Conference on Practicing Law in a Virtual World
As readers of this blog know, I am a big fan of the internet virtual reality world, Second Life®. I plan to write many more posts about Second Life over the next year as I will be the incoming president of the Second Life Bar Association with my term beginning in February 2010.
For now, I would like to highlight an upcoming conference that will be held on Second Life that is being sponsored by the Second Life Bar Association and the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association. The conference will be about practicing law in a virtual world. It will take place on November 14, 2009 from 12:00-3:00 p.m., (pacific standard time). There will be two sessions divided into broad topic areas led by lawyers who are members of our association and experienced in issues relating to virtual law:
Session 1: Practice Issues Unique to the Virtual World Setting
Daniel Perry – ‘DanielPerry Laa’
Virtual Law Teams
James Bryce Clark -'JamieBryce Infinity'
Privacy and Security
Stephen Davies – ‘Little Gray’
Dispute Resolution, Civil Rights
and
Session 2: Substantive Issues in a Virtual World
Craig Abrahamson – ‘Lexis Looming’ Contracts and Business Transactions
Stephen Wu – ‘Legal Writer’ Intellectual Property Rights
The conference is free but you do need to RSVP ahead of time. For more details about the conference and how to register, you may check the "Practicing Law in a Virtual World" conference page of the SL Bar Association's NIng website. Hope to see you there.
