ALLA (WA) News Blog

Thomson Reuters Insight recently published a white paper entitled "The Future of the Courts." It's available for free from their website , but it's necessary to register some personal details before downloading (so you may want to check their privacy policy). The paper reviews trends in the US, the UK, and Australia with the aim of forecasting "what will the courts look like in 20 years' time?" Keep themes include: A changing context, including politics of payment for justice and professional technologies Virtualisation (virtual access to courts), online dispute resolution, and self-represented parties Automation  A data revolution Standardisation and globalisation Continuing importance of people in making courts function The paper concludes: Courts leaders need to display adaptability and foresight; they need to develop a keen understanding of the benefits of technology, both the technology available today and the new technology that wi...

From the University of Western Australia's Institute for Advanced Studies: Bringing Justice to the ‘Hood: Is There a Home for Neighbourhood Courts in Australia? A public lecture by Sarah Murray, Law School, The University of Western Australia Quoted from the event announcement : Neighbourhood Justice Courts (NJCs) are community-focused courts that harness the power and energies of the judiciary, local community and service providers to bring about better outcomes for people who come into contact with the legal system. Based on the principles of non-adversarial justice, restorative justice and therapeutic jurisprudence, the emphasis of NJCs is on problem solving and collaboration. NJCs are, in effect, a one-stop community justice hub. They create local forms of justice innovations through integrating justice personnel and service providers with residents, NGOs, local businesses, churches and schools. The integration of these support networks, alongside heightened judicial e...

A list of free Australian online legal resources has been added to the ALLA website: http://alla.asn.au/information-advocacy/free-aust-legal-resources/ Thank you to ALLA web communications committee member Vanya Taylor for creating these pages. Vanya has done a terrific job in developing a great resource for ALLA members and the general public. If you have any feedback, suggestions for improvement, or websites you would like to see added, please email webcom@alla.asn.au . Kind regards Kirsty Wilson _______________________________________________ ALLA-ANZ mailing list ALLA-ANZ@lists.alla.asn.au To change your subscription settings please visit: http://lists.alla.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/alla-anz

In a recent post from 3 Geeks and a Law Blog , Greg Lambert responds to the comments of a George Washington University Law Professor. The comments of Professor Orin Kerr were published in an interview to the National Law Journal , where he said: The lesson of the article is that you can do anything with an amazing research librarian. Three cheers for Professor Kerr. Let's face it, it's true. Without research librarians where would our library users be? Greg Lambert, comes up with a valid point though. After noting he will be "printing out, framing, and hanging [the quote] on my office wall", he asks Kerr "you're just now figuring that out??". To me, this sounds like the same problem faced here in academic law libraries every day - our staff and students not knowing what we can do for them. Queue the branding and advertising spree I'm currently in the middle of - it's all about marketing. As I've discussed previously in Academic ...

The Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ) is Queensland’s principal legal information provider, delivering innovative information services to members of the judiciary, legal profession and community. Its extensive resources span local, national and international materials, accessible online via the Library catalogue, as well as a comprehensive collection of print research materials, totalling more than 150,000 items. The Role The Research and Training Librarian works as part of a small Information Services team. This position helps to provide a high quality information service to library customers, including research assistance, general reference services and customised training provision. The Research and Training Librarian will be expected to: Provide librarianship insight and expertise that supports the Information Services team to deliver high quality customer service Provide high quality information services for members of the judiciary, legal profession and other Library...

ALLA(WA) invites members to a Mind mapping session using facilitation techniques  Manjeet Janjua (Strategic Learning Manager) from LexisNexis will present on: An introduction and understanding of the history and context behind why LexisNexis adopted the mind mapping methodology An understanding of how content is acquired during training An exploration of facilitation v instruction The key principles law librarians can apply in educating and training practitioners to utilise mind mapping in their individual research Next steps and sources of further information in how to utilise mind mapping as a progressive methodology which can be applied across organisations more generally Where : Ashurst Australia, Level 32, 2 The Esplanade, Perth When : Wednesday 6th May 2015, 8am – 10am RSVP : Luise Crisafulli (lcrisafulli@chambers.francisburt.com.au) by COB Friday 1st May. Please note this session is limited to 20 attendees. ** A light brunch will be provided courtesy of Le...

Dear ALLA members, The Call for Papers for the 2015 Law via Internet Conference, to be hosted by AustLII in Sydney in November 2015, is now at http://www.lvi2015.org/ AustLII hosted the first three 'Law via Internet' Conferences (1997, 1999, 2001), and in 2003. The 2015 Conference is now returning 'home' after a decade. AustLII would appreciate it very much if you could put a link to the Call for Papers on your websites, and/or could circulate the URL of the Call for Papers to your networks of contacts, inviting them to submit papers, and to make plans to come to the Conference. The full Conference website will soon follow, at the same URL. We look forward to receiving abstracts of your papers, and to welcoming you to the Conference in November. Best wishes, Graham Graham Greenleaf AM Professor of Law & Information Systems, UNSW Australia Web - http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~graham/   LSN - http://ssrn.com/author=57970 Twitter: ...