InternetBar.org welcomes the distinguished representatives of the African Legal Community to our conference. This inlcudes the involvement of 8 Bar organizations in Africa, the Attorney General of Lagos state, Nigeria and several major African media organizations.

E-Lawyering:

• Will Web-enabled Document Automation Disrupt the Legal Profession? An On-Line and Off-line Discussion

  Featuring Richard Granat and Marc Lauritsen, Co-chairs of the eLawyering Task Force of the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section and Daryl Mountain, a practitioner and consultant, who is also a member of the Task Force.

  The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA is sponsoring a roundtable discussion on this topic at their Quarterly Meeting at the Loew's Hotel in Philadelphia, Saturday. October 22, 11 am to 1 pm. This on-line discussion is designed to complement and supplement that real-time, in-person discussion in Philadelphia. This on-line discussion will last for 30 days, from October 17. 2005 and end on November  17,  2005.

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• Online Best Practices
  

  Presentation by Hilary Rowen, Esq., chair of ABA TTIPS e-commerce committee with online interactive Best Practices table being developed by the Schidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology of the University of Washington Law School.

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• InternetBar.org Africa Committee Forum
  

  Moderated by Ayo Kusamotu, Kusamotu & Kusamotu, Lagos State, Nigeria

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Ethics:

• Ethics and Trust in a Networked Society
  

  Featuring Tamar Frankel, Professor of Law, Boston University and author of a new book, Trust and Honesty. America's Business Culture at a Crossroad (2006)

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• The State of the World, the Law and Lawyer in the 21st Century
  

  Featuring Ramon Mullerat, a lawyer in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, Former President of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union. Moderated by Joseph P. J. Vrabel, Esq. and featuring an expert panel of lawyers.

  
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Watch www.internetbar.org and ODR.info for more details about the upcoming Cyberweek, but mark the dates on your calendar now. The programs will be available 24 hours a day during Cyberweek, so you can participate wherever you are. There is no fee to participate, so join us to help shape the future of law in a networked society.



Sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution and InternetBar.org.