March 18, 2010, 1:00pm - 5:00pm 

Organized by Professor Arthur Cockfield 

In the online virtual world of Second Life, leading scholars from Canada and abroad will discuss theories about the relationship between law and technology. Appearing as 'avatars,' professors will present papers, which will be commented on by virtual commentators. Dean Jim Chen of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law will deliver the keynote speech. The conference will act as a sequel to a recent blog on this topic at http://techtheory.blogspot.com/

The conference honours the late Professor Emeritus Hugh Lawford, a global pioneer of electronic legal research who founded QuickLaw in the late 1960s. Law '93 graduates Professor Arthur Cockfield of Queen's Law, Matt Zischka, a partner at Smart & Biggar in Toronto, and Gavin Wise, Vice-President and General Counsel of HBO West Coast in Los Angeles, will pay tribute to their former professor. 

Avatar participants should go to the following Second Life location (SLURL):
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Queens%20University/73/143/26

You can watch a live streaming of this conference by accessing this webpage, which should engage your media player:
http://144.obj.netromedia.net/SLConf 

To register for the conference, please complete the form at http://orgs.educ.queensu.ca/law/. 
There is no registration fee; however, attendance will be limited by space requirements and registration will take place on a 'first come first served' basis until maximum attendance is reached. 

Agenda

Conference Papers

News Stories: 

• Canada’s first virtual legal conference to be hosted by Queen’s Law honouring electronic research pioneer
• Lawyers boot up for ‘virtual law conference' (published in the Globe and Mail and also on ctv.ca) 
• Avatars to debate autonomy: Virtual conference is a first for Canada with loss of privacy issues to be explored (published in the Toronto Star)
• Queen’s hosts law conference via Second Life (published in Canadian Lawyer Magazine)
• Queen's hosts Canada’s first virtual law conference (published on the Queen's University website)