"Australia is so far ahead of everyone else on this stuff that it's simply not funny."

Darryl Mountain, May 2006, author of
Could New Technologies Cause Great Law Firms to Fail?

"It is my firm belief that document assembly is massively under utilized in Australia and that even firms who have 'embraced' document assembly are not using it to its full potential."

Ian Burrows, Brisbane & New York

Why attend

By attending, not only will you be able to ask the two speakers quoted above to elaborate, you will also:

• learn about the latest in precedent management and document automation tools for the desktop and the web,
• find out what is coming so you can plan for the changing legal landscape,
• be shown the very latest in approaches to document automation issues from around the world,
• learn about new solutions to old problems such as automating the creation of templates and be less dependent on programmers,
• understand precedent economics -- when to invest in a precedent,
• know how best to bill for highly automated documents,
• hear about trends in document presentation, including graphics and If/Then schedules,
• see demonstrations of new tools for analysing your documents,
• earn MCLE units

2006 marks the beginning of a new era in the use of IT in legal practice. Major IT events include:

• Office 2006 which introduces a new format WordML, a Microsoft variant of XML
• maturity of Web 2.0,
• a drift from desktop to web-based;
• acceptance of tagging, Blogs and Wikis which have relevance to precedents;
• fierce competition among mature document assembly engines, with at least 6 packages developed in Australia and New Zealand.

These technology changes are occurring at a time when there will be major changes within the legal profession which will see large corporations and IT people with document automation skills own law firms.

With the interesting array of speakers assembled, the Conference will challenge your thinking and expand your knowledge.