Peter J. Wasilko

Sadly the original conference website maintained by the conference co-organizer Professeur Christophe Roquilly is no longer available online; however the "Proceedings of the Second French-American Conference on AI and Law" were published in 1998 by EDHEC, so it may be possible to track down a hard copy.

Syracuse University College of Law

Syracuse, New York

EDHEC School of Management

France

CNRS, Centre de Theorie du Droit, Universite of Paris 10

France

Patricia Hassett,

Syracuse University College of Law Syracuse, New York USA

Daniele Bourcier,

University of Paris I0, CNRS Paris, France

Christophe Roquilly,

EDHEC School of Management France

Danièle Bourcier

University of Paris 10, C.N.R.S. France

Eric Caprioli

Legal Sciences Department, EDHEC, Expert at the CNUDCI France

Pompeu Casanovas

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Spain

Christian Derambure

Cabinet Bouju & Derambure Paris, France

Jos Dumortier

K.U. Leuwen-ICRI Belgium

Christiane Féral-Schuhl

présidente de l'Association pour le développement de l'informatique juridique (ADIJ) France

Jean Gasnault

président de JURICONNEXION France

Marie Claude Girardot

DG Information Society of the European Commission

Patricia Hassett

College of Law, Syracuse University New York, U.S.A.

Can Isik

College of Engineering & Computer Science, Syracuse University New York, U.S.A.

Marc Lauritsen

Capstone Practice Systems Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.

Jacky Legrand

University of Paris 2 France

Dider Lebon

Cabinet Triplet & Associés Lille, France

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

JFK School of Government, Harvard University Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A.

Lucien Mehl

Conseiller d’Etat, Honoraire France

Paulo Quaresma

Departamento de Mathematica, Universidade de Evora Portugal

Abdul Paliwala

University of Warwick United Kingdom

Christophe Roquilly

Legal Sciences Department, EDHEC France

Erich Schweighofer

University of Vienna Austria

Mohan Tanniru

Oakland University, Rochester Michigan, U.S.A.

Radboud Winkels

Computer and Law Department, University of Amsterdam The Netherlands

Hajime Yoshino

Meiji Gakuin Japan

Peter J. Wasilko

The Continuity Project New York, U.S.A.

Virginia Wise

Harvard Law School Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A.

Genesee

Overnight Accommodations:

October 11 - 14, 2001

Departure 10/15/01

Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center

Address: 801 University Avenue; Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone: 315-475-3000

Fax: 315-475-3311

Genesee Inn - Golden Tulip

Address: 1060 East Genesee Street; Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone: 315-476-4212

Fax: 315-471-4663

Syracuse University's College of Law

Having recently completed a major capital plan, the College of Law now offers all of the latest high-tech modern amenities while retaining a classic elegance worthy of a world class academic institution.

Classes will not be in session during the Conference, so we will have full use of these facilities.

At dusk the old and new wings of the Law School make a striking silhouette.

The Library and its professional staff maintain a perfect balance of high-tech and high-touch.

Broad corridors and inviting lounges encourage informal discussions.

The College of Law has many new academic spaces.

On-site dinning facilities complete the picture.

GOALS

This conference is designed to focus on how technology (including especially Internet and Internet-related technology) can improve the substantive quality of legal practice. This goal requires the cooperation of public and private sector lawyers, academics, professional regulators and others interested in harnessing technology for the benefit of all consumers of legal services.

The conference is also designed to provide opportunities for cross-cultural exchanges so that each legal culture can benefit from the experiences and insights gained by the use of technology in other legal cultures.

HISTORY

In April 1996, the First French-American Conference on Law and Artificial Intelligence took place at Syracuse University's College of Law. The first conference was designed primarily to bridge the gap between the designers and the users of legal expert systems. The conference also sought to explore expert system approaches that used different technologies and that captured the essence of different legal systems.

In June 1998, the Second French-American Conference on Law and Artificial Intelligence took place at EDHEC School of Management, at the Nice, France, campus. During this conference, legal academics, practitioners and computer scientists shared new developments within the field of Law and AI. The conference themes were opened to all subjects in the field of Law and Information Technologies in order to show that Law evolves with and through the machine.

CONFERENCE TOPICS:

The Conference is interested in addressing the issues generated by the intersection of evolving technologies (including especially Internet and Internet- related technologies) and substantive legal practice (in one or multiple legal cultures). These issues could include (by way of illustration, and not limitation):

• LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE: How can technology improve the substantive quality of legal services in private legal practice, in government or corporate legal departments, in the courts, and in other legal contexts? This general topic might include (again by way of illustration rather than limitation) discussions of how technology could:

  • Improve the accessibility and lower the costs of quality legal services;
  • Promote the use of plain language in the drafting of legal texts (including legislative and judicial legal texts);
  • Automate one or more tasks in the chain of tasks involved in the provision of quality legal services;
  • Enhance the accuracy of case, risk, and outcome analyses;
  • Reduce the time and accuracy burdens of preparing legal documents, of managing legal case loads, of communicating legal ideas, and of performing other legal tasks;
  • Change the role of legal publishers and other legal information providers in the provision of quality legal services;
  • Make the laws and legal experience of foreign jurisdictions more accessible to law makers and legal practitioners in the home jurisdiction (so that foreign approaches to legal problems or issues, and the success or failure of such approaches, can enrich the policy and practice of the home jurisdiction); and,
  • Otherwise improve the substantive quality of legal practice by all legal practitioners.

• EVALUATING EXISTING PRACTICES: How can technology and substantive law work together in practice? This general topic is intended to include discussions and evaluations of actual law and technology applications:

  • The nature and scope of all kinds of applications (including, for example, expert systems; intelligent agents; fuzzy logic systems; neural net systems; document assembly systems; case management systems; research systems; argumentation systems; e-mediation or cybertribunal systems; internet-based and intranet systems); and,
  • The positive and negative experiences flowing from the use of such applications.

CALL for PARTICIPATION

		Papers, Workshops, Tutorials, Panels, and Posters
							By the
				3rd French-American Conference
							on
				Technology and Legal Practice

				Friday & Saturday, 12 & 13 October 2001
			Syracuse College of Law, Syracuse, New York USA

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

* Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York
* EDHEC School of Management, France
* CNRS, Centre de Theorie du Droit, Universite of Paris 10, France

WEB SITE and LIST SERVE:

* The Conference's US web site address is:

	http://www.law.syr.edu/law-and-ai-3/

* The Conference's French web site address is:

		http://legal.edhec.com/3rd_french-american_conference.htm

	The French site can also be reached via Conference icon in the
	lower right corner of the the EDHEC home page:

		http://legal.edhec.com/

	Both sites are now open.

* Additional information about the Conference will be posted to the
	web from time to time.

* In addition, the Conference will be maintaining a list serve to
	provide email news about the Conference to subscribers.  See
	the web site for subscription instructions or send email to
	law-and-ai-3@law.syr.edu with "subscribe <your name> <your email address>" in the subject or body of the message.

CONFERENCE GOALS:

* This conference is designed to focus on how technology (including
	especially Internet and Internet-related technology) can
	improve the substantive quality of legal practice. This goal
	requires the cooperation of public and private sector lawyers,
	academics, professional regulators and others interested in
	harnessing technology for the benefit of all consumers of legal
	services.

* The conference is also designed to provide opportunities for
	cross-cultural exchanges so that each legal culture can benefit
	from the experiences and insights gained by the use of
	technology in other legal cultures.

CONFERENCE HISTORY:

	In April 1996, the First French-American Conference in Law and
Artificial Intelligence took place at Syracuse University College of
Law.  The first conference was designed primarily to bridge the gap
between the designers and the users of legal expert systems.  The
conference also sought to explore expert system approaches that used
different technologies and that captured the essence of different
legal systems.

	In June 1998, the Second French-American Conference on Law and
Artificial Intelligence took place at EDHEC School of Management, at
the Nice, France, campus.  During this conference, legal academics,
practitioners and computer scientists shared new developments within
the field of Law and AI.  The conference themes were opened to all
subjects in the field of Law and Information Technologies in order
to show that Law evolves with and through the machine.

CONFERENCE FORMATS:

	The Conference is interested in using a variety of formats for
exploring its topics (listed below).  Usual formats, such as papers,
presentation or discussion panels, workshops, tutorials,
demonstrations and posters, are invited.  In addition, the
Conference is open to proposals involving other formats (including
specifically Internet-based formats), so long as the format is
suitable for its topic.

CONFERENCE TOPICS:

	The Conference is interested in addressing the issues generated
by the intersection of evolving technologies (including especially
Internet and Internet- related technologies) and substantive legal
practice (in one or multiple legal cultures). These issues could
include (by way of illustration, and not limitation):

* LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE: How can technology improve the
	substantive quality of legal services in private legal
	practice, in government or corporate legal departments, in the
	courts, and in other legal contexts?  This general topic might
	include (again by way of illustration rather than limitation)
	discussions of how technology could:

	* Improve the accessibility and lower the costs of quality legal
		services;

	* Promote the use of plain language in the drafting of legal texts
		(including legislative and judicial legal texts);

	* Automate one or more tasks in the chain of tasks involved in the
		provision of quality legal services;

	* Enhance the accuracy of case, risk, and outcome analyses;

	* Reduce the time and accuracy burdens of preparing legal documents,
		of managing legal case loads, of communicating legal ideas, and
		of performing other legal tasks;

	* Change the role of legal publishers and other legal information
		providers in the provision of quality legal services;

	* Make the laws and legal experience of foreign jurisdictions more
		accessible to law makers and legal practitioners in the home
		jurisdiction (so that foreign approaches to legal problems or
		issues, and the success or failure of such approaches, can
		enrich the policy and practice of the home jurisdiction); and,

	* Otherwise improve the substantive quality of legal practice by all
		legal practitioners.

* EVALUATING EXISTING PRACTICES: How can technology and substantive
	law work together in practice?  This general topic is intended
	to include discussions and evaluations of actual law and
	technology applications:

	* The nature and scope of all kinds of applications (including, for
		example, expert systems; intelligent agents; fuzzy logic
		systems; neural net systems; document assembly systems; case
		management systems; research systems; argumentation systems;
		e-mediation or cybertribunal systems; internet-based and
		intranet systems); and,

	* The positive and negative experiences flowing from the use of such
		applications.

* SUBSTANTIVE TOPICS:  The Conference welcomes law and technology
	submissions in all substantive law fields, but it particularly
	invites submissions describing applications in the fields of:

	* Family Law;
	* International Law;
	* Business (including e-commerce) law;
	* Law and Technology;
	* Privacy;
	* Copyright and intellectual property rights;
	* Criminal Law; and,
	* Legal services for groups having limited resources.

	Syracuse College of Law, EDHEC, the Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique and the University of Paris 10 have
particular institutional interests in these topics and would like to
use one or more of these topics to explore the cross-cultural
implications of technology¹s intersection with law.

PROPOSAL DATES :

* 2-page abstracts (500-600 words) are requested by -

	 30 May 2001

* Replies to the abstracts will be provided by -

	 30 June 2001

* Final submission requested by -

	 1 September 2001

** Any supporting materials, like working software, video
demonstrations, etc. are requested at your earliest convenience but no
later than 1 September 2001. Please let us know now if you plan to
submit supporting media.

* Submissions should be sent electronically to:

	* Patricia Hassett [phassett@law.syr.edu],
	* Daniele Bourcier [bourcier@msh-paris.fr] and
	* Christophe Roquilly [christophe.roquilly@edhec.edu]

* See the Conference web site for additional details on submissions
	and for the process by which the submissions will be reviewed.

CONFERENCE COSTS:

* The Conference Registration fee will be $ 250 (to cover a copy of
	the conference proceedings, attendance at conference sessions
	and presentations, incidental refreshments, lunch on Friday and
	Saturday, and the Conference dinner on Friday night).

* The Conference Registration fee will be discounted by 30% for
	those presenting at the conference.

* A limited number of bursaries for students will be available.
	Interested students should check the Conference web site for
	application details.

* Lodging is not included in the Conference Registration fee.

* See the Conference web site for additional details about airport
	and ground transportation, lodging, maps, parking and other
	services and facilities.


CONFERENCE CONVENERS

   Patricia Hassett,
		Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York USA

   Daniele Bourcier,
		University of Paris I0, CNRS, Paris, France

   Christophe Roquilly,
		EDHEC School of Management, France


SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (provisional)

Danièle Bourcier, 		    University of Paris 10, C.N.R.S.,France
Eric Caprioli, 			    Legal Sciences Department, EDHEC, France,
								Expert at the CNUDCI
Pompeu Casanovas, 		    Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Christian Derambure, 		Cabinet Bouju & Derambure, Paris, France
Jos Dumortier,		        K.U. Leuwen-ICRI, Belgium
Marie Claude Girardot, 	    DG Information Society of the
								European Commission
Patricia Hassett, 		    College of Law, Syracuse University, U.S.A.
Can Isik,				    College of Engineering & Computer Science,
								Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A.
Marc Lauritsen,		        Capstone Practice Systems,
								Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
Jacky Legrand, 		        University of Paris 2, France
Dider Lebon, 			    Cabinet Triplet & Associés, Lille, France
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, 	JFK School of Government,
								Harvard University, U.S.A.
Lucien Mehl,			    Conseiller d¹Etat, Honoraire, France
Paulo Quaresma, 		    Departamento de Mathematica,
								Universidade de Evora, Portugal
Abdul Paliwala, 		    University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Christophe Roquilly, 		Legal Sciences Department, EDHEC, France
Erich Schweighofer, 		University of Vienna, Austria
Mohan Tanniru,		        Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A.
Radboud Winkels, 		    Computer and Law Department,
								University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hajime Yoshino, 		    Meiji Gakuin, Japan
Peter J. Wasilko,		    The Continuity Project, New York, U.S.A.
Virginia Wise, 		        Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A.


KEY WORDS:

Aided Legal Services; American Law; Asian Law; Artificial
Intelligence; Augmentation Research; Automation; Business Law;
CAI (computer aided instruction); Case Management; Civil Law;
Common Law; Conference	Copyright; Criminal Law;
Cross-Cultural; CSCW (computer supported cooperative work);
Cybertribunals; Digital Libraries; Document Assembly; Document
Management; E-Commerce; E-Mediation; European Law; Expert
Systems; Family Law; Foreign Law; French Law; Fuzzy Logic; HCI
(human-computer interaction); Information Retrieval;
Intellectual Property; Intelligent Agents; International Law;
Internet; Intranet; Law and Technology; Legal Analysis; Legal
Culture; Legal Ontologies; Legal Practice; Multiagent Systems;
Neural Nets; Privacy; Software Agents