The 2020 Virtual Law Via the Internet Conference offers 24 hours of programming on free access to the law in a changing landscape. The conference takes place on September 22 and 23, 2020, and we are pleased to draw on the expertise of more than 40 speakers from 10 countries.
The agenda will be kept up to date below. Dates and times are displayed in Eastern Time / GMT-4. Convert them to your local timezone here.
Sessions will be streamed live and available to re-watch during this multi-time zone event. Please note there are 10 minute breaks between sessions.
We look forward to having you join us for the first Virtual LVI!
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 (EDT)
9:30 am Welcome to LVI 2020
Conference co-hosts CanLII, AfricanLII and Lexum welcome all attendees to the Virtual Law Via the Internet global conference.
10:00 am Keynote Speech: Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist, journalist and technology activist. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor.
60 minutes
11:10 am The Potential of LIIs in Data Bias Mitigation
Panelists: Sarah Sutherland, Sara Frug, Kim Nayyer
70 minutes
12:30 pm Developing and Maintaining Open Casebooks
Speakers: Barton Beebe, Jeanne Fromer
30 minutes
1:00 pm #LVI2020 Twitter Break
A quick break to recharge and network with fellow attendees. We encourage live tweeting throughout the conference.
1:40 pm Exploration of User Attributes and Behaviour in Online Legal Research
Speaker: Sarah Sutherland
20 minutes
2:10 pm Legal information and ICE surveillance: The Dangerous Intersection of Legal Information Access and Human Rights Abuses
Panelists: Jacinta Gonzalez, Sarah Lamdan, Mizue Aizeki
70 minutes
3:30 pm Show Don’t Tell: Introducing Legal Concepts on YouTube
Speaker: Daniel Edelson
20 minutes
4:00 pm Virtual Chat / #LVI2020 Break
A chance to get face-time with fellow attendees and speakers around the globe.
Attendees are also encouraged to participate in the #LVI2020 conversation.
30 minutes
4:30 pm Communicating for Impact: Access to Justice and the Public
Panelists: Dayna Cornwall, Neli Karabelova, Inge Papp
70 minutes
5:50 pm Is There Notice Without Understanding: The Importance of Plain Language in Legal Writing
Speaker: Cheryl Stephens
20 minutes
6:20 pm Access to Legal Responses to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Speaker: Michele Villagran, Ulysses Jaen, Teresa Miguel-Stearns
70 minutes
7:40 pm Mapping Asian Legal Response to COVID-19
Speaker: Alex Zhang
20 minutes
8:00 pm Virtual Chat / #LVI2020 Break
A chance to get face-time with fellow attendees and speakers around the globe.
Attendees are also encouraged to participate in the #LVI2020 conversation.
30 minutes
8:30 pm Highlighting Legal Access One Podcast at a Time
Speakers: Marlene Gebauer, Greg Lambert
30 minutes
9:10 pm Copyright and Legal Texts: An Update From America
Speaker: Craig Newton
20 minutes
9:40 pm Free Access to Japanese Law and Beyond: Work on the e-Legislative Activity and Work Support System (e-LAWS)
Panelists: Shuhei Okubo, Daichi Saito, Makoto Nakamura
70 minutes
10:50 pm Closing Remarks for Day 1
Closing remarks for the day
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (EDT)
7:30 am Welcome to LVI 2020 Day 2
Welcome and reminders from the LVI Organizing Committee.
8:00 am Keynote Speech: Willy Mutunga
The Honorable Dr Willy Mutunga served as Kenya’s first Chief Justice from 2011 to 2016.
60 minutes
9:10 am Enabling Rapid, Free Access to African COVID-19 Laws
Panelists: Greg Kempe, Edith Viljoen, Mariya Badeva-Bright
70 minutes
10:30 am Building a Methodology to Extract Data from Court Decisions through Machine Learning
Speaker: Bruno Mathis
20 minutes
11:00 am Virtual Chat / #LVI2020 Break
A chance to get face-time with fellow attendees and speakers around the globe.
Attendees are also encouraged to participate in the #LVI2020 conversation.
30 minutes.
11:30 am The Gambia: Realizing the Right to Information
Panelists: Satang Nabaneh, Alieu Sowe, Bintou Jaiteh, Saikou Jammeh
70 minutes
12:50 pm Re-imagining the Government Printer in a Digital World
Speaker: Mwenda Njoka
20 minutes
1:20 pm A Glance to Free Legal Information in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speaker: Ginevra Peruginelli
20 minutes
1:40 pm Virtual Chat / #LVI2020 Break
A chance to get face-time with fellow attendees and speakers around the globe.
Attendees are also encouraged to participate in the #LVI2020 conversation.
TBD
2:50 pm AI for Law-Making
Speaker: Monica Palmirani
20 minutes
3:20 pm Decolonizing (Access to) Knowledge: Digitizing African Law and Legal Scholarship
Speakers: Olivia Lwabukuna, Mariya Badeva-Bright
30 minutes
4:00 pm Shifting Online: Perspectives from Pandemic Private Practice
Speaker: Emily Compton
20 minutes
4:30 pm Implementing ‘Rules as Code’: Modern Slavery Legislation
Speaker: Andrew Mowbray, Philip Chung
30 minutes
5:00 pm Virtual Chat / #LVI2020 Break
A chance to get face-time with fellow attendees and speakers around the globe.
Attendees are also encouraged to participate in the #LVI2020 conversation.
30 minutes
5:30 pm A New Model for Legal Publishing: Empowering Legal Professionals through Shared Content Creation
Speakers: Alisa Lazear, Deb Quentel
30 minutes
6:10 pm Law, Access, and the Open Casebook
Speakers: Kelly Fitzpatrick, Adam Ziegler
30 minutes
6:50 pm Ethical Use of Symbolic AI in Legal Decision Support Systems
Speakers: Graham Greenleaf, Philip Chung
30 minutes
7:30 pm Imagining Sustainable, Global, Open Published Legal Scholarship
Speakers: Kim Nayyer, Ivan Mokanov, Sara Frug
70 minutes
8:50 pm Closing remarks Day 2
Closing remarks for LVI