The Challenge of the New Century
13-15 June 2001

The ILAG conference will be held at the Savoy Park Plaza International Hotel cnr Spencer & Little Collins Street, Melbourne commencing at 1700 hrs on Wednesday 13 June 2001.

Please note that participation in the ILAG 2001 closed conference is by invitation only. All participants have been invited at this point. If you have not been invited to the closed conference but would like to participate in the open meeting on Saturday, 16 June 2001, then please send us a registration form for that event (further details available by clicking here).

Wednesday - 13 June 2001

Registration

1700 - 1715 hrs

Welcome
Don Fleming and Alan Paterson

1715 - 1830 hrs

Session One: Introduction to the Conference - National Reports

Germany - Reporter: Matthias Kilian

Northern Ireland - Reporter: G Andrew Carnson and Alan Hunter

Norway - Reporter: Jon Johnsen

Republic of Ireland - Reporter: Frank Goodman

Scotland - Reporter: Lindsay Montgomery

The Netherlands - Reporter: Peter Levenkamp

United States - Reporter: Earl Johnson

Chair: Alan Paterson

1830 hrs onwards

Reception and Buffet Supper

Thursday - 14 June 2001

0900 - 1045 hrs

Session Two: Who, Why and Where?

“Needs Assessment and the Prioritisation of Legal Services in England and Wales”
Pascoe Pleasence

"Delivery of Culturally Appropriate Legal Services for Indigenous Australians"
Allen Hedger

"Assessing Legal Aid Needs in Canada" 
Ab Currie

Discussant: Jon Johnsen

Chair: John Kilwein

1045 - 1115 hrs

Coffee/Tea

1115 - 1300 hrs

Session Three: Legal Aid in the Antipodes - an Overview

"The Commonwealth Government's Role in the Australian Federal Legal Aid System"
Stephen Bourke

"The States' Perspective"
Anthony Parsons

"The New Way for New Zealand"
Patrick McCabe

Group Discussion Leaders: Francis Regan, Carolina Gilberti, Mary Anne Noone

Chair: Sidney Linden

1300 -1415 hrs

Lunch

1415 - 1600 hrs

Session Four: The Mixed Model I

"Salaried Solicitors Employed by the Legal Aid Board: The Scots Experience"
Lindsay Montgomery

"The Public Defenders of New South Wales"
John Nicholson

"Legal Aid Ontario: Experimentation, Reform and Issues in Staff Service Delivery Models"
Sidney Linden and Angela Longo

Panellist: Lee Bridges, Jane Lancaster

Chair: Earl Johnson

1600 – 1615 hrs

Coffee / Tea

1615  - 1800 hrs

Session Five: The Mixed Model II

“Legal Services Commission for England and Wales: Use of Contracts”
Steve Orchard

“Special Relationships with Selected Law Firms: Experiences in the Netherlands"
Peter van den Biggelaar

“Australian Legal Aid and the Private Legal Profession: a Healthy Alliance?”
Mary Ann Noone

Group Discussion Leaders: Ab Currie, TBA

Chair: John Hodgins

1830 hrs onwards

Dinner

Friday - 15 June 2001

0900 - 1100 hrs

Session Six: Community Legal Services

"Community Legal Service - An inter-jurisdictional comparison"
Alan Paterson

“Redgum Justice – A Parliamentary Review of  Legal Services in Rural and Regional Victoria”
Murray Thompson

Group Discussion Leaders: Richard Moorhead, Jenny Hardy

Chair: Angela Longo

1100 - 1130 hrs

Coffee/Tea

1130 - 1245 hrs

Session Seven: The Quality Agenda

“Peer Review and Model Clients: The English Experience"
Avrom Sherr

"Quality of Legal Services in Australian Family Law"
Rosemary Hunter and Ann Genovese

Group Discussion Leaders: Lindsay Montgomery, Jeff Giddings, Jeanne Charn

Chair: Joan Jardine

1245 - 1400 hrs

Lunch

1400 - 1545 hrs

Session Eight: Innovations and Alternatives                         

“Unbundling Legal Aid Services in Australia?”  
Jeff Giddings

“The Rise of Nonlawyers: Experience from England and Wales"
Richard Moorhead

“Why Legal Services Have to Change”
Randi Youells

Discussant: Roger Smith

Chair: Steve Orchard         

1545 - 1600 hrs

Closure - Where Next?

1800 hrs onwards                       

Dinner