Allison has a reputation as a pioneer, and is acknowledged as a leading expert in the fields of Judicial case management systems, and electronic filing. Her proven track record of delivering best practice solutions for Courtroom technology, and case preparation management systems, stems from her background as a practicing litigation lawyer, and through her work with the Court of Appeal (Qld).

Allison has a unique in-depth expertise, which enables her to not only respond to a client's needs but to anticipate them.

In March 1999, e.law Australia was launched by Bruce Grant and Allison Stanfield as an independent legal/IT Consulting organisation. Following the successful implementation of numerous legal IT projects, and the project management of two major, high profile, Royal Commissions, e.law has established its credentials as a blue ribbon service provider to the legal industry across Australia. e.law now has offices in Sydney and Melbourne and a team of 60 staff. A sample of some of e.law's recent projects includes:

• Construction, implementation and management of an electronic courtroom, document management and processing services for the HIH Royal Commission in Sydney and the Building & Construction (BCI) Royal Commission in Melbourne, and all other major state capital cities within Australia;
• Project Management of the establishment of an electronic courtroom for the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Glenbrook Rail Accident, to an exacting deadline.
• Implementation of the document management and electronic courtroom facilities in the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Death of Joseph Gilewicz in Hobart, Tasmania.
• Preparation of national data, technical and privacy standards for ATSIC;
• Consulting services to the NSW Attorney-General's Department in relation to the use of software and associated services for Technology in the Courtroom project;

Allison is currently studying towards a Master of Information Technology (Research). Allison is a Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne's Law School, Postgraduate Studies, co-chair of Legal XML Australia, and sits on the IT working committee for the Australian Law Reform Commission's review of the Federal Adversarial System. Allison has consulted on the many projects including:

• Drafting of a Practice Note on the Use of IT in Civil Litigation for the Federal Court of Australia;
• Implementation of Federal Court e-filing;
• Working with the Reporting Services Bureau (NSW) to move towards use of e-transcripts;
• Design and implementation of a case management system for the Fair Trading Tribunal (NSW).