Data Protection and the Internet
Christopher Millard is a Partner in the Media, Computer and Communications Group at Clifford Chance and a Senior Visiting Fellow of QMW University of London….
Litigation & DR
Computers for the Very Small Firm
Delia Venables is a computer consultant specialising in the legal area. As well as advising firms individually and writing extensively onthe Internet, she produces IT articles which she calls ‘Nuggets’ on topicslike case management, voice recognition, obtaining computer skills, Year 2000issues and similar topics. Tel: 01273 472424 or e-mail: delia@venables.co.uk. Charles Christian is a former practising barrister turnedindependent legal technology writer and analyst. He is the publisher of thefortnightly newsletter Legal Technology Insider and author of Legal Practice inthe Digital Age and the Law Society’s new book Year 2000 Compliance – alawyer’s guide to surviving the millennium bug. Tel: 01379 687518 or e-mail: info@legaltechnology.co.uk….
Beyond Clementi
Extensive research being carried out by Practical Solutions on behalf of the LSSA has examined a number of aspects of the use of legal IT but its main focus has been on wider issues. Allan Carton shares some of the first impressions and examines the potential impact of the new business structures that will probably soon become possible for delivering legal services – the “Alternative Business Structure” or “ABS”. The results of the research are being presented and discussed in early February at “The Future of Legal Practice” conference….
Using the Internet to Teach Law
Antony Smith is IT Co-ordinator at the School of Law, King’s College London. He may be contacted at antony.smith@kcl.ac.uk.He reports on a one-day seminar hosted by the CTI Law Technology Centre at theUniversity of Warwick on 22 June 1998….
Establishing a Year 2000 Claim
John Mawhood is a Partner in the IT and Telecommunications Group of Tarlo Lyons….
Book Review 1
Year 2000: Law and Liability by Susan Singleton, Sweet & Maxwell, 1998. £99.
Countdown to 2000: A Guide to the Legal Issues by Halberstam Elias & Co, Butterworths, 1998. £45…
Book Review 2
Outsourcing IT – The Legal Aspects by Rachel Burnett, Gower, 235 pages, hardback….
You missed the SCL Annual IT Law Conference – But could you afford to?
Take the SCL official test below, devised by Andy Lucas,to see if you really were justified in not attending. Andrew Lucas is asolicitor in Eversheds Birmingham computer law unit specialising innon-contentious IT law. He may be e-mailed at AndrewLucas@eversheds.co.uk….
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An Internet Marketing Strategy – Some Implications
The approach by a law firm towards an Internet marketing strategy need not necessarily differ from its approach to a conventional marketing strategy.
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Interview with Richard Susskind
Professor Richard Susskind has not only been a major influence on the development of SCL but is an outstandingly influential figure in thinking on and developments in IT and the law….