The Law Society of British Columbia, together with the Trial Lawyers Association of BC, the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, the ABA Law Practice Management Section together with our new conference sponsors, The Legal Marketing Association, Vancouver Chapter, the British Columbia Legal Management Association and the National General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section of the Canadian Bar Association proudly present the sixth
The only legal technology conference that directly responds to the needs of legal professionals.
The 2009 Conference is proud to present a world class program based on the technology issues and topics of greatest interest as identified by a survey of all past Conference participants. This year’s conference is particularly focused on the needs of lawyers facing trying economic times.
A founding principle of the Conference has been to let participants build the educational experience that they want and need. This year’s conference is organized along the following 6 themed tracks:
• Solo and Small Firm
• Social Media
• e-Discovery, Litigation & Mediation
• Efficiency & Effectiveness
• Applications
• Innovative and Strategic Technologies
Multi-tracked as well as plenary sessions are designed to guide lawyers, legal administrators, IT professionals, researchers, legal assistants and paralegals in effectively using technology to enhance effectiveness, efficiency and leadership in the practice of law.
Learn from the real-life experiences of Conference faculty as users, administrators and implementers of technology in law firms, network with your colleagues and take advantage of BC’s largest legal technology exhibit floor.
We proudly present Dr. Michael Geist as Keynote Speaker for the 2009 Pacific Legal Technology Conference!
Dr. Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law. He has obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School. Dr. Geist has written numerous academic articles and government reports on the Internet and law and was a member of Canada's National Task Force on Spam. He is an internationally syndicated columnist on technology law issues with his regular column appearing in the Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and the BBC.
CLE & MCLE Credits
For BC lawyers, this Conference counts towards reporting of mandatory professional development, offering 5.75 hours of Continuing Professional Development credit (all of which counts towards practice management credit)..
Lawyers from the United States will wish to note that MCLE accreditation of the Pacific Legal Technology conference for Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Minnesota has been submitted for MCLE credits
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