Objective

This one-day online seminar will discuss practical implications of using digital technology in family law cases which often involves vulnerable parties and will therefore need special attention within the digitalisation of justice.

Key topics

• Legal tech in family law – and how it affects the lawyer’s work
• Digitalisation of family courts, paperless systems and remote hearings
• Online divorce and ODR
• e-Codex and the digitalisation of justice systems
• Artificial intelligence in family matters
• Experiences abroad

Who should attend?

Family lawyers, lawyers in private practice and notaries involved in family litigation, judges, ministry officials, representatives of NGOs and children’s rights organisations, academics.
 

Speakers

Bregje Dijksterhuis, Assistant Professor, UCERF, Molengraaff Institute for Private Law, Utrecht University

Cristina González Beilfuss, Professor at the University of Barcelona

Joanna Guttzeit, Judge at the District Court Berlin; Liaison Judge of the International Hague Network of Judges and the EJN in Civil and Commercial Matters

Markus Hartung, Lawyer, Mediator, The Law Firm Companion, Berlin

David Hodson, Solicitor, Mediator, Arbitrator, The International Family Law Group, England; Part Time Family Court Judge, London; Visiting Professor at Leicester University and the University of Law

Annette Kronborg, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Odense

Alan Larkin, Director, Head of Innovation & Technology, Family Law Partners, Brighton

Bérénice Lemoine, Administrator, Council of the European Union, Brussels

Ulrike Meising, Family Lawyer, Mediator, Sankt Wolfgang

Yuko Nishitani, Professor at Kyoto University

Xavier Thoreau, Administrator, Council of the European Union, Brussels

Interactive online seminar

The online seminar will be hosted on the Zoom videoconferencing platform. The highest security settings will be applied to ensure that you can participate actively in the best-quality videoconferencing environment available. You will be able to interact immediately and directly with our top-quality speakers and other participants. We will make the most of the technical tools available to deliver an intensive, interactive training experience.