2020
News
Heather Scheiwe Kulp & Amy J. Schmitz - Real Feedback from Real People: Emphasizing User-Centric Designs for Court ODR
Heather Scheiwe Kulp and Amy J. Schmitz review the standards for the use of Online Dispute Resolution in courts by questioning users who have experimented the system. As online dispute resolution (ODR) systems become increasingly popular and prevalent, especially for court cases, those of us considering and setting standards for ODR find ourselves wondering what […] Read more
Events
École d’été du Laboratoire 2020
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Blog
An Interactive Guide to the Blockchain, Part V – A Virtual Currency
We have now learnt how the blockchain establishes consensus, and how miners compete against each other to confirm the latest block. However, the question remains – why would miners do this? And how can this blockchain be used to create a virtual currency? This is what we will learn today, in this final blog post. Read more
In the medias
12 jurés dans un box en temps de pandémie – Commentaires du Pr Vermeys
05/29/2020 Nicolas Vermeys
With the resumption of criminal trials in front of a jury as of June 1, the judicial system in Quebec will face several logistical challenges. In particular, issues related to the use of videoconference during thoses various trials. In this article, Nicolas Vermeys - Assistant Director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory - shares his expertise in […] Read more
Cyberjustice Web Conferences
Building a Programmatic Caselaw Noteup feature at CanLII
Speakers : Xavier Beauchamp - Tremblay - President and CEO CanLII Frédéric Pelletier - VP Legal Information, Lexum & Head editor of CanLII In January 2020, CanLII deployed an improved version of its note-up technology. The objective of the new system is to provide users with indicators that a decision in the CanLII collection was "discussed" in a […] Read more
Cyberjustice Web Conferences
CLEO’s direct-to-public Guided Pathways for Powers of Attorney
Speakers : Erik Bornmann - Staff Lawyer at CLEO Carl Abrahamson - A2J Services Analyst at CLEO Judith A. Wahl - Barrister and Solicitor at Wahl Elder Law Hear about CLEO's new Guided Pathways for Powers of Attorney that people can use to make or cancel Powers of Attorney ("POAs") for property or personal care. […] Read more
Videos Cyberjustice Web Conferences
Assermentation par des moyens technologiques
Web-conference in french only. Speaker : Me Marie-Claude Sarrazin - Sarrazin+Plourde During this web conference, Me Marie-Claude Sarrazin, Associate Lawyer, will give a lecture on technology-based procedures and remote administration of oaths. Host: Hélène Gavrilovic et Jie Zhu, research assistants at the Cyberjustice Laboratory To watch it again : Read more
Blog
An Interactive Guide to the Blockchain, Part IV – Mining and Consensus
Yesterday, we learnt how to create an immutable chain of blocks of information, by linking them together with hashes. Today, we will explore how this is being used to create consensus between all participants in a huge user network which is the correct version of a blockchain. Read more
Blog
An Interactive Guide to the Blockchain, Part III – A Chain of Hashes
Yesterday, we learnt about cryptographic hashing. Today, we will use this concept to tie multiple blocks of data together, in a chain. This can be used to be sure that no one has changed a previous block. Read more
Blog
An Interactive Guide to the Blockchain, Part II – Hash Functions
Yesterday, we explored the problems that a blockchain has to solve in order to create a decentralized currency (cryptocurrency). Today, we will start delving into the technical side of the blockchain, starting with one of the most important concepts – the cryptographic hash function. Read more
