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Law via the Internet '99

2nd AustLII Conference on 
Computerisation of Law via the Internet


Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) 
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 21-23 July 1999

See the Conference Home Page for Registration and other details

 

Tutorial Programme

Tutorials on legal research on the web and on building legal web sites will be offered on 21 July 1999, prior to the Conference proper on 22-23 July.

Please read the registration information  after reading the outlines below of the Tutorials. The tutorial times are on the registration form.

Legal Research on the Web

This half day (3 1/2 hour) Tutorial provides a moderately advanced approach to legal research using the internet, with an emphasis on legal research resources available via AustLII.

The content of the Tutorial includes:

  • An introduction to AustLII's new interface
  • Advanced browsing features of the new AustLII
  • Advanced search features of the new AustLII
  • An introduction to other major Australian law resources on the web
  • A strategy for world-wide legal research using AustLII's World Law facility
    • By the time of the Conference, AustLII will have introduced a new interface to both its Australian databases and its World Law/Project DIAL facility. The Tutorial will be valuable both for those who have limited experience in internet legal research and for more experienced users who wish to become familiar with AustLII's new interface and features.

    The Tutorials will be taught by AustLII staff members including Philip Chung, Andrew Mowbray, Daniel Austin, and Siobhan McCann.
     

    An Introduction to Building a Web Site for Law

    This whole day (7 hour tutorial) is designed to cater for those who have relatively little experience (or none) in developing web pages, but does contain a considerable amount of content for those with more experience with web page construction who wish to know more about law-specific features. Some familiarity with browsing and searching the web is assumed.

    The morning session covers creation of web pages with links to legal resources. The afternoon session covers the use of an experimental approach in building small knowledge-based systems (sometimes called 'expert systems') on the web using software developed at AustLII ('wysh').

    The content of the Tutorial includes:

  • Creation of a basic personal home page, law firm page or law subject page.
  • Creating links to legal rescues on the web.
  • Automation of hypertext links to AustLII's legislation and cases using 'UserMark'
  • Creating 'embedded searches' over law resources from your pages
  • Building small knowledge-based systems on the web using AustLII's wysh software
    • An online and print set of tutorial papers will be used, and attendees will be able to use these resources to develop their skills after completion of the Tutorial.

    For the duration of the tutorial, attendees are provided with web publishing space on one of AustLII's servers.

    The Tutorial will be taught by AustLII staff members Graham Greenleaf and Russell Allen.