Programme

Theme: digitisation in legal practice
The overarching theme of the conference is digitisation in legal practice. Conference chair and Professor Legal philosophy and Legal ethics Iris van Domselaar explains: ‘There is a lot going on about that theme. Not only what digitisation means for the work processes of legal professionals but also for professional ethics and access to law. The beauty of this conference is the comparative law perspective. Speakers from different countries talk about developments in their own countries.

Keynotes:

• Lucia Ling Ket On, Director Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Amsterdam
• Jeroen Soeteman, Incoming dean The Netherlands Bar
• Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger - University Professor in Law and Digital Technology, University of Amsterdam
• Dr. Sam Muller - Founding Director of The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL)
• Prof. John Morison - Professor of Jurisprudence, Queen’s University Belfast
   

There will also be two roundtable discussions:

• 'The Independence of the Judiciary: Lessons from Poland' with Prof. Dr. Marc de Werd (University of Amsterdam), Prof. Dr. Kees Sterk (University of Maastricht), Prof. Scott Cummings (UCLA) and Monika Frackowiak
• 'The Legal Profession and the Climate Crisis' with Prof. Steven Vaughan (University College London), Prof. Dr. Birgit Spiesshofer (University of Bremen), Danny Hoekzema (Law for the Climate Foundation), Dr. Nicky van Dijk (Milieudefensie) and Prof. Anita Ramasastry (University of Washington)
   

Download the complete 3 day conference programme (pdf)

Please note that some minor changes may be made.