La deuxième édition annuelle de la "conférence national sur le potentiel et l'impact des technologies et de l'information pour la pratique du droit" a lieu aujourdhui à Montréal, au Centre Mont-Royal, et il est tout à fait remarquable qu'en si peu de temps la conférence ait acquis autant de crédibilité auprès de la profession juridique. Sous la présidence d'honneur de Madame Jennifer Stoddart, Commissaire à la vie privée du Canada, et du Professeur Pierre Trudel, Titulaire de la Chaire L.R. Wilson; la conférence a inauguré ses travaux avec les mots de bienvenue de Me Bernard Amyot, Président de l'Association du Barreau Canadien et de Me Mathieu Piché-Messier, Président de l'Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal.

Dans son allocution de bienvenue, Me Amyot a souligné notamment comment plusieurs membres de la profession juridique ignorent encore l'impact des nouvelles technologies sur leurs obligations professionnelles, et comment cette conférence est essentielle pour mettre à niveau les connaissances des avocats dans ce domaine.

Me Piché-Messier a quant à lui dépeint la vision de l'avocat du 21e siècle – branché, informé et pleinement soutenu par les technologies modernes de l'information; et formulé le souhait que le gouvernement encourage le développement technologique dans le paysage judiciaire.

Former Legal Counsel and project director at National Defence, Government of Canada. Currently heading Government 2.0 Think Tank Inc., specialized in providing consulting services to governments in how to advance their web 2.0 agenda. You can get in touch with me at patrick.cormier (at) g2tt.com
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2 Comments on “La Conférence Leg@l IT 2008 Est Lancée”

  1. John G says:

    It was a very impressive and interesting conference, and Dominic Jaar of Slaw (and one of those blogs over on the right hand column) deserves much credit for the accomplishment. Much of the material is available at the too. There is relatively little mercy shown to the unilingual, though. Much French, considerable English, no interpretation or translation. That said, it could be an attractive destination for the bilingual with a taste for a slightly different legal-cultural take on IT and the law.

  2. John G says:

    I mwant to say "at the website too" … but my link wasn't hyper enough. Sorry.

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