The evolving role of alternative legal service providers part 2 2021

  • 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 2021

  • 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 2021

  • 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.

Mastering investigations: delivering results with advanced processes and technology 2021

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

Navigating investigations has become increasingly complex for organizations. Drivers include a permanent shift to a hybrid work environment prompted by Covid-19 pandemic. The continued acceleration of new technologies and methods of communication within organizations. And greater regulatory scrutiny, rules and fines across jurisdictions and sectors.

To navigate this complex landscape, organizations need to have sophisticated approaches underpinned by people, process and technology. They include ensuring that robust compliance frameworks are in place; centred around prevention, detection and response mechanisms. And, when investigations do arise, effectively balancing legal and practical considerations. These apply to areas such as preservation of evidence, privilege, external communications and working across jurisdictions.

On this 60 minute webinar, our expert speakers will review the investigations landscape’s key drivers and trends. Best practices in how organizations can anticipate and manage the investigations process. And the role that advanced technology and external providers play in supporting it.

Speakers:

  • Monica De Martin, Director – Counsel, Internal Investigations, Société Générale (New York)
  • Imran Ahmad, Partner – Head of Technology, Co-Head of Information Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Jamie Pytel, Founder & Senior Lawyer, Kingsgate Legal
  • David Meadows, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Chair: Michael Lalande, Senior Director, eDiscovery and Managed Review, FTI Consulting

How is the role of in-house counsel evolving in a crisis? 2021

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

As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold, in-house counsel across Canada face many challenges. Managing and mitigating emerging risks ( both internally and externally) has formed the basis of their focus. On the internal side, these include challenges surrounding labour and employment, privacy and data and restructuring. Externally, areas of focus include: cybersecurity, crisis management and supporting new market strategies in a constrained operating environment. This 60-minute webinar will explore the ways in-house lawyers – from a cross section of sectors – are supporting their companies in an era of disruption.

Speakers:

  • Jonathan Cullen, General Counsel, Pfizer Canada
  • Sue-Lynn Noel, General Counsel, Purolator
  • Nick Henn, General Counsel, Loblaws
  • Christine Holmes, Founder + CEO, LawyersInHouse

Chair: Lynne Charbonneau, Lawyer | Corporate Director | Tribunal Judge

Evolutions in legal project management 2021

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

As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold, in-house counsel across Canada face many challenges. Managing and mitigating emerging risks ( both internally and externally) has formed the basis of their focus. On the internal side, these include challenges surrounding labour and employment, privacy and data and restructuring. Externally, areas of focus include: cybersecurity, crisis management and supporting new market strategies in a constrained operating environment. This 60-minute webinar will explore the ways in-house lawyers – from a cross section of sectors – are supporting their companies in an era of disruption.

Speakers:

  • Jonathan Cullen, General Counsel, Pfizer Canada
  • Sue-Lynn Noel, General Counsel, Purolator
  • Nick Henn, General Counsel, Loblaws
  • Christine Holmes, Founder + CEO, LawyersInHouse

Chair: Lynne Charbonneau, Lawyer | Corporate Director | Tribunal Judge

E-Discovery: Drivers, Trends and Technology 2020

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

Organizations face increasing complexity when it comes to managing legal and business processes. One process is E-Discovery. The scope for e-discovery has expanded beyond its traditional focus on litigation. Examples of its expanded include responding to regulatory requests, government investigations and audits and supporting due diligence on transactions.

For practitioners responding to this complexity, enhancing e-discovery processes has been critical. Defining, mapping and applying advanced e-discovery processes requires better collaboration, creativity and flexibility. Marrying technology with advanced processes also plays a key role. One example is the increasing number of applications for technology assisted review (TAR).

On this 60 minute webinar, our speakers will explore the current contexts when it comes to e-discovery.

What are the key drivers broadening the scope of e-discovery processes?

How are e-discovery practitioners collaborating and innovating in new ways to achieve results?

And how is the application of technology underpinning these advances?

Speakers:

  • Carolyn Anger, Founder, Anger &
    Associates
  • Maura Grossman, Research Professor,
    David R. Cheriton School of Computer
    Science, University of Waterloo
  • Jessica Lockett, Director, Legal Operations
    and Review Solutions, Ricoh Canada

Managing data and organizational risk 2020

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

Managing organizations’ data in a complex business and regulatory context presents many risks. Meeting compliance and regulatory requirements, increased cyber security risk and reputational risk are all key drivers. Lawyers play a central role in creating frameworks managing emerging risks attached to data. They are responsible for translating high level concepts addressing risk into organizational strategy and implementation. This 60 minute webinar will focus on how organizations (and the lawyers working alongside them) are defining, determining and implementing effective risk mitigation strategies when it comes to data.

In the webinar, our speakers will discuss:

  • What are the key drivers when it comes to managing organizational risks attached to data? What role do legal departments play in organizations responding to them? How are legal departments and their external advisors devising strategies to do this?
  • What are the key pillars when it comes to developing and implementing a risk mitigation strategy for an organization’s data? What are the common challenges and risks?
  • When it comes to process and technology to deliver a data risk mitigation strategy, what are the best practices? What kinds of technologies are available for organizations to leverage? What are the opportunities and challenges related to partnerships with third-parties?

Evolutions in Legal Research 2020

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

The legal research function is a critical one for law firms and legal departments.

And – increasingly – it’s an area being augmented by automation. Automatizing legal research provides many benefits. It enables lawyers to sift through large amounts of information; underpins predictive, data driven insights and enables better, faster and cost efficient responsiveness to client needs. It also eliminates repetitive tasks and allows lawyers to focus on what they do best: provide impactful legal advice. Yet increasing reliance on automation legal research can be problematic. Areas of concern include increased liability risks, algorithmic bias and sectoral mistrust of outputs.

On this 60 minute webinar, our presenters will examine the evolution of legal research, the increasing impact of automation and the emerging benefits and risks stemming from it.

Speakers:

  • Jennifer McNenly, Senior Director, Knowledge Services, Fasken
  • Colin Lachance, Founder + Executive Director at Legal Innovation Data Institute
  • Mark Doble, CEO, Alexsei
  • Joan Rataic-Lang, Executive Director/Library Director, Toronto Lawyers Association
  • Chair: Wolfgang Alschner, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law