Technology for Lawyers

Description
Access to justice is the defining issue of our time. But is it simply a case of poverty, insufficient volunteerism among lawyers, or insufficient government funding? Lawyer, law professor and economist Gillian Hadfield says no, there’s more to it. It is a problem that the legal profession can choose to fix, but it must make changes in the profession to do so.

The ground is also shifting beneath our feet. Technology and globalization continue to uproot and reshape daily life and economics. Digital platforms connect billions around the planet in ever more complex networks of data and exchange. So why haven't our legal systems kept up?

Attendees will learn from one of the world’s leading and most thought-provoking experts on how to make law more accessible, effective and capable of fulfilling its role in balancing innovation, growth and fairness, and about the reform and redesign of legal systems for a rapidly changing world facing tremendous challenge from globalization and technology.

Speakers
Gillian Hadfield
Faculty Affiliate at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Toronto
Center for Human-Compatible AI at the University of California, Berkeley

This is the archived version of a program presented on May 30, 2013.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)
 

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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Description
2013 has seen the release of the new BlackBerry Z10. We have the iPhone 5 and a host of Androids. In this course, you will learn the basics of smartphones for lawyers. Find out how you can use smart phones for more than just email and teleconferencing. Find out which apps works best for your law practice. Learn how to maximize this powerful technology for your law practice while keeping your data and your client’s data, secure and confidential.

Speakers
David A. Paul, QC, Paul & Company
Benjamin P. Austring, TRU Law Student
James Wegener, TRU Law Student

Moderator
Stuart Rennie, Legislation and Law Reform Officer, CBABC

This is the archived version of a program presented on May 30, 2013.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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Lawyers are increasingly jumping into the cloud. Find out the "need-to-knows" about cloud computing and privacy. Topics include: what’s new in cloud computing, compliance requirements from privacy commissioners across Canada, lawyer "do’s and don’ts" in the cloud. Find out the best practices on how lawyers can select a cloud service provider and what lawyers can realistically expect in negotiating a service level agreement with a cloud provider. The presenters are the leader in legal cloud computing and a leading senior counsel providing strategic advice on privacy and technology compliance. This webinar will help you to get your head in the clouds, eyes wide open, to do some "cirrus" business.

Speakers
James M. Bond, QC, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
Jack Newton, President & CEO, CLIO

Moderator
Stuart Rennie, Legislation and Law Reform Officer, CBABC

This is the archived version of a program presented on January 16, 2014.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

Please see referenced CPD hours list attached.

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When crossing borders, almost all travellers now carry mobile electronic devices like smartphones, tablets and laptops. These electronic devices often contain sensitive client or other personal information. This raises concerns about lawyers protecting solicitor-client communications and privacy and lawyers exercising privilege.

This webinar will focus on crossing the border with electronic devices: travelling to the United State and other countries and returning to Canada. Practical tips, including managing your reputation: How do I prepare to cross the border? What do I do if border officers ask to search my electronic devices?

Speakers
Michael D. Lucas, Law Society of British Columbia
Christopher A. McPherson, QC, Crown Counsel
Tony C. Paisana, Peck And Company

Moderator
Stuart Rennie, Legislation and Law Reform Officer, CBABC

This is the archived version of a program presented on June 12, 2018.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

Please see referenced CPD hours list attached.

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For the first time from April 1, 2019, the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) will have jurisdiction to decide minor injury motor vehicle claims to a $50,000 maximum. The CRT Chair is a presenter to explain the new CRT jurisdiction. Our other presenters are experts in administrative law, civil litigation and insurance law. The course will consider questions including: What evidence can the CRT use to decide the minor injury claim? How will limits on expert evidence be managed by the CRT? How will the patently unreasonable test, used for the standard of review for CRT decisions, be applied? The new CRT rules permit a party to be represented by a lawyer under the CRT’s new motor vehicle injury jurisdiction only, otherwise a party must apply to be represented by a lawyer: what are the key things lawyers need to know about this new process? This webinar is of interest to lawyers practising in administrative law, civil litigation, personal injury law and those lawyers representing clients before the CRT. Take this webinar to keep up with the news rules of the game.

Speakers
Shannon Salter, Chair, Civil Resolution Tribunal
Meera Jain, Clark Wilson, LLP
Roger Watts, Lindsay, LLP
Matthew Voell, Lidstone & Company

Moderator
Stuart Rennie, Legislation and Law Reform Officer, CBABC

This is the archived version of a program presented on April 15, 2019.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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Description

1. Logistic essentials – platforms, microphones, speakers, and cameras, use of mobile phones and apps - What is recommended and why (focussing on Zoom, which is becoming the preferred platform).
    
2. How the technology affects the structure of the mediation – Including the use of:
   • breakout rooms
   • document sharing
   • whiteboards
   • shuttle mediation
   • having private conversations with your client over the computer
   • how to exchange chat notes – whether privately with your client, the mediator, other counsel, or to all participants
   • issues of confidentiality with an online format
      
3. How to prepare your client and yourself as counsel for an effective online mediation.
    
4. Best practices and ethical issues in mediation using an online format.

Speakers
Michael F. Welsh QC, FCIArb, C. Med., Q. Arb., Cert. Fam. Arb., Michael Welsh Dispute Resolution
Diane Bell QC, Clark Wilson LLP
Ronald J. Smith QC, Just Family Solution Mediation & Arbitration
Stephen McPhee QC, RLR Lawyers

This is the archived version of a program presented on April 20, 2020.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)
 

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

Please see referenced CPD hours list attached.

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Description
Learn how to make the iPad work for you & your law practice. Learn about productivity and legal-specific applications so you can use your iPad to take notes, create, share and store documents, give presentations, present evidence and much more.

iPad is not required for this course. However participants are encouraged to have their iPad ready so that they can follow any hands-on demonstration during the presentation.

Speakers
David J. Bilinsky, Law Society of BC
Stephen G. McPhee, QC, Ramsay, Lampman, Rhodes

Moderator
Stuart Rennie, Legislation and Law Reform Officer, CBABC

This is the archived version of a program presented on January 15, 2013.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

Please see referenced CPD hours list attached.

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Description
Participants in this course will:
• Gain an understanding of the technology available to assist legal practitioners; and
• Learn how to effectively incorporate technology in legal practice.

Suitable for junior through senior lawyers who use or wish to use technology in their legal practice.

Speakers
Ward Branch, Branch MacMaster LLP
Brian Mauch, President, BMC Network

Moderator
Michael Litchfield, ThinkLab Consulting

This is the archived version of a program presented on .

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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Description
Are you a solicitor or litigator starting your own practice? Or are you an experienced solo or small firm practitioner feeling overwhelmed by new technologies and don’t know how to create a website or whether cloud computing is for you? What about other technology and social media that may enhance your practice? You don’t have thousands of dollars to spend on a consultant?

This webinar is a practical look at where to begin – what are you trying to achieve, what kind of practice do you have/want? Starting from the basics our panel will discuss, at a new user level, the different technologies and mediums available and how you can set up and use the ones that apply to you cost-effectively. The discussion will include looking at lawyers’ professional responsibilities to protect client confidentiality. Our panel includes a lawyer who understands the complexities of technology and has run his own practice, worked in a big firm model and run tech businesses and a solo practitioner who recently started her own firm, creating her own website and uses cloud computing for office management.

This webinar will provide user-friendly information and answer questions such as:
• What is cloud-computing? How does it work? What are the Law Society guidelines?
• I am interested in a paperless practice, but how does that work?
• How do I get my website to pop up on a Google search?
• Should I use Twitter? Do I need to be tweeting every day?
• Is Facebook better than LinkedIn for my practice? Do I need either?
• I am busy and can’t imagine spending time on a blog – is it necessary?

Speakers
Chilwin C. Cheng, Partner, Ascendion Law
Ashley E. Syer, Barrister & Solicitor

Moderator
Rhona M. Lichtenwald, Hillcrest Law & Mediation

This is the archived version of a program presented on November 18, 2015.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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Description
This fast-paced overview seeks to give a quick review of the technologies that are being used in law offices today along with touching on the disruptive technologies of tomorrow. According to the latest Altman Weil 2014 Law Firms in Transition survey, less than half of the law firms surveyed stated that they are responding to the pressures of the current market by significantly changing elements of their traditional business model. This presentation seeks to explore ways that law firms can start leading the change by looking at the current developments in legal technology.

Speaker
David Bilinsky, Practice Management Advisor, Law Society of BC

This is the archived version of a program presented on June 19, 2014.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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Description
The new Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) is Canada’s first online tribunal for resolving strata and small claims disputes.

On July 13, 2016, the CRT began accepting strata property disputes for intake. The CRT has jurisdiction to decide a wide range of strata disputes.

Sign-up today and construct your plan. Learn how the new online CRT works for strata disputes and how you can assist your clients with the CRT process. It's time to dig in!

Speakers
Shannon Salter, Chair of the Civil Resolution Tribunal
Patrick A. Williams, Clark Wilson LLP and Civil Resolution Tribunal Member

Moderator
Stuart Rennie, Legislation and Law Reform Officer, CBABC

This is the archived version of a program presented on September 29, 2016.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

To search for this LSBC accredited listing in the LSBC website to claim your credits, search for the “Course Name” provided above and include the current year in the title.

This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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Description
The new Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) is Canada’s first online tribunal for resolving strata and small claims disputes.

In the Fall of 2016, the CBABC presented a successful webinar on the new CRT and Stratas. Now, we are completing our webinar series with the new CRT and Small Claims.

Learn how the new online CRT will work for small claims and how you can assist your clients with the CRT process.

Speakers
Shannon Salter, Chair of the Civil Resolution Tribunal
Shelley Lopez, Vice-Chair for Small Claims of the Civil Resolution Tribunal

Moderator
Stuart Rennie, Legislation and Law Reform Officer, CBABC

This is the archived version of a program presented on May 3, 2017.

​Accreditation Details
ALL CBABC Professional Development webinar repeats have accredited by the Law Society of BC under one (1) common Course No. 

Course Name: CBABC Professional Development Webinar Repeats (Current Year)
Course No.: CBABC PDWR (Current Year)
Start Date: Jan-01-(Current Year)
End Date: Dec-31-(Current Year)

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This listing has been accredited a total of 50 CPD hours. Only claim the sum total of the actual number of hours of learning you have attained from each viewing. 

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