Docacon 2020 took place on June 25 and 26, 2020. The focus this year was hands-on training.
For videos of the training sessions, see the schedule below.
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Thursday, June 25, 2020, 9:00 to 12:00 EDT
This was a hands-on training for users with substantial experience using docassemble. It was conducted by Jonathan Pyle. Topics included how docassemble logic works, how you can write questions that override other questions, and how to allow the user to review and edit answers while maintaining logical integrity.
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 13:00 to 13:45 EDT
This session served as our opening plenary. It featured an announcement about the Merlin Legal Open Source Foundation followed by screenshare presentations from three lawyers who use docassemble.
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 14:00 to 15:00 EDT and 19:00 to 20:00 EDT
The docassemble community primarily uses Slack to ask questions and get help from peers with tricky situations. At these two sessions, we used Zoom to do the same thing.
Friday, June 26, 2020, 9:00 to 12:00 EDT
This training was designed for people who have no experience or some experience with docassemble. It was conducted by Sam Harden and Quinten Steenhuis.
Friday, June 26, 2020, 14:00 to 15:00 EDT
Docassemble lets you gather lists of objects, as well as dictionaries and sets. Using declarative "question" and "code" blocks, you can gather any arbitrary data structure. It can get complicated, though. This training session, conducted by Jonathan Pyle, explained how group gathering works.
Friday, June 26, 2020, 16:00 to 17:00 EDT
In keeping with tradition, Docacon wrapped up with a social hour, this time in a Zoom session rather than at a bar.
Attorney and Legal Technology Consultant
Attorney, Philadelphia Legal Assistance
Adjunct Professor and Clinical Fellow, Suffolk University Law School
Docacon 2020 was originally planned as a one-day, in-person conference in Tampa, Florida on June 26, 2020. The conference was moved on-line due to COVID-19.
Docacon 2020 was the third annual conference of the docassemble user community. The web sites for the prior conferences are archived here.