Participant Biographies Karine Bates, Associate Professor, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada [email protected] Karine Bates is an Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Université de Montréal. After having completed a combined Undergraduate program in civil law and common law (B.C.L., LL.B.) at McGill University, in Montréal, Canada, she pursued her studies in law and legal pluralism through the perspective of legal anthropology. In 2005, she obtained a Ph.D. in Arts (Anthropology) from McGill University. In 2007 she completed a post- doctoral program at the Department of Anthropology, Université́ de Montréal. Her main research themes are: legal anthropology, access to justice, women’s rights in India, ethnography of tribunals, law and rituals. Karim Benyekhlef, Director, Cyberjustice Laboratory, Montréal, Canada [email protected] Karim Benyekhlef is a Professor at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Centre de recherche en droit public (Université́ de Montréal). He is also the Head of the international research project Towards Cyberjustice. This research project is multidisciplinary and international and made up of 30 researchers. Its purpose is to ensure that the administration of justice takes advantage of advances in technology and networking to facilitate access to justice. Claude Bourbeau, Principal, Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes Inc., Montréal, Canada [email protected] Claude Bourbeau, Senior Principal Architect Associate, was at the helm of Beauchamp and Bourbeau from 1985, serving as lead designer and environmental coordinator. He became Head Environmental Coordinator and Integrated Design Leader in 2005 when his firm merged with Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes. The designer of many public works, M. Bourbeau has been responsible for a multitude of residential, institutional and office projects. In the past years, he has been working on high security buildings, including national police headquarters, detention centres, national defence buildings and courthouses. Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes is one of the major firms in Canada and is located in Montréal. Marie-Bénédicte Caumette, Directrice de Programme, Agence publique pour l'immobilier de la Justice (APIJ), Paris, France [email protected] At 23, I graduated as a civil engineer and in 2002, I obtained my first job at the Ministry of Equipment (Human Resources Department) where I was in charge of the posting and the mobility of young graduate civil engineers. I then joined the Public Property Agency of the Ministry of Justice. For four years, I worked as a Project Leader as part of a team whose job was to build Court Houses and Penitentiaries. In 2008, I was promoted Director of Projects overseeing a team of Chiefs of Projects. David Chekroun, Professor, ESCP Europe, Paris, France [email protected] David Chekroun is a Tenured Professor of Business Law at ESCP Europe and Global Research Fellow at NYU school of Law. A Doctor of Laws of the Sorbonne Law School, he lectures International Business Law, Transnational Litigation and Comparative Law. David Chekroun was involved in workshops with legal experts that aimed to improve the systems of Judicial Review in Civil and Criminal proceedings of several European countries and organises conferences on Criminal & Civil justice in Europe. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Think Tank « Conventions » from the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs & the Institut des hautes études sur la justice. His research interests are mainly International Business Law and Judicial Studies. Judge Colin Doherty, National Executive Judge, District Court, Christchurch, New Zealand [email protected] Colin Doherty is a Kiwi. He is a Judge of the District Court of New Zealand, an Alternate Judge of the Environment Court and a Justice of the High Court of the Cook Islands. He has been an Associate Judge of the High Court of New Zealand and a temporary Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa. 1 He is currently the National Executive Judge of the District Court and over the last 15 years has held a number of senior administrative positions including Acting Chief District Court Judge. Colin has had a long interest in Courts’ architecture and systems and has attended several Courts of the Future programmes. Since the February 2011 Christchurch earthquakes he has chaired the Judicial Reference Group for Earthquake Recovery of the Courts and is a member of the Steering Committee for the implementation of the Christchurch Justice and Emergency Services Precinct. Colin has presented papers at seminars and workshops in NZ, Australia, Canada and Spain. Justice James Douglas, Judge, Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia [email protected] Justice James Douglas was appointed to the Queensland Supreme Court in November 2003. Before then he spent 27 years in practice as a barrister in Queensland, becoming a Queens Counsel in 1989. He was President of the Bar Association of Queensland from 1999 to 2001 and previously chaired the Queensland Theatre Company and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Advisory Board. He is a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and of the American Law Institute, reflecting his interest in other legal systems and comparative law. He is also a committee member and former president of the Alliance Française de Brisbane Inc. He is married to Margaret Douglas, a literary agent. They have two adult children. Harold Epineuse, Secrétaire Général Adjoint, Institut des Hautes Études sur la Justice (IHEJ), Paris, France [email protected] Harold Epineuse joined the Justice Reform Practice Group in the Legal Vice-Presidency of the World Bank in November 2010, in a Counsel position opened by the French Government. He is now acting as Alternate Senior Knowledge Officer, in charge of the knowledge, training and research agenda of the Legal Department. Appointed Coordinator in the “Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development” secretariat, he is in charge of three thematic working groups on: Justice and Rule of Law Reform, Law and Economy, Governance and Anti-Corruption, and the development of external relations with potential partners and counterparts. He has ten years’ research and practice experience in a variety of jurisdictions from Western, Central and Eastern Europe, North America, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as from North and East Asia – regions where he worked on either procedural reforms or justice institutions development. Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked for ten years at the Institut des Hautes Études sur la Justice (Institute for Advanced Judicial Studies, in Paris) where he carried out several comparative research programs on Justice, and developed a consultancy activity on legal and justice affairs for international organizations, governments and both international and national courts. Appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Institute, he continues to contribute to its activities from Washington and to the development of a research, training and consultancy agenda on Justice Policy. His recent expertise in the field has been in justice sector assessments or project identifications, the negotiation of governance reforms, institutional capacity development, human resources management, the design and implementation of judicial ethics instruments, accountability policies and educational programs, court technology and justice environments. He is regularly asked to give lectures and to take teaching assignments in universities and judicial training organizations from different countries, and to take part in interdisciplinary research teams. He has enjoyed participating in several knowledge dissemination activities in the past; the most novel were the production of a weekly radio broadcast on legal affairs, script writing for filmed documentaries, and an art exhibition on justice. Robert Fisch, Sr. Vice President, CGL RicciGreene Design Group, New York, USA [email protected] Robert Fisch, a nationally-recognized expert on court facilities, leads the courts planning and programming activities at RicciGreene Associates. Recognized primarily for his practical application of analytical planning methods for unique project requirements, he is seasoned in working within the complex environment of inter-agency relationships on major public projects. Mr Fisch is known for his success in facilitating consensus regarding owner, user and legislator priorities. 2 As a strategic thinker, Mr Fisch has expertise in master planning, operational and needs assessment, space programming, staffing & caseload analysis, special organization and pre-design alternatives. Having completed more than fifty projects in the last twenty-five years, he has an extensive knowledge of court design best practices, including the application of new technologies in court operations. Mr Fisch is very active in his local community planning and development initiatives, and has served as the Board President for Main Street South Orange (NJ), a not-for-profit development agency. His courts master planning and programming projects include: Brampton Courthouse Study and Master Plan, Brampton, Ontario Travis County Court System Master Plan, Austin, TX Bergen County Court Complex, Hackensack, NY Kings County Criminal Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY Bronx Family and Criminal Courthouse, Bronx, NY Staten Island Courthouse, Staten Island, NY Karine Gentelet, Coordinator, Cyberjustice Laboratory,