Law.Gov Workshop
Columbia University
Jerome L. Greene Hall, Room 807
435 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
2/25/2010, 10AM - 3PM
REVISED DRAFT AGENDA
9:30AM - Coffee and Breakfast
10AM - Welcome and Overview of the Law.Gov Process
Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org
Tim Wu and Stuart Sierra, Columbia Law School
10:30AM - Session 1 - Update on Federal Efforts
Beth Noveck, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Executive Office of the
President
Ray Mosley, Director, Office of the Federal Register
Stephen Schultze, Associate Director, CITP, Princeton University
11:15AM - Session 2: The National Inventory of Primary Legal Materials
This session describes the National Inventory of Primary Legal
Materials, a survey being conducted by law librarians throughout the
country. What are primary legal materials? Are there copyright issues?
How does one participate?
12-1PM - Lunch
1:00PM - Session 3: Update on Technical Efforts and Discussion
Stuart Sierra, Columbia Law School
Tom Bruce, Cornell Law School
2:00PM - Session 4: Can We Crowdsource Accuracy?
Professor Tim Wu, Columbia
Clay Shirky, Shirky.Com
Accuracy is paramount in the law. Can law students, lawyers, or others
be used to help check the integrity of legal documents?
2:45 PM - Closing
Dean David Schizer, Columbia Law School
Notes:
- Stuart Sierra is organizing a dinner for the evening of 2/26.
Details will be forthcoming at the workshop.
- The workshop concludes at 3PM but some participants will be
available from 3-5PM for informal discussions and consultations.
- This agenda may change based on additional feedback from
participants.
