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CE(MCLE): Electronic Litigation Support Workshop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Terry)
Fri Oct 31 20:31:29 1997
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 17:04:56 -0600
From: David Terry <dterry@uts.cc.utexas.edu>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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Space is still available for this workshop. Call or email if you'd like
me to fax or mail you a brochure.
CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINAR (CEU/MCLE)
sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science:
LEGAL INFORMATICS: ELECTRONIC LITIGATION SUPPORT
will be held on Friday, November 21, 1997 at the UT Thompson
Conference Center, from 9:00am - 4:30pm.
The registration fee is $125. A .5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
from the University of Texas at Austin will be awarded for attending
this workshop, as well as credit for 5.75 hours of MCLE from
the State Bar of Texas. This course has also been approved by the Texas
Board of Legal Specialization for certification and recertification CLE
requirements in the specialty field of Civil Trial Law, 5.75 hours.
SPEAKERS:
The speakers will be Dr. Sanda Erdelez and Martha Arthos. Dr. Erdelez
is a professor of legal informatics at the UT-Austin, Graduate School of
Library and Information Science. She has been involved with the field of
law and information technology since the early '80s, and has published and
lectured on various computer law and legal informatics topics in the US
and internationally. Martha Arthos is a legal information specialist with
the City of Austin Law Department, where she is in charge of managing the
department's information services. She currently serves on the steering
committee of the Austin Law Librarians Group and is a member of the
American Association of Law Libraries and the Michigan Bar Association.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This seminar is designed for law office administrators, information
systems specialists, attorneys (especially litigators), legal information
specialists, law librarians, and others who are interested in learning how
information technologies can be used to support litigation functions.
PROGRAM:
This seminar will first briefly introduce the participants to the issues
behind the concept of legal informatics -- a field that addresses the
application of information technologies in the practice of law.
Participants will find out how the traditional roles of attorneys, law
librarians, and systems personnel in law offices are being re-defined in
an increasingly networked, electronic environment.
Participants will be exposed to the most current electronic technologies
that are used to enhance the functions of litigation and issues arising
from their use. The specific topics include:
* Litigation support/imaging -- is it cost effective?
* Electronic filing: the federal courts are implementing -- what you
need to know.
* Brief banks, form files, and in-house research banks -- how to use
technology to help avoid re-inventing the wheel.
* Telecommuting or bringing your network with you on the road -- what
are some pointers.
The registration fee is $125. A .5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
from the University of Texas at Austin will be awarded for attending
this workshop, as well as credit for 5.75 hours of MCLE from
the State Bar of Texas. This course has also been approved by the Texas
Board of Legal Specialization for certification and recertification CLE
requirements in the specialty field of Civil Trial Law, 5.75 hours.
The registration fee is $125. A .5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
from the University of Texas at Austin will be awarded for attending
this workshop, as well as credit for 5.75 hours of MCLE from
the State Bar of Texas. This course has also been approved by the Texas
Board of Legal Specialization for certification and recertification CLE
requirements in the specialty field of Civil Trial Law, 5.75 hours.
For brochure/registration form, send your fax number or mailing address to
David Terry, dterry@uts.cc.utexas.edu, (512) 471-8806, GSLIS, SZB 564, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1276.
