;
• October 15, 2010: The commission will hold its fall meeting at the Hotel Sax, Chicago, Illinois, USA;
• October 16, 2010: A public hearing will be held at the commission’s fall meeting at the Hotel Sax, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

For more information, please see the commission’s Website.

[NOTE: Updated 1 August 2010 to correct date of August 2010 public hearing.]

Comments Available on ABA Ethics Reform Issues

Public comments on the Preliminary Issues Outline of the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Ethics 20/20 are now available.

Click here for an overview of the outline and the commission’s work.

The outline and comments will be discussed at the commission’s first public hearing, to be held on 5 February 2010 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel near Orlando, Florida, USA.

January 11 Deadline to Sign Up to Testify at ABA Ethics Commission Public Hearing

Spaces are open, with application deadline of 11 January 2010, for persons wishing to testify at the first public hearing of the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Ethics 20/20, to be held on 5 February 2010 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel near Orlando, Florida, USA.

Individuals or organizations wishing to testify are invited to contact Kimley Grant at grantk@staff.abanet.org or 312/988-5319.

For more information about the commission’s work and agenda items, many of which concern legal technology, information, or communication, please see the commission’s Website or my earlier post.

Request for Comment: Legal Ethics Reform Proposals Being Considered by ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission

[NOTE: Updated on 14 January 2010 to link to the public comments received by the commission.]

Comments are invited (please scroll down), with submission deadline of 31 December 2009, on the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Preliminary Issues Outline.

Click here to view the public comments received by the commission.

The Commission’s charge is to “perform a thorough review of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the U.S. system of lawyer regulation in the context of advances in technology and global legal practice developments. Our challenge is to study these issues and, with 20/20 vision, propose policy recommendations that will allow lawyers to better serve their clients, the courts and the public now and well into the future.”

Please email comments about the outline to: ethics2020@staff.abanet.org. Please send questions to Commission Counsel Ellyn S. Rosen at rosene@staff.abanet.org. Click here to join the Commission’s listserv.

Legal informatics researchers may be interested to note that the outline covers many of the key issues concerning the role of technology in legal practice.

Among the topics addressed in the outline are:

• Multijurisdictional practice;
• Outsourcing of legal services;
• Conflicts of interest;
• Confidential information: different rules applicable in different jurisdictions; the impact of privacy and data protection laws;
• Choice of law;
• Alternative business structures for law firms: nonlawyer owners or managers, multidisciplinary practices, publicly traded firms, etc.;
• Regulation of law firms as well as individual lawyers, and whether lawyer/law firm regulation should be more proactive;
• International arbitration;
• Issues related to technology:
• Whether current legal ethics rules inhibit technology-enabled multijurisdictional practice;
• Virtual law firms;
• Regulation of legal advice respecting law that is uniform throughout the U.S.;
• Lawyers’ use of social networking technology;
• Unbundling of legal services;
• Opensourcing of legal services;
• Online sharing of work product (i.e., “peer to peer”);
• Lawyer accountability, and transparency of information respecting lawyer regulation: providing free online access to information about public lawyer regulatory actions; lawyer rating services; access to information about regulatory actions related to non-U.S. lawyers;
• The rule of technology in access to justice;
• Technology and lawyer competence;
• Technology and inadvertent disclosure of privileged/confidential information: especially in connection with cloud computing;
• Technology and data retention;
• Protection of clients from effects of lawyers’ inappropriate use of technology, including social media;
• Technology and lawyers’ exposure to regulation by jurisdictions in which lawyers do not wish to practice.