CJ conference: Digitizing Justice

Wed. May. 15 06:00 PM - Fri. May. 17 08:00 PM
Contact: Dr. Katharina Maier k.maier@uwinnipeg.ca

Experts on the digitization of justice are gathering at The University of Winnipeg from May 15 – 17 for three days of free, public lectures as part of the conference Digitizing Justice: Law, Crime and Order in an Online World.

The conference, which is organized collaboratively by UWinnipeg’s Department of Criminal Justice and The Centre for Interdisciplinary Justice Studies (CIJS), brings together leading and emerging scholars, practitioners, and community members to examine how justice intersects with social, economic, cultural, and political life online.

The conference starts on Wednesday evening (May 15) with registration opening at 6:00 PM on the 3rd floor of Eckhardt Gramatté Hall and opening remarks at 6:40 PM. Featured speaker, Jane Bailey of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law, will give her presention "Digitization and Access to Justice: What do Privacy and Equality Have to do with Them?" at 7:00 PM. The evening will conclude with a reception sponsored by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Justice Studies.