AI is not going to be the biggest change in your practice, it is already the biggest change in your practice. To be future proofed you must be AI savvy. Ensure that you and your team are adopting it effectively. Explore how AI can be applied in a legally sound and commercially practical manner, helping you streamline processes, increase productivity, strengthen client outcomes, and manage risk.
Are you addressing risk and liability in your practice? What due diligence measures do you have in place to ensure these tools are used ethically, responsibly, and efficiently.
Professional Skills
1.00pm to 2.00pm AI Skills for Property Lawyers Intensive
Led by Professor John Swinson of The University of Queensland – a recognised authority in AI, technology and privacy law – you will gain practical take-aways on current and emerging uses of AI including:
- Practical tools to support time and workflow management
- Key privacy and cybersecurity considerations
- Integration strategies and marketing database compliance
- API and tech stack structures relevant to legal practice
- The evolving regulatory and ethical landscape in Australia
Take the opportunity to attend to acquire new knowledge, benefit professionally and add value to your practice.
Presented by Professor John Swinson, BA LLB LLM, The University of Queensland; Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyle's Guide 2023, Best Lawyers 2023: Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Commercial Law; Information Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law; Privacy and Data Security Law
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Kim Boettcher, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Presenters
Kim Boettcher, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Kim is a Barrister at Frederick Jordan Chambers in Sydney. Prior to coming to the Bar, she practised as a Solicitor in commercial and civil litigation law in England and Wales, New South Wales and Queensland. More recently, she was a Solicitor at the Seniors Rights Service, an independent legal centre and regularly attended the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing in New York as a civil society representative. Kim was appointed to the NSW Minister of Fair Trading's Retirement Villages Advisory Council in 2013 and also to the Minister's Expert Committee on Retirement Villages Standard Contract Terms and Disclosure Documents in 2011. Kim was a Member of the inaugural Legal Services Council in 2014 and reappointed from 2017-2020. She is a past Treasurer of the International Commission of Jurists Australia and was appointed to the NSW Bar Association’s Succession and Protective Law Committee in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Professor John Swinson, BA LLB LLM, The University of Queensland
John Swinson's principal interests are intellectual property law, Internet law, privacy law, cybersecurity law and the application of law to new technologies. John commenced as a part-time professor at the T.C. Beirne School of Law in November 2017. John graduated from the T.C. Beirne School of Law in 1998 with a University Medal. He also has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in computer science from The University of Queensland and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School where he studied as a Fulbright Fellow and a Frank Knox Scholar. From 1999 until 2017, John was an adjunct professor at QUT. John was a partner at the law firm King & Wood Mallesons from 1999 to 2021. He was also Chairman of the auDA Policy Review Panel, which made recommendations to the auDA Board to revise Australia's domain name policies in 2019. Since 2000, John has been an arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, and has decided over 350 disputes regarding the ownership of domain names.
