Courts during COVID: Will Digital Innovation Stick?

In episode no. 73 my special guest is Dr Anne Wallace, Adjunct Professor La Trobe University and Deputy Director Sir Zelman Cowen Centre. We discuss:

• what first prompted Anne’s interest in technology and court processes;
• court innovations from the 1990’s and how those initiatives have progressed;
• how courts and lawyers have adapted to the pandemic;
• how close we are to a virtual court;
• advantages of audio visual links for providing evidence and what should determine whether it should be adopted more broadly;
• what currently informs court strategy and what should do so;
• court surveys and what they uncover;
• the potential for courts and researchers to work together to develop indicators to measure people’s experience;
• the potential for apps and SMS messages to assist litigants given the proliferation of mobile phone usage;
• automate and enable people to do preliminary work paired with intelligent assistance – CRT;
• the opportunity for lawyers to use technology to diversify their services and tap into the latent legal market;
• why the Victorian court’s response to the pandemic didn’t surprise her;
• courts’ awareness of the need for ‘innovation’ and the relevance of that language;
• how working with an architect and other disciplines provided Anne with new insights;
• changes in the mindset of members of the legal industry and Judges;
• how legal education could encourage multidisciplinary engagement;
• Anne’s predictions about technology in courts as we move through the pandemic;
• Imaginative dispute resolution in overseas jurisdictions; and 
• Anne’s definition of legal innovation.

Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic.

Links:

• Wallace, A and Laster, K “Courts in Victoria, Australia, During COVID: Will Digital Innovation Stick?”
• International Consortium on Court Excellence
• International Womens Day Cocktail Evening
• Neota Logic Solution Gallery
• Neota Logic
• Churchill Trust Project

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