This webinar will focus on a discussion and demonstration of OpenLaw NZ that can provide online help in finding and analysing large volumes of legal information, e.g. court decisions, in New Zealand.

OpenLaw NZ is a new and free legal research platform. Its purpose is to help increase availability and accessibility of online legal information freely to the public: https://www.openlaw.nz/

Presenters for this webinar are Co-Founders of OpenLaw NZ:

• Andrew Easterbrook (also, Associate at WRMK Lawyers): https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreweasterbrook/
• William Parry (also, Technologist, Manager, Open Source): https://www.linkedin.com/in/javagoogles/

Chair: tbc

Zoom host: Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles, TeLENZ lead, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato

Note: OpenLaw NZ is a grantee for research funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation. Collaborators for this research project are Tom Barraclough and Curtis Barnes. Lead researcher Tom Barraclough says, “The core goal is to develop automated tools that greatly reduce the time and expertise necessary to conduct legal research, both academic and practical. Insights that would once have required a team of legal researchers working many hours will be attainable by lay people in a fraction of the time.” See: https://www.lawfoundation.org.nz/?p=10672.

TeLENZ will be arranging a second, follow-up, webinar in upcoming months about the OpenLaw NZ research project .

About TeLENZ

TeLENZ is the Law Foundation-funded ‘Technology in Legal Education for New Zealand’ Project. TeLENZ is a nationwide collaborative initiative that facilitates the further integration of Information Technology-related content into core legal undergraduate education.

The TeLENZ Project involves all New Zealand law faculties/schools and is led by Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles (Jun 2015 - Feb 2020 Dean of Law, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato): https://telenz.nz/