Courts during COVID: Will Digital Innovation Stick?

<p>In episode no. 73 my special guest is Dr Anne Wallace, Adjunct Professor La Trobe University and Deputy Director Sir Zelman Cowen Centre. We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>what first prompted Anne’s interest in technology and court processes;</li> <li>court innovations from the 1990’s and how those initiatives have progressed;</li> <li>how courts and lawyers have adapted to the pandemic;</li> <li>how close we are to a virtual court;</li> <li>advantages of audio visual links for providing evidence and what should determine whether it should be adopted more broadly;</li> <li>what currently informs court strategy and what should do so;</li> <li>court surveys and what they uncover;</li> <li>the potential for courts and researchers to work together to develop indicators to measure people’s experience;</li> <li>the potential for apps and SMS messages to assist litigants given the proliferation of mobile phone usage;</li> <li>automate and enable people to do preliminary work paired with intelligent assistance – CRT;</li> <li>the opportunity for lawyers to use technology to diversify their services and tap into the latent legal market;</li> <li>why the Victorian court’s response to the pandemic didn’t surprise her;</li> <li>courts’ awareness of the need for ‘innovation’ and the relevance of that language;</li> <li>how working with an architect and other disciplines provided Anne with new insights;</li> <li>changes in the mindset of members of the legal industry and Judges;</li> <li>how legal education could encourage multidisciplinary engagement;</li> <li>Anne’s predictions about technology in courts as we move through the pandemic;</li> <li>Imaginative dispute resolution in overseas jurisdictions; and </li> <li>Anne’s definition of legal innovation.</li> </ul> <p>Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic.</p> <p> </p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/10.36745/ijca.389/">Wallace, A and Laster, K “Courts in Victoria, Australia, During COVID: Will Digital Innovation Stick?”</a></li> <li><a href= "http