FYI. Looks like a really good conference (not just because I am a panelist). Patrice McDermott OpenTheGovernment.org From: Mary Beth Dalton [mailto:medalt@xxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:38 PM To: medalt@xxxxxx Subject: REGISTER NOW - SPACE LIMITED: Fifth Conference on Privacy and Public Access to Court Records, March 22-23, 2007 P.O. Box 3050 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-3050 (757) 221-2494 . Fax: (757) 221-3708 clct@xxxxxx January 24, 2007 Dear Colleague: On Thursday and Friday, March 22nd and 23rd, 2007, with the assistance of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Center for Legal and Court Technology (formerly the Courtroom 21 Project) will host the Fifth Conference on Privacy and Public Access to Court Records in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the Conference, which will bring together policy makers from the state and federal courts, judges, law professors, access and privacy advocates, and others involved in efforts to develop policies on public access to court records. We encourage you to forward this invitation on to others who have interest in this area. All are welcome to participate. This will be a working conference designed to promote exchange of information and wide-ranging discussion of the issues among the participants. The Conference will feature two full days of presentations and discussions on topics including: Recent developments in state court public access and privacy policies and rules Emerging issues and challenges related to implementation of court record access policies Court records in the broader context of debate over access to public records The interplay between electronic access to court records and commercial databases of personal information The effect of enhanced access to courtroom proceedings on the privacy/access balance Recent developments in public access to family court records The Conference will take place in William & Mary Law School's McGlothlin Courtroom. The home of the Center for Legal and Court Technology, the McGlothlin Courtroom is the world's most technologically advanced courtroom and a proper symbolic venue for discussing these issues. An optional presentation of the Courtroom and its implications will be part of the Conference. The Conference has been planned in cooperation with the National Center and with the support of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Attached is a tentative agenda. Please let us know if you have trouble opening the attachment and we would be happy to send it in another format. Due to the generous support of our sponsors, including Lexis-Nexis, the conference registration fee is $195. An optional dinner in the Great Hall in William & Mary's Christopher Wren Building will be available on a first come first served basis Thursday evening at an additional cost of $50 per person. Registration can be accomplished online at http://www.legaltechcenter.net. Logistical questions can be addressed to conference coordinator Mary Beth Dalton at (757) 221-2494 or by email at medalt@xxxxxxx Rebecca Hulse (rghulse@xxxxxx), and Bob Deyling (Robert_Deyling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) are also available to answer questions. We have reserved rooms for conferees at the Woodlands Hotel and Suites, a Colonial Williamsburg hotel at the special rate of $88 per night plus tax. Please note that these rooms will be held through February 1, 2007. Call 800-261-9530 to make your reservations and refer to booking code COUCO7A. Transportation from the conference hotel to the law school and dinner will be provided. Williamsburg is served by three airports. Both Norfolk and Richmond have large, full service airports and each is about 50 minutes from Williamsburg (though traffic between Norfolk and Williamsburg is often congested). The Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport is about twenty-five minutes from Williamsburg and is served by Air Tran, Delta and USAir commuter flights. Shuttle service is available from the first two airports but not from Newport News-Williamsburg. We very much hope you will join us to discuss these important issues. Sincerely, Fredric I. Lederer Chancellor Professor of Law and Director Center for Legal and Court Technology
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