Mastering regulation and compliance: designing, implementing and delivering an effective strategy

  • Free to attend
  • Under consideration by the Law Societies of BC & ON

Managing regulatory compliance requirements is a key pain point for many legal departments. Regulatory requirements can often be opaque, complex and changeable. To address these challenges, many legal departments are designing and implementing innovative solutions to help better manage the regulatory compliance process (and the inherent risks within them).

They are designing efficient and flexible internal processes. Putting in place policies and programs manage diverse stakeholders within organizations. And using technology to automate these processes and people’s interaction with them to help reduce risk and deliver better outcomes.

On this 60 minute webinar – our expert speakers from legal departments from organizations across Canada – will review best practices when it comes to designing, implementing and delivering an effective regulatory compliance strategy.

Speakers:

  • Scott Kerr, Director, Legal & Regulatory Compliance, BMO Financial Group
  • Jacqueline Sanz, Chief Compliance Officer
  • Paula Amy Hewitt, General Counsel, Field Trip Health
  • Robert Merrick, Principal, GRC Management Advisory Services

Chair: Gary Kalaci, CEO, Alexa Translations

Collaboration is the new innovation: the evolving role of the knowledge management in law firms and legal departments

  • Free to attend
  • Under consideration by the Law Societies of BC & ON

For law firms and legal departments, having an effective knowledge management strategy and function in place to support it is key. At its core the legal sector is a content industry, underpinned by legal expertise. Successful operators within it must be able to organize, analyze and distribute the right information, at the right time, to the right place. With in person collaboration on hold for the foreseeable future, having a well defined knowledge management strategy in place, the right processes to deliver it and technology that enables both is critical. This 60 minute webinar – with knowledge management experts from both law firms and legal departments – will focus on how practitioners can design impactful knowledge management strategies, implement the right processes and choose the right technology to support them. On the webinar, our speakers will consider: – How can law firms and legal departments design a knowledge management strategy that meets their organization’s requirements? – What are the current challenges faced by KM practitioners and what are the solutions they’re implementing to solve for them? – What is the latest technology available to support the KM function and how is it helping law firms and legal departments gain an edge

Speakers:

  • Kristin Hodgins, Director of Legal Operations & Practice Innovation, Government of British Columbia
  • Kate Simpson, National Director of Knowledge Management, Bennett Jones
  • Simon Wormwell, Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer, Osler
  • Alex G Smith, Global Legal Product Lead (RAVN), iManage

Chair: Jason Moyse, Director, Autologyx

The evolving role of alternative legal service providers part 2

  • Free to attend
  • Under consideration by the Law Societies of BC & ON

The role of alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) in the Canadian legal sector is growing in importance. For legal departments, expectations around cost, efficiency and flexibility from service providers are paramount considerations. In response, ALSPs are stepping up to meet these challenges via enhanced process, talent and technology enabled legal service delivery models.

Historically, ALSPs have focused on performing routinized legal tasks (e.g. contract lifecycle management, document review and compliance) as well as providing short term staffing. Increasingly, they are leveraging technology to deliver higher value legal work. And, they are partnering with legal departments, law firms and other related parties with a focus on optimization of their operating structures, processes and innovation strategies.

This 60 minute webinar will focus on the impact of ALSPs in a shifting legal landscape. Our presenters will focus on the types of ALSPs emerging in the Canadian legal market. The kind of services they provide and are planning to. And, the opportunities and impact stemming from their growing importance.

Speakers:

  • Rob Morris, Chief Operating Officer, Borden
    Ladner Gervais
  • Paula Pepin, Founder/CEO, LexGO
  • Jason van Dijk, Global Director Legal
    Services & Technology, Exigent Group
  • Lisa Chamandy, Chief Knowledge +
    Innovation Officer, Borden Ladner Gervais

Chair: Zena Applebaum, National Director,
Market Insights & Engagement, Thomson
Reuters

The business impact of changes to privacy laws

  • Free to attend
  • Under consideration by the Law Societies of BC & ON

Evolving changes to privacy laws are having a significant impact on operating models for organizations across all sectors. To date, Canadian organizations have had to adjust to the EU’s GDPR rules and emerging privacy laws in US states such as California. Domestically, the introduction of Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, will have a far reaching impact for organizations with what are expected to be some of the most stringent rules in the G-7.

Organizations are leaning on lawyers to help them navigate these shifts. On this 60 minute webinar, our speakers will focus on identifying what evolving privacy rules matter for Canadian organizations and why. The expected impact of new privacy rules on sectoral basis. And review how lawyers are developing innovative, technology driven processes and solutions to help manage a rapidly changing privacy landscape in collaboration with their clients.

Speakers:

  • Dina Maxwell, Senior Legal Counsel + Privacy Lead, PwC Canada
  • Aaron Baer, Partner, Aird + Berlis
  • Lydia De Guzman, Senior Counsel, Manulife
  • Dyann Heward-Mills, Founder + CEO, HewardMills (Data Protection Consultancy) & Ethics Expert, Research and Innovation, European Commission

The evolving role of alternative legal service providers part 1

  • Free to attend
  • Under consideration by the Law Societies of BC & ON

The impact of alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) – accelerated by the disruption to the economy by COVID-19 – is increasing significantly. The remit of ALSPs is extensive. They advise law departments and law firms on optimising their strategy and structures – underpinned by tech-enabled service delivery tools. They also provide platforms that enable flexible staffing models, litigation process management, contract lifecycle management and other services. This 2 part webinar will focus specifically on how ALSPs are changing the legal landscape: the types of ALSPs in the Canadian legal market, the services they provide and what opportunities emerging are from their growing importance.

Speakers:

  • Richard Carty, General Counsel, Empire Life
    – Rob Masson, General Counsel, Panasonic
  • Zena Applebaum, Director, Customer Insights &
    Proposition Strategy, Thomson Reuters
  • Stephen Monk, Founder + CEO, CEO Law

Chair: Dr. Carol Liao, Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Business Law, Allard School of Law (UBC)

Educational Objectives
Participants will learn in depth about ALSPs (alternative legal service providers) impact in the context of the Canadian legal market. They will learn about the various types of ALSPs that exist in the market, the services they provide and the types of opportunities that they are enabling.

Who would benefit most from attending this program?
Law firm practitioners, in-house counsel, technologists and consultants who are focused evaluating different offerings from alternative legal service providers in the Canadian legal market.