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April 2008 / May 2008
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Welcome to the Society for Computers and Law

The Society for Computers and Law (SCL) is the UK's leading organisation concentrating on the development of the law and practice regulating IT. We have over 1,500 members, drawn from private practice and industry.


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SCL 8th Annual Conference: Convergence 3.0:  New Business Models, More Risk - New Law?
Friday 21 & Saturday 22 November 2008, The George Hotel, Edinburgh.  More details.....

Why Join the SCL?

  1. Full access to all the news, articles, webinars and online CPD courses available on this website  
  2. Six issues a year of Computers & Law Magazine  
  3. Significant discounts on our range of specialist training events and conferences 
  4. Claim up to twelve hours of CPD a year with our Computers & Law and webinar CPD schemes  
  5. The chance to network with peers within the legal IT sector  
  6. Become part of the development of IT law, practice and policy

 

Top stories (free to view)

  • Photographs, Privacy and Data Protection: The JK Rowling Appeal
  • SCL Essay Prize Winner
  • Lawrence Lessig’s SCL Lecture
  • Law Firm Web Site Winners, and Losers
  • The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It

    • Essential reading (members)

  • The Hot Desking Lawyer
  • Surf and Skive: Work and Play
  • The Art of Dispute Resolution in China
  • Multi-sourcing – the Death of the Prime Contractor Mega-deal?
  • Copyright in Look and Feel: The Last Shot in the Locker?

    • Booking now

    SCL Annual Conference 2008: Convergence 3.0: New Business Models, More Risk - New Law?
    21/11/2008
    Edinburgh
    The theme of our annual conference this year is convergence as it now stands in 2008. Many boundaries have gone, those that are...

    Cross-Border Internet Gambling
    20/05/2008
    London
    Online gambling generates billions of pounds in revenue and continues to grow fast. Regulation and taxation of this sector vari...

    The CDs Are in the Post...."Data Disasters and How to Avoid Them: The Seventh Data Protection Principle in Practice"
    11/06/2008
    London
    A meeting of the SCL Privacy and Data Protection Interest Group....

    Current issues in .uk domain name disputes
    19/06/2008
    Manchester
    A meeting of the SCL Northern Group...

    Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?
    22/09/2008
    London
    The Third SCL Policy Forum organised by SCL, University of Essex Law School and Herbert Smith...

    Advert for SCL Conference on Convergence 3.0

    link to training opportunities from SCL