From: Mustafa Akgul (akgul@Bilkent.EDU.TR)
Date: Fri 19 Aug 2005 - 19:17:42 EEST
2005.08.05
Virtual Bar Association Formed to Build the Rule of Law In Cyberspace
An international group of legal practitioners is launching
InternetBar.org, a virtual bar association, and its sister
educational and research institution, the InternetBar.org
Institute. The formal announcement will be made in Chicago on
August 4 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American
Bar Association. InternetBar.org has been established to serve as
a catalyst and convener of excellence, creating an online
community of trust for systematically advancing the rule of law
in cyberspace and altering substantially current legal practice
paradigms in the virtual world. It is widely believed that the
establishment of the rule of law in cyberspace is of critical
importance for the continued growth of e-commerce.
InternetBar.org will establish strategic alliances and undertake
joint programs with national, regional and local bar
associations, universities and other educational institutions and
other organizations throughout the world, in order to connect
leading entities, engage the best thinking and take advantage of
rapid advances in technology, Internet law and related
disciplines. Using the Internet and open source software,
InternetBar.org and the Institute will develop and test new
practices to achieving the rule of law in cyberspace, and
disseminate these broadly via multiple channels so that
individuals and organizations - specialists in law and justice as
well as interested non-specialists anywhere in the world - will
be able to take advantage of its programs, practice outcomes and
educational activities.
