Volume 1, Issue 1
Chair’s Welcome Practice Edge • BioBlurb •Claiming Pitfalls in Bioinformatics Patent Applications • E-Tech Update • Judicial Neuroscience Seminar • SciTech Standards Law Update COLLEAGUE CONNECTION Learn about Section member professional updates. section news • Bylaws Revised • Nominating Committee Report • United Nations E-Contracting Convention • Register Today for ABA Annual Meeting Calendar/cle Why Virtual Worlds Matter for Lawyers Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast Tuesday, June 24th, at 1pm EST ABA Annual Meeting New York City August 7-12, 2008 Book Store If you are one of the many who have read about and heard about virtual worlds but do not really understand what a virtual world is, or even how to use appropriate terminology when discussing them, then this is the book for you. Learn more. The SciTech Lawyer The Section’s quarterly magazine features practical and timely articles on a diverse range of science and technology law issues. This issue focuses on the impact of bioinformatics. Contact Us The SciTech e-Merging News is published quarterly as a Section member benefit. Click here to join the Section. The material published reflects the views of the authors and has not been approved by the Section of Science & Technology Law, the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors of the ABA. © 2008 American Bar Association. All rights reserved.	SECTION NEWS United Nations E-Contracting Convention During an April 21st conference call the Section Council voted to send a report with recommendation to the ABA House of Delegates urging the U.S. Government to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts. The Sections of International Law and Business Law have agreed to co-sponsor the resolution and it will be go before the House of Delegates at the New York Annual Meeting. Click here to see the full report with recommendation.

Volume 1, Issue 1

Why Virtual Worlds Matter for Lawyers
Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast
Tuesday, June 24th, at 1pm EST

ABA Annual Meeting
New York City
August 7-12, 2008

If you are one of the many who have read about and heard about virtual worlds but do not really understand what a virtual world is, or even how to use appropriate terminology when discussing them, then this is the book for you. Learn more.

The SciTech Lawyer

The Section’s quarterly magazine features practical and timely articles on a diverse range of science and technology law issues. This issue focuses on the impact of bioinformatics.

The SciTech e-Merging News is published quarterly as a Section member benefit. Click here to join the Section. The material published reflects the views of the authors and has not been approved by the Section of Science & Technology Law, the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors of the ABA. © 2008 American Bar Association. All rights reserved.

SECTION NEWS

United Nations E-Contracting Convention

During an April 21st conference call the Section Council voted to send a report with recommendation to the ABA House of Delegates urging the U.S. Government to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts. The Sections of International Law and Business Law have agreed to co-sponsor the resolution and it will be go before the House of Delegates at the New York Annual Meeting. Click here to see the full report with recommendation.