The Law Society of Ontario: This program contains 5 hours and 25 minutes of Professionalism Content
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OVERVIEW
The Legal Innovation Forum returns to Toronto on June 2, 2026, bringing together leaders from law firms, legal departments, technology providers, and the broader business community for a full-day event packed with critical insights and networking opportunities.
This year’s edition of our flagship annual forum is anchored by a bold, overarching theme: The 2030 mandate: Leading transformation in the global legal and business ecosystem.
As the pace of change accelerates, the legal function stands at a critical inflection point. Advances in AI, mounting economic pressure, regulatory divergence, geopolitical volatility, and evolving client and stakeholder expectations are fundamentally reshaping how legal services are delivered—and how risk and value are managed across businesses.
This year’s forum will explore what it takes to build resilient, data-driven legal departments and firms capable of thriving through 2030 and beyond.
PURPOSE OF THE FORUM
- Examine the critical forces reshaping the global legal and business ecosystem and how these dynamics will redefine law firms and legal departments on the road to 2030
- Explore emerging business and operating models transforming legal services, and learn how firms and legal departments can adopt agile, future-ready strategies
- Share best practices from law firms, legal departments, and third-party partners on building resilience through innovation, technology, and data-driven decision-making
- Cultivate a connected community of legal and business leaders committed to exchanging insights, accelerating transformation, and driving meaningful change across the legal ecosystem
Who’s attending
300+ high-level decision-makers from legal departments, law firms and third party partners from across Canada, the US and overseas
- Legal departments:
General counsel, associate / assistant general counsel, in-house counsel, legal operations professionals
- Law firms:
Heads of innovation and knowledge management, senior partners, COOs, CIOs, chief client officers
Tables of eight are available for purchase. Located in a premium area of the conference venue, tables offer convenience, flexibility and a significant discount relative to individual tickets. For more information contact victor@adbinsights.com
STRUCTURE
Through a series of high-impact panels and discussions, we’ll examine how technology, data, operating models, and leadership must evolve to meet the demands of a rapidly advancing global landscape.
Meet our speakers
THEMES + AGENDA
MASTERS OF CEREMONY
8:00 - 8:40 AM | REGISTRATION + NETWORKING BREAKFAST
8:40 - 8:50 AM | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
8:50-9:35 AM | THE LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE: SKILLS, CULTURE, AND GOVERNANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION
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Technology alone does not drive transformation. Leadership is key. This panel examines the skills, mindsets, and governance structures required to lead legal organizations through a sustainable transformation journey amid ongoing global disruption.
- Leadership capabilities: Skills required to lead in an AI- and data-driven environment
- Cultural transformation: Building teams that embrace innovation, agility, and learning
- Change management: Leading across generations, roles, and operating models,
- Governance frameworks: Balancing speed, experimentation, risk, and accountability
9:35 - 9:40 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 1: HARVEY
9:45-10:25 AM | INTEGRATING ECOSYSTEMS: HOW LAW FIRMS, LEGAL DEPARTMENTS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE COLLABORATING TO MANAGE THE BUSINESS OF RISK
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Today’s risk landscape is complex and ever-evolving, requiring integrated management. Discover how interconnected legal ecosystems are emerging, bringing together law firms, in-house legal teams, technology companies, and alternative service providers to share expertise, integrate capabilities, and deliver stronger, more resilient outcomes.
- Collaboration models: How are law firms, legal departments and service providers working together to drive innovation?
- Redefining value: Shared accountability for outcomes and risk—including through the lens of investor expectations on transparency, efficiency, and risk-adjusted performance
- Data and interoperability: Enabling insight through connected systems and partners
- Capital markets perspective: How investors evaluate scalability, resilience, and execution risk across integrated service ecosystems
10:25 - 10:30 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 2: clearyx
10:30 - 10:45 AM | KEYNOTE: DILITRUST
10:45-11:00 AM | NETWORKING BREAK
11:00 - 11:05 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 3: ALEXA TRANSLATIONS
11:05 - 11:50 AM | BUILDING A RESILIENT LEGAL TECH STACK: SYSTEMS, DATA, AND ARCHITECTURE FOR THE FUTURE
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Legacy systems and fragmented data limit legal’s ability to scale, innovate, and adapt. Discover how organizations can implement resilient, flexible legal tech platforms that support AI, analytics, and long-term transformation.
- Platform strategy: Transitioning from disconnected solutions to integrated legal technology ecosystems
- Data readiness: The data foundations required for AI, reporting, and decision intelligence
- Risk + resilience: Balancing innovation with security and compliance
- Change management: Building buy-in in the AI era
11:50 - 11:55 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 4: LUMINANCE
12:00 - 12:45 PM | THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF 2030: STRATEGIC, DATA-DRIVEN, AND EMBEDDED ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE
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Legal departments are moving from reactive risk managers to proactive strategic partners. This discussion explores how legal teams are using data, technology, and new operating models to embed legal insight across the business.
- Strategic positioning: Legal’s expanding role in enterprise decision-making
- Data and metrics: Using dashboards and analytics to demonstrate value and manage risk
- Enterprise integration: Aligning legal with finance, compliance, procurement, and operations
- Talent and resourcing: New skill sets, roles, and flexible delivery models
Chair
Legal Counsel and Legal Operations Professional
12:45 - 12:50 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 5: CO-FLO
12:50 - 1:40 PM | NETWORKING LUNCH
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1:40 - 2:30 PM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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2:35 - 3:15 pm | THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI: REDEFINING LEGAL WORK, DECISION-MAKING, AND CLIENT DELIVERY
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Autonomous, agent-based systems are moving AI beyond task support to actively shape legal workflows and decisions. This panel examines the current state of AI and explores the potential of agentic AI to transform legal work and add value across law firms and legal departments—while balancing ethical, regulatory, cybersecurity, and data privacy obligations.
- Current applications: Where AI adoption stands today, what’s working, and the limitations of today’s assistive tools
- The rise of agentic AI: How autonomous systems differ from traditional AI and how they can impact legal workflow and decision-making
- Client service implications: How autonomous systems are changing pricing and delivery models
- Governance, cybersecurity & data privacy: Frameworks for deploying AI responsibly, including managing data risk, protecting sensitive information, and ensuring robust cybersecurity controls
3:15 - 3:20 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 6: LITERA
3:25 - 3:30 PM | GOODLAWYER - YACHT PARTY DRAW
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3:30 - 3:45 PM | NETWORKING BREAK
3:45 - 4:15 PM | FIRESIDE CHAT | INNOVATION IN ACTION: REAL WORLD CASE STUDIES
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A candid conversation with legal leaders, revealing how innovation is being applied in practice across law firms and legal departments. Our speakers will share real-world experiences, hard-earned lessons, and practical insights on turning innovation strategy into measurable results.
- The challenges driving change: Key pressures, constraints, and barriers shaping legal innovation today
- From strategy to results: Real-world examples of innovation delivering measurable impact
- Across the legal ecosystem: Bridging law firm and in-house perspectives on change and collaboration
- Turning innovation into action: Practical lessons and takeaways for integrating technology, data, and new operating models into everyday legal work
4:15 - 4:20 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 7: LEGORA
4:25 - 5:10 PM | ESG REIMAGINED: A NEW PARADIGM EMERGES
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ESG is evolving rapidly as the nature of sustainability shifts and new risks emerge. Our expert speakers will examine how ESG is being redefined—and what legal leaders must do to navigate heightened scrutiny, uncertainty, and stakeholder expectations.
- The new ESG landscape: How ESG priorities are changing amid volatility and fragmentation
- Risk and governance: How are the risk-management tools developed for climate and societal issues now ingrained in business culture?
- Regulatory divergence: Navigating inconsistent global ESG standards and reporting
- Operational integration + data: Embedding ESG and climate data into strategy decision-making, and controls
5:15 - 5:20 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 8: LEXISNEXIS
5:20 - 6:00 PM | THE LAW FIRM OF 2030: HOW SHIFTING MODELS, ECONOMICS, AND EXPECTATIONS ARE RESHAPING THE OPERATING MODEL
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Client demands, pricing pressure, talent dynamics, and technology are forcing law firms to rethink how they operate. This panel explores how the law firm business model is evolving—and what successful firms will look like by 2030.
- Economic transformation: Alternative pricing, financial pressures, and new revenue models
- Workforce evolution: The impact of AI and automation on hiring, talent retention and career paths
- Governance and structure: Rethinking partnership models and firm leadership
- Client value: Augmenting traditional legal expertise to deliver impact through outcomes and experience
6:00 - 7:00 PM | CLOSING REMARKS + NETWORKING RECEPTION
OUR PARTNERS
PRESENTING SPONSOR
KEYNOTE partner
GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER
GOLD partners
LUNCH Partner
NETWORKING RECEPTION PARTNER
PRE-EVENT RECEPTION PARTNER
EXHIBITOR PARTNERs
COMMUNITY PARTNER
SPONSORSHIP
Partner with The Legal Innovation Forum to engage senior legal leaders and innovators shaping the future of the industry.
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