Earlier this week I was in Montreal for the third annual Legal IT law and technology conference, speaking about building a web presence for lawyers with fellow panelists Steve Matthews of Stem Legal and Kevin O’Keefe of LexBlog.

It was a pleasure speaking with them–only my second time meeting Steve in person despite our close working relationship, and my first time meeting Kevin after talking back and forth with him online for a few years. Our presentation style was informal, where we talked casually, answered questions, and showed examples of helpful networking websites such as LinkedIn, Twitter and various blogs. The audience members I spoke with seemed to quite enjoy it.

I was interviewed by Lisa Kennelly of LexBlog about the conference. See the interview over at the LexConference blog - Live from Legal IT 3.0: Connie Crosby of Crosby Group Consulting. An excerpt from the interview:

Lisa Kennelly: What were your overall impressions of the conference?

Connie Crosby: It was my first time attending, and I was only there for part of day one, but I found it extremely informative. I took lots of notes at the sessions I did attend. In some ways it was a wake-up call for me and others that it is time to really practice what we preach and really start using the electronic tools at our disposal.

While there, I also live-blogged a couple of sessions over at my personal blog http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com:

• LegalIT 3.0: 90+ Legal Tech Tips in 90 Minutes
• LegalIT 3.0: Achieving the Paper LESS (TM) Office

Congratulations to Dominic Jaar, Xavier Beauchamp-Tremblay and the other conference organizers on an excellent conference.

- Connie

Photo credit:  Kevin O’Keefe, used with permission.

Canadian legal technology conference Legal IT 3.0 is coming up on April 20 & 21 in Montreal.  Connie Crosby will be speaking on a panel the Monday morning with Steve Matthews and Kevin O’Keefe about how lawyers and law firms can go beyond having a website to build a better web presence. Dominic Jaar is once again heading up the organizing committee and has put the program together along with Xavier Beauchamp-Tremblay.

It is the largest and the most important event of the year in Canada on information technology for law. Dozens of experts from Canada and internationally (United States, France and Australia), including the keynote speaker Ronald J. Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab, will be there. In addition to me and Steve Matthews, will also see other Slaw folk including Simon Chester, and of course Dominic Jaar and Xavier Beauchamp-Tremblay.

There will be 32 sessions to choose from, with something for most types of practice and areas of expertise.

Date : April 20 and 21 2009
Time : 8:00 am to 5:30 pm, followed by cocktails
Location : Montreal (Centre Mont-Royal, Metro Peel)
Fees : from $400 to $667
Free sessions are also offered
Details and registration: www.legalit.ca

See also:

Slaw post: Dominic Jaar’s write up for Legal IT 2.0 in 2008

Slaw post: Patrick Cormier’s write up just after Legal IT 2.0 in 2008